Laundry

[The Snark]

You all know the drill. One eye open, dump laundry into washing machine before you forget.

Just as I was closing the lid a towel moved. I'm sure it moved. Did it really move?

Search. Remove kitten. Close lid. Start coffee. Feed cats. Hrrrm. One, two, three, ....

Go back out and remove the other kitten. Offer the Huntsman an arm up out of the tub. And the jumper. I really need to have a stern talk with our local wildlife. Oh great. I'm standing on a massive ant trail.

 

[ratluvr76]

wow.. bad morning? LOL

 

[The Snark]

Fortunately it's not just me. Found a kitten in the fridge the other evening. Fridge now sports CATS? sign in very bold letters.

 

[ratluvr76]

bad place to live if you're a cat.. rotfl

 

[Spepper]

I know someone whose mom accidentally washed a kitten in with the laundry. It didn't make it.

 

[The Snark]

The geckos don't fare too well either and the straggler spiders turn up in very bad condition in the lint filter.

 

[Galapoheros]

My mom fried a few in the dryer when I was a teenager. "hmm, I don't remember putting tennis shoes in there ....oh well." Yip, 3 of them. My mom's a clean freak, throw a sock on the rug and she'd catch it before it hit the ground. The washer and dryer were abused, pretty bad scene. Two new knees and she's still polishing her house. btw I did NOT! get that gene.

 

[pyro fiend]

hah sometimes its not so bad.. i had a pleco [sucker fish] somehow jump out of a tank i was on an off morning and forgot to add soap [thank god] i happened to stumble in to check it.. oh hey look a white thing in my all black clothing... oh schist.. little guy made it i had him for many years.. till he jumped out again when i was on vacation -.- stupid pleco -.- thank god my washer has a little like 3in bump for an agitator not the normal ones XD

 

[ratluvr76]

hah sometimes its not so bad.. i had a pleco [sucker fish] somehow jump out of a tank i was on an off morning and forgot to add soap [thank god] i happened to stumble in to check it.. oh hey look a white thing in my all black clothing... oh schist.. little guy made it i had him for many years.. till he jumped out again when i was on vacation -.- stupid pleco -.- thank god my washer has a little like 3in bump for an agitator not the normal ones XD

I had a beta that would jump out of it's tank EVERY. SINGLE. DAY. It became the daily routine, : get up to the alarm; stumble to living room; inspect the floor in front of the television; find beta; put beta in tank; go on about the day. We finally put a lid on the tank LOL but he would still jump and would get caught on the lip of the tank. silly little beta...

 

[The Snark]

Sounds like you people should raise catfish. Let the darned thing stroll about the living room now and then.

 

[heidir1224]

That sounds like an exhausting way to start off the day. Jiminy Christmas.

 

[klawfran3]

After a recent experiment with raising green figeater beetles, I noticed quite a few of the biggest grubs went missing every now and then. I thought nothing of it and just assumed the died and were eaten by the others. Well one day, I was taking my laundry out of the drier when I noticed a horrible rancid smell being emitted from the drier. It turns out I had accidentally oven-roasted a few of my precious pets in with my clothing. I still have one of the shirts that has a stain from one of the damn things. needless to say, that experiment did not end well.

 

[Spepper]

How did they get in the drier? ::

 

[The Snark]

How did they get in the drier? ::

Burrow under the laundry in the basket to sleep, or clothes get dropped on them.

 

[Spepper]

I meant klawfran's beetle larvae. I can see how everything else could get in there... but beetle larvae? :? Doesn't seem like they'd be that adept at escaping or climbing into the drier. LOL

 

[klawfran3]

I meant klawfran's beetle larvae. I can see how everything else could get in there... but beetle larvae? :? Doesn't seem like they'd be that adept at escaping or climbing into the drier. LOL

What snark said. They crawled in to a pair or clothes or five (I'm a wreck don't judge me) that were on the floor and I put the clothes in the washer and dryer without checking for large meaty grubs since you know, it's not really normal to look for those in your clothing on a regular basis.

 

[ratluvr76]

What snark said. They crawled in to a pair or clothes or five (I'm a wreck don't judge me) that were on the floor and I put the clothes in the washer and dryer without checking for large meaty grubs since you know, it's not really normal to look for those in your clothing on a regular basis.

I don't think anyone is faulting you, I'm really sorry it happened though.

 

[klawfran3]

I don't think anyone is faulting you, I'm really sorry it happened though.

nah it's fine. They're EVERYWHERE when its breeding season for them. I was saying don't judge me because of all the clothes I have on my floor. it looks like someone planted a grenade in a hamper and set it off in my room haha. We call the grubs "crawly backs" and you can find them in any nice and comfortable mulch pile in the area if you dig deep enough. Super common, but still a bummer they got turned in to crisps and ruined a nice shirt. I'll try again next year.

 

[The Snark]

nah it's fine. They're EVERYWHERE when its breeding season for them. I was saying don't judge me because of all the clothes I have on my floor. it looks like someone planted a grenade in a hamper and set it off in my room haha. We call the grubs "crawly backs" and you can find them in any nice and comfortable mulch pile in the area if you dig deep enough. Super common, but still a bummer they got turned in to crisps and ruined a nice shirt. I'll try again next year.

Hey, shi[SUB]r[/SUB]t happens. Critters and daily duties about the house will inevitably get combined. I drove the SO rescue rig for months with every chemical known to man getting stuffed under the passenger seat to cover the odor of a deceased hamster.

 

[Akai]

my ex roommate killed a cat last winter when it crawled into his engine well after he came home late one night. it was pretty cold that night and a warm engine was too much for a cat to resist. the next morning when he started the car....well you can figure it out. he called into work and told them what happened and was going to be running late and they just gave him the day off. the sad part is that this happened at his apt complex so he didn't know who the cat belong to. on a similar note my sister-inlaw killed a kitten in the dryer once and i've had full grown Oscars jump out of aquariums. like Snark said, "sh*t happens".