critters in the septic tank

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while at my sisters place in far northern california this past weekend building her a deck, i finished working for the day and was taking a shower. up from the drain after a couple of minutes comes a small frog yeah.. was not real funny at the moment, well after climbing out of the shower i was shaving at the bathroom sink and there came a little lizard about three inches long out of the drain. what in thw world is going on? i need some countryside expertise on what i can tell my sis to do. shock the septic with chemicals? increase the microbial action? please advise. bob m.

-- bob mccaffrey (bobmccaffrey1@netscape.net), May 15, 2001

Answers

I would question whether her grey water even goes out to the septic! Ours is piped a LONG ways out in the woods, mighty long walk for a lizard :) but don't see why it couldn't be done! A none working septic that is being used has a non-mistakable odor!! Vicki

-- Vicki McGaugh TX (vickilonesomedoe@hotmail.com), May 15, 2001.

Hi Bob. I just wanted to mention it may be a broken pipe somewhere along the line also. A relative of ours had tree roots clogging up her pipe and they drilled it out, but what about how the roots got there? And did it leave a hole? Just a thought. (Bugs also come in the gray water pipe since it just drains out into an orchard. Usually do not see many, but there is that possibility) I would be careful about shocking the septic, since you could kill the bacteria that breaks down everything. Hope this helps.

-- Brenda (brenclark@alltel.net), May 15, 2001.

Is there a problem with showering with a frog?

-- Laura (LadybugWrangler@hotmail.com), May 16, 2001.

Of the opposite sex? Have you no modesty?

-- paul (wprimeroselane@msn.com), May 16, 2001.

OF Course there's a problem with showering with a frog. They hog the hot-water. Worse than a wife! And a good deal less fun.

-- Don Armstrong (darmst@yahoo.com.au), May 16, 2001.


Laura, you have to be careful about showering with frogs. Don't let them kiss you, for instance.

Unless you want some dumb prince, with the brains of an amphibian, in your life, for some reason.

This sounds funny, but I've heard stories...

JOJ

-- jumpoff joe (jumpoff@ecoweb.net), May 16, 2001.


What stories, Joe, what stories????

-- Thumper (slrldr@aol.com), May 16, 2001.

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