Mama Diaries

Thursday, September 5, 2013

Croaky's Great Escape

Croaky is our pet African clawed frog.  Yesterday, he had a big adventure. 

Usually he sits nicely in his swamp and does nothing but eat bloodworms, surface for  air, and give and occasional croak. It would've been another boring day for the frog had I not decided to clean his swamp.

I removed his swamp decorations and proceeded to dump out his smelly water.  Croaky decided that he wasn't going to sit still and let me do that.  He took a flying leap -  right out of his tank.  Where did he land?  In the kitchen sink. 

"Croaky, what did you do that for?" I asked. 

He didn't answer.  He just slid around on his belly as he frantically tried to get out of there and find his swamp. 

I attempted to grab him.  Do you know what it's like to try to hold on to a slimy, slippery frog?  It isn't easy!  I caught him, but he wriggled right out of my hands - into the garbage disposal.  I had placed a colander over the opening, but Croaky somehow managed to slip under it and fall down into the disposal.

Terrific!  Now I had to reach down into the garbage disposal, avoid the dangerous blades, and grab a slimy, slippery frog.  It took several tries, but I got him.  Almost.

I pulled him out. But then he slipped out of my hands - right back into the garbage disposal.

"You stupid frog!" I said to him.  "Don't you know that's the worse place in the world to be?"

Apparently he didn't, because this happened three more times.

Finally I got a hold of that dumb creature and plopped him back into his stinky swamp.

I think he wondered why his swamp was still filthy. He swam around in the muck looking completely befuddled.

I gave him one of my ferocious mommy glares.  "That's what you get for giving the Mama a hard time!"

30 comments:

  1. Does he sing too? (Michigan J. Frog)?

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    1. I wish! Then I could take him on tour and cash in on his talent!

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  2. my yard is also filled with frogs of all sizes... my cats like to play with them... not that the frogs like it....

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    1. Fun for the cats, but definitely not for the frogs!

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  3. I can't believe you haven't trained that frog to respond to commands.

    Love,
    Janie

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    1. I know! What's wrong with me? I'm getting so lackadaisical!

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    2. Oh, I love the word "lackadaisical".

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    3. I like it, too. We should use it more often. It's such a good one!

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  4. I'm so glad nothing happened to him in the disposal.

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    1. Me too! I was worried we'd have some dismembered frog legs!

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  5. I hope you unplugged the disposal to avoid accidentally turning it on which would be bad for both of you... that's my mom voice! ;)

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    1. The switch was on off. I'm not sure it could've been "unplugged." Yeah - that would have been really bad - especially since I'm a musician!

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  6. Oh, that's hilarious. (In hindsight. I have a sneaky feeling you weren't laughing too much when it was happening.)

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  7. Oh, that's hilarious. (In hindsight. I have a sneaky feeling you weren't laughing too much when it was happening.)

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  8. I am sorry, but I laughed really hard with this one. I think you were brave to touch the slimy frog.

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    1. If I didn't have to, I would've left him there. But I couldn't live with myself knowing he died in the garbage disposal! So I got all slimy. I hope he appreciated it!

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  9. Yikes! Sorry your frog was being such a pain! My sister owns a couple frogs, but I've never seen them be that antsy...

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    1. Croaky is a character - much like the rest of my family members!

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  10. Sorry for your frogs pain.....but I am not a lover of frogs...sorry,

    Yvonne.

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    1. I can't say I'm a huge fan of frogs. But my son is. That's why we have one.

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  11. My goodness, you and Croaky had quite an adventure! You were very brave to keep rescuing him when he slipped into the disposal. What a predicament he got you into. I hope he appreciates all the trouble you went to. Wild life in your disposal is no fun. Too bad Croaky can' t write about what he was thinking. Maybe he was afraid you were having a boring day!

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    1. Sure. He just wanted to add a little excitement to my day!

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  12. Eek, that must have been tricky getting him out of the garbage disposal. I remember how slimy and slippery frogs could be.

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  13. If that's the same thing as an African Underwater Frog (and I believe it is) than I do know exactly how slimy and slippery they are to try to hold on to. ;)

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