There was a dead squirrel in my toilet this morning.

[luckyval]

The squirrel was drunk and stumbled into the toilet thinking it was his nest. Definitely do an autopsy and include toxicology report in that

GIFSoup

[thatgirl2478]

Did you have your windows open? Is there a vent fan in the bathroom? Any lights that are out of whack? As a landlord, I would want to know about that! Squirrels can do a lot of damage.

And yeah, I'm totally freaking out that we're gonna see you on an episode of 'infested'...

[Saint Monica]

[Saint Monica]

Ok, I googled. Apparently this does happen.

[urbancowgirl]

Apr 4, 2013 8:42:31 GMT -5 cuddlyevil said:

This is why I am so adamant that the toilet lid needs to be closed when not in use.

This exactly.  I can't even imagine what my reaction would have been.  But I would have taken a picture of it

[cuddlyevil]

[hisno1girl]

I would never pee in that toilet again even if I lived 100 more years.

[girlfriday11]

I found a dead squirrel in a toilet once too! At work, in one of the bathrooms down in our garden. Four years later and I still get freaked out going in there, lol.

[Waffles]

It must have come up from the sewer. Triple ewww.

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Apr 4, 2013 8:41:58 GMT -5 softspot said:

Oh man. Can you imagine sitting down half asleep in the middle of the night & getting your labes bitten by a squirrel?

SHUT UP!!!!!!!

[Waffles]

Apr 4, 2013 8:54:51 GMT -5 Saint Monica said:

Ok, I googled. Apparently this does happen.

But how?

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Clearly this squirrel didn't know how to swim.

That's really fucking weird. I would assume the dogs brought it in the house already dead. Its the only reasonable explaination.

[TrudyCampbell]

I wish I did not open this thread. How did you dispose of it!? Wait, don't tell me, I don't want to know.

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Apr 4, 2013 8:43:12 GMT -5 loonylunalovegood said:

H wants to go on a hole finding mission on his own now. I told him that's what LLs are for! WTF

It didn't have any sewerish debris on it and it was seriously big. Like I didn't know squirrels were that big. I don't think it just came up through the pipes to the second floor toilet.

I'm going to die.

I think it came from the sewage system, but you need to have a plumber come and check shit out. You need your vent valves checked out if an animal can get through. 

Not to be gross, the squirrel was probably swollen from being dead for so long in water. 

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Apr 4, 2013 9:23:10 GMT -5 TrudyCampbell said:

I wish I did not open this thread. How did you dispose of it!? Wait, don't tell me, I don't want to know.

Flush it, obvi. 

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Apr 4, 2013 9:01:29 GMT -5 Waffles said:

Apr 4, 2013 8:54:51 GMT -5 Saint Monica said:

Ok, I googled. Apparently this does happen.

But how?

They enter through the roof vent pipe. 

[Robot Jen]

Haha, finally a voice of reason @bettyhomewrecker33! This isn't all that uncommon. They come in through the vent pipe, drown, and pop up in the toilet. I'm pretty sure you can put some sort of grate over your roof vent pipes if you don't want any repeat episodes.

[speckledfrog]

Betty, I was going to post the same thing about why he was so big.

[isabel]

Oh ma gosh. This is one of the most bizarre and disgusting things I've ever heard of.

Are you terrified to use a toilet now? I think I would have to blind myself every night when I got up to pee just so I could turn on the light and check for dead rodents. Ahhh! Gross!

Also, these people talking about sewers and valves clearly know what they're talking about. Time to call the LL!

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[fuckyourcouch]

BURN IT ALL

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Apr 4, 2013 9:34:17 GMT -5 @cse1960 said:

Come in through the roof vent and jump in the toilet? lol

I'm pretty ignorant regarding these things; is the roof vent somehow connected to the sewer system?

I made you a diagram, Sue!

[papie]

Apr 4, 2013 10:03:00 GMT -5 @bettyhomewrecker33 said:

Apr 4, 2013 9:34:17 GMT -5 @cse1960 said:

Come in through the roof vent and jump in the toilet? lol

I'm pretty ignorant regarding these things; is the roof vent somehow connected to the sewer system?

I made you a diagram, Sue!

OMG

We have millions of squirrels here.  MILLIONS.  I need to climb on my roof to check if that pipe has a screen or something. 

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Apr 4, 2013 8:59:52 GMT -5 Waffles said:

It must have come up from the sewer. Triple ewww.

This can happen???! WHAT?! I'm gonna just start peeing in bottles from now on.

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Apr 4, 2013 10:05:03 GMT -5 papie said:

Apr 4, 2013 10:03:00 GMT -5 @bettyhomewrecker33 said:

I made you a diagram, Sue!

OMG

We have millions of squirrels here.  MILLIONS.  I need to climb on my roof to check if that pipe has a screen or something. 

There should be a sort of vent screen protecting it, but they can be torn up by weather. 

[mudslide]

No no no no.

[Waffles]

@bettyhomewrecker33 - love the diagram.

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I would die.

[VeryViolet]

I saw a thing on the discovery channel or something similar once about urban legends and if they were real. There was legit a story about a guy in a city who found a rat (alive) in his toilet. They proved that it is totally possible. Apparently there is a lot of air and not much water in your pipes so basically they only have to swim a little bit to get up in your toilet if they climb in from the sewer. I am still traumatized by this program and now always turn the light on when I pee at night.

[mamasaurus]

Poor little guy.