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Kali

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5. but seriously...

Reply to hlthe2b (Original post)

Thu Aug 14, 2014, 06:50 PM

Aug 2014

a 2 x 4 or a tree branch wrapped kind of loosly with chicken wire would probably work as an escape ladder

I tie a large branch to a t post next to steel livestock troughs so critters can get back out if they fall in.

MAJORLY jealous of your salamanders, not wet enough here for them, but toads we got!

by the way, that is an 18 inch saucer

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Anyone get wild living creatures in their window wells? [View all] hlthe2b Aug 2014 OP

Instead of a smooth board, could you find a tree limb or something with bark on it Arkansas Granny Aug 2014 #1

yeh, maybe... I'll have to root around the neighborhood to seee if anyone has downed branches... hlthe2b Aug 2014 #2

FWIW.....they burrow to escape the cold dixiegrrrrl Aug 2014 #3

Yes.. I just think the population is too large to survive down there & it will be a bit hard to hlthe2b Aug 2014 #6

pppfffttt Kali Aug 2014 #4

tastes like chicken (really tiny chicken), right?! hlthe2b Aug 2014 #7

ha, no, you must have missed my recent homecoming story... Kali Aug 2014 #9

You and your rattlers..! I guess they must have missed you too... hlthe2b Aug 2014 #11

but seriously... Kali Aug 2014 #5

He's a cutie.... hlthe2b Aug 2014 #8

he is big enough to EAT some of them Kali Aug 2014 #10

I'm guessing the odds are against any of mine approaching that size, but guess I'll give 'em chance. hlthe2b Aug 2014 #12

they are great, I love them too Kali Aug 2014 #13

No, but I have green tree toads on windows and doors. trof Aug 2014 #14

We also have blue tailed skinks: trof Aug 2014 #15

those are interesting looking. hlthe2b Aug 2014 #17

Sometimes we see 'tail-less'. trof Aug 2014 #18

those guys are quite climbers.. I'd bet they wouldn't get stuck in my five foot wells... hlthe2b Aug 2014 #16