Good Lord! Not Again!

[jaded]

An I'm off to the races again.

Where I work we unreasonably end up with critters in the building. This weeks contestant was pointed out to me by yet another screaming man who was running around with a bucket insisting "I need you!!!" 

While I was trying to figure out what a dog turd was doing on the floor? Panicked guy was pointing an squealing FROG!!!! Last time I got yanking outside to snatch up 3 hatchling snapping turtles. 

Sigh...
Took Frog, cleaned up, warmed it up, mocked it for awhile. 
"I'm a Amphibian. I identify as a Frog. The crazy lady keeps calling me Burrito!!" Fun for me. It apparently left it's sewage laden pond an thought a chemical warehouse was the better option. Not so much.

Word got out, opinons volunteered from the peanut gallery. "Your gonna release it or keep it?" Sweet Baby Cheezits People!!! I don't know what kind of Frog it is, I don't have a clue what habitat it needs, it's deyhydrated & probably shocky, I don't even know if it's gonna live till I can punch out & go home!!! 

After some serious googling it's a female Northern Green Frog. I spent the entire evening cleaning a old aquarium, playing with the solar meter & UVB light height, digging out spare green aquarium liner,  the bottle of Tank-Safe. FFS!! Happy Frog, no dinner for me till near midnight. Altho crafting a Frog proof tank lid out of screening an making most excellent mitered corners using a stapler was fun!! Who knew??

Frog ate a red worm & a couple of beetles. HUGE Froggie pile as Thanks this AM. Burrito is doing OK so far altho definately getting released as it's gonna warm up this week an I'd prefer she had time to reorient herself before the temps drop. 

Not sure why I seem to be the "Wayward Home for Wayward Critters" but this May's stray kitten is doing fine. Swear to God the ET's tossed brown tiger striped kittens out like Pez across america since in May/June there were hundreds of FB reels of them. Aside...it's a conspiracy, they're chipped!!! (more mocking) 

Did release the baby snappers in a excellent habitat with strict instructions. 
You are all DNA donors! Your job is to make it to 6yrs old an breed like bunnies. Watch out for overhead shadows, stay out of the deep water. Fish lie!! That Bass is NOT going to show you where Turtle Town is!! Stay together!! Turtles are smart an these at least faked like they were paying attention. 

Dunno about the Frog. 
I'm pretty sure I'm out of "mission instructions". 
https://animalia.bio/index.php/northern-green-frog

[Byrd]

Awwww!!!

Those are pretty frogs, and good on you for saving her and planning a return to the wilds!!!

I get a (private) chuckle about how many people freak out over things like frogs, spiders, crickets (here in Texas yet!  Good grief!), grasshoppers, and dragonflies.  And bees.  You'd think that bees were eighteen feet tall and carried flamethrowers!

[jaded]

Thank you Byrd! Did not post for ego, posted cause every time a new critter comes along it's such a very cool thing to have to learn about them. Like everyone else I take Frogs for granted. They're out there, that's nice, I had no real clue about specifics, or local species. Kinda shameful.

When releasing the baby snappers there was one who kept turning around & toddling right back towards me. NOES!!!! I adore turtles but snappers get huge an I absolutely cannot justify walking past my cats with a whole chicken for the turtle. 
The Frog has been enjoying it's Airbnb stay. It's been rearranging the tank, using the rock/cave thing an it's color is back & looking healthy. One more "feed & poop" an she's ready for release.

The running joke now is "all bets are on the next workplace find is going to be a copperhead". Talk about grown men screaming like little girls! 25 guys an me yet nobody can manage to bend over & pick up a reptile or amphibian. They barely survived me herding a wolf spider back outside. Pretty sure I could leave their tough-guy gun toting butts in a county park an it'd be 50/50 they'd make it back to their vehicles. I just cannot fathom it.

The most hilarious thing was the guys were smack talking & calling one of our shippers "crazy".
I was at the time clock to punch out for lunch with a Frog in my pocket. Called the shipper over to show him as we discussed "maybe the guys need to google the definition of crazy?" Cause the Shipper isn't even close to that bar!!! The only concern he had was "That isn't the pocket you keep the ibuprofen in is it??!!" Yeah...no. Duh!!!

[Quantum12]

Thank you Byrd! Did not post for ego, posted cause every time a new critter comes along it's such a very cool thing to have to learn about them. Like everyone else I take Frogs for granted. They're out there, that's nice, I had no real clue about specifics, or local species. Kinda shameful.

When releasing the baby snappers there was one who kept turning around & toddling right back towards me. NOES!!!! I adore turtles but snappers get huge an I absolutely cannot justify walking past my cats with a whole chicken for the turtle. 
The Frog has been enjoying it's Airbnb stay. It's been rearranging the tank, using the rock/cave thing an it's color is back & looking healthy. One more "feed & poop" an she's ready for release.

The running joke now is "all bets are on the next workplace find is going to be a copperhead". Talk about grown men screaming like little girls! 25 guys an me yet nobody can manage to bend over & pick up a reptile or amphibian. They barely survived me herding a wolf spider back outside. Pretty sure I could leave their tough-guy gun toting butts in a county park an it'd be 50/50 they'd make it back to their vehicles. I just cannot fathom it.

The most hilarious thing was the guys were smack talking & calling one of our shippers "crazy".
I was at the time clock to punch out for lunch with a Frog in my pocket. Called the shipper over to show him as we discussed "maybe the guys need to google the definition of crazy?" Cause the Shipper isn't even close to that bar!!! The only concern he had was "That isn't the pocket you keep the ibuprofen in is it??!!" Yeah...no. Duh!!!

You are very kind! The universe loves this!

[CCoburn]

An I'm off to the races again.

Where I work we unreasonably end up with critters in the building. This weeks contestant was pointed out to me by yet another screaming man who was running around with a bucket insisting "I need you!!!" 

While I was trying to figure out what a dog turd was doing on the floor? Panicked guy was pointing an squealing FROG!!!! Last time I got yanking outside to snatch up 3 hatchling snapping turtles. 

It was very thoughtful of you to render some aid to a poor little froggy in need of some assistance.

On occasion when I'm out driving in rural areas on rainy days, I see tons of these little frogs hopping their way across the road at a snails' pace, and then it becomes time for another round of: "Little Froggy Obstacle Course!! I'm guessing most wouldn't pay them much mind if even noticing them at all, but I do make a valiant effort to minimize the casualties as much as possible. I don't even know if they're frogs. They could be toads, but they're too small to tell – just little hoppy things.

And one time on this mostly deserted back-country road I happened upon this HUGE snapping turtle right in the middle. It had to be like a hundred degrees that day. I figured I would just get out and see if I could lend them a hand(or at least a finger as it turned out). I noticed a small watery area almost in the direction they were heading, but not quite, so figured I would just put them where the water is (yeah right, easier said than done!!). This thing was like the size of a large watermelon and built like a tank, and every time I attempted to move it, it would turn around a bit like it was going to make me wish I'd stayed in the car and went about my way. It was very difficult to even move it at all without it muscling out and turning towards me, so I just decided to call it quits while I still had all my fingers. I made an effort, but it just seemed too risky, and my heartrate was definitely fluctuating at times.

[Chiefsmom]

Last year, when bringing in a few plants, my mom found a tree frog in one.  In December.  They actually feed it through the winter and released it the next spring.
Good on you for helping the little one out.

In our area, this past spring, it was orange kittens.  Stripped, not stripped, but all some type of orange.  In my barn.  Some went to the Human society and we kept 2.  One for a barn cat and one in the house.   Neighbor stole the barn cat, he seems to be living high on the hog as an indoor outdoor kitty.  Our indoor is a monster, who's favorite pastime is tackling the dog.

I'm not afraid of anything that Byrd listed, except spiders, unlike your baby turtles, they do not listen.  I have promised over and over not to kill them, if they would just stay outside.   Yet once a week I find a new one, in a corner, making itself at home.  Unfortunately, it does not end well for the spider.
I do not scream like a girl, (that I am) unless they are the big hairy wolf spiders.  Then it is more of a loud "make a sailor blush" cuss fest until it is dealt with.
I really hate this time of year, with the bug invasion.

[jaded]

It was very thoughtful of you to render some aid to a poor little froggy in need of some assistance.

On occasion when I'm out driving in rural areas on rainy days, I see tons of these little frogs hopping their way across the road at a snails' pace, and then it becomes time for another round of: "Little Froggy Obstacle Course!! I'm guessing most wouldn't pay them much mind if even noticing them at all, but I do make a valiant effort to minimize the casualties as much as possible. I don't even know if they're frogs. They could be toads, but they're too small to tell – just little hoppy things.

And one time on this mostly deserted back-country road I happened upon this HUGE snapping turtle right in the middle. It had to be like a hundred degrees that day. I figured I would just get out and see if I could lend them a hand(or at least a finger as it turned out). I noticed a small watery area almost in the direction they were heading, but not quite, so figured I would just put them where the water is (yeah right, easier said than done!!). This thing was like the size of a large watermelon and built like a tank, and every time I attempted to move it, it would turn around a bit like it was going to make me wish I'd stayed in the car and went about my way. It was very difficult to even move it at all without it muscling out and turning towards me, so I just decided to call it quits while I still had all my fingers. I made an effort, but it just seemed too risky, and my heartrate was definitely fluctuating at times.

At least you stopped!
Was told yrs ago you grab a snapper by the tail, but I'm sure there's a "more correct" way since they ARE like tanks & pretty hefty. The funny thing about turtles is, bending is a "issue". Heheheheheh!!!

The Painted Turtle I had was quite the pistol. 
Per normal, as critters are wont to do, if they disagree with you your gonna get peed on.
She was so cute!!
She tried an got her little lecture. OMG!!! You can't bend!!! How did you think that was gonna work??? Hahahahaha!! Nice try! Like a Beardy the stink-eye was epic. 
Put her on my lap & continued "mocking" Awwww did you run out of pee? Totally didn't think this thru did you? 

I can't help it. Adore all critters however their behaviors just crack me up. Appreciate your concern for the Frog Road Block. I'd of been the moron who got run over as I was trying to "sweep" them off the road. Vehicle with Flashers on, mangled human with squished frogs & broom as First Responder's puzzle just exactly wtf? 
(yes my road-kit is weird. broom, scraper, windex,paper towels, disposable gloves, box cutter, electrical tape, zippered cooler. Some Cop is gonna have a field day on a traffic stop!)

[jaded]

Last year, when bringing in a few plants, my mom found a tree frog in one.  In December.  They actually feed it through the winter and released it the next spring.
Good on you for helping the little one out.

In our area, this past spring, it was orange kittens.  Stripped, not stripped, but all some type of orange.  In my barn.  Some went to the Human society and we kept 2.  One for a barn cat and one in the house.   Neighbor stole the barn cat, he seems to be living high on the hog as an indoor outdoor kitty.  Our indoor is a monster, who's favorite pastime is tackling the dog.

I'm not afraid of anything that Byrd listed, except spiders, unlike your baby turtles, they do not listen.  I have promised over and over not to kill them, if they would just stay outside.   Yet once a week I find a new one, in a corner, making itself at home.  Unfortunately, it does not end well for the spider.
I do not scream like a girl, (that I am) unless they are the big hairy wolf spiders.  Then it is more of a loud "make a sailor blush" cuss fest until it is dealt with.
I really hate this time of year, with the bug invasion.

ORANGE KITTIES!!!!!
Just found out they have a FB reputation for being, ahem, s-l-o-w. Some hilarious reels altho while I'm not convinced, ours yrs ago decided to continuously pick on a screech owl. (vet bills not amusing)

I garden as well an Toads are relentless. Move them to weed, they hop right back. Totally territorial. Wolf Spiders as well. Gave up an depending on what refuses to move I have to get a bucket with lid to get work done & put them back. Only spider mercy in house are the black jumping spiders & wolf spiders. Clear plastic cup from Taco Bell & thin hard piece of plastic them it's "go have a nice life" outside. You know, unless I just ignore them cause I'm lazy. 
Visiting Daughter screaming is priceless. A friend of mine opened her front door an found a cow on her porch. Not her's. It completely puts things into perspective. My "critter escapades" are amateur hour.  ​​​​​​​

[UltraBudgie]

The meme is "One Orange Brain Cell". Cats, of any stripe, are quite capable of being hilarious. But given that people like to use their pets allegorically, stereotypes like this make sense.

https://www.reddit.com/r/OneOrangeBraincell/
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/orange-cat-behavior

[jaded]

Wondered how that got started!!!!
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