wtf....where's my wtf?

[deranged chipmunk]

apparently, over the course of saturday night. my daughter had some friends sleep over. well, they wanted to see my frogs while i was sleeping and left the lid on my wtf enclosure askew. needless to say, that after an exhausting sunday of searching everywhere i could think of, he was no where to be found of course, i know to look for anywhere that would be damp, but since i have numerous fish tanks and vivs in my basement, that pretty much includes everywhere, which is where i searched. still nothing. looked for a couple hours today when i got home, still nothing. let's just say that my daughter and i had a nice long talk about entering my fish/frog room when i am not present. on the upside, the prophet (my remaining wtf) now has a very large 60g enclosure to himself......well at least for a month or so.

[poison]

check behind drawers

[Sunshine]

I'm sorry to hear about your whites. I recently had a similar incident with one of my FBTs.

[deranged chipmunk]

check behind drawers

awesome suggestion, i didn't even think of that. probably because i don't have any drawers in the basement. not that you could have known. but with all the tanks and equipment, it can get a bit humid in the height of summer. so everything is stored in sealed plastic tubs and/or stored on open shelving. even my tank stands are all open.

[deranged chipmunk]

thanks sherry, and i'm sorry to hear about your incident. my wife said you would have thought it was one of my own flesh and blood that went missing from how intensive my search was....lol

[Sunshine]

I know it feels like that to me! I can't stop crying. I feel so bad.

[deranged chipmunk]

after keeping fish for so long, you kind of get used to it. but it is always tough. earlier this year, my wife thought she saw a bug in the kitchen, which just happens to be right above my tanks, and sprayed the bejesus out of it. wifey no like buggies...lol well, problem is, something in the aerosol bug sprays will kill aquatic invertebrates within a few hours. it is ridiculous crazy, i had all my fish survive, but all 10 colonies of different breed shrimps, dead. took about 6 hours and they were all dead. well over 1500 shrimp. it was 100% loss.took me days to figure it out and i was kind of inconsolable for a week. then i figured out what it was, and nicely, yes i actually was nice, told her to please never spray anything in the kitchen again. of course, all those shrimp tanks are now becoming frog tanks, so moral of this long story, when one door closes......

[Sunshine]

That is so sad. At least you are staying positive!

[Rae]

Have you put out bowls of water everywhere to lure the frog?

[Sasha]

Bill, sorry to hear about your missing frog. I hope it shows up somewhere. Now I have to get up and make sure my tank doors are locked.

You don't think one of the kids at the party could have taken it do you? I don't mean to say your daughter's friends are thieves but maybe one got a little curious about the frogs???

[Whistly]

When my frog escaped she was found in my bedroom, I don't know how she got out of the porch when the door was closed, but I found her under my bed amongst some N64 controllers (still got it lol) so yeah look in every cupboard, drawer and room no matter how unlikely you think it is that the frog is in there.
Good luck with finding your frog.

[deranged chipmunk]

That is so sad. At least you are staying positive!

Well, it's not like i could do anything to bring them back. And she didn't know. Sometimes things happen beyond our control, and how you deal with it shows your true character to the world

[deranged chipmunk]

Have you put out bowls of water everywhere to lure the frog?

I did that immediately last night after your post came though my phone. Placed about 15 tupperware bowls throughout the basement. Nothing this morning before i left for work.

[deranged chipmunk]

Bill, sorry to hear about your missing frog. I hope it shows up somewhere. Now I have to get up and make sure my tank doors are locked.

You don't think one of the kids at the party could have taken it do you? I don't mean to say your daughter's friends are thieves but maybe one got a little curious about the frogs???

Nope.....the friends she had over are like my 2nd and third daughters and teenies, they would rather the frog be a prince.....lol

[Kendar]

I know this may be odd. But maybe you could play some frog calls on youtube or make your own sounds that could possibly make him call? If you have a laptop or a smartphone, you could walk around the house playing the sounds. He could respond.

[deranged chipmunk]

Not odd at all, at least i don't think so since i did that most of the day sunday. Lol the downside is, neither of my frogs have called. They are still young. I just assumed they were boys because well, i am. It's a testosterone thing i guess. But my car is female....lol

[deranged chipmunk]

Got a text from my son a few minutes ago. He was doing his chores and found my frog. Unfortunately, it was while he was changing one of the cats' litter boxes. The enclosure is right at the bottom of the basement steps, so i guess he jumped to the steps and up to the kitchen. To my big cat's credit, he is an excellent mouser, and he puts his kills in his litter box. The little cat isn't as nice, he leaves his kills all over. We have several foreclosed properties in the neighborhood, so everyone has been getting mice it really sucks that it happened, but at least now i can go forward.

[Kendar]

Aww man, I'm sorry

[HerpDerp]

Aww that sucks . I hope the cat is okay too. Not sure how the toxins would affect a cat? On the upside, at least you know if you have any unwanted critters in your house the cat will take care of it!

[Sasha]

Well that's a bummer. Like Michelle said, I hope the cat is okay. I remember the vet telling me when he found parasites in their poop that the only way for me or my cats to get them was if we ate the frogs.