# There's a frog in my house, how can I get him out **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 25, 2009, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-frog-in-my-house-how-can-i-get-him-out/511493 "2009-09-25T07:12:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![zeno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zeno/32/15040_2.png) [@zeno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zeno)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-frog-in-my-house-how-can-i-get-him-out/511493/1 "2009-09-25T07:12:00Z")
I don’t really want to kill him. thanks ---
**Author:** ![Blake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@Blake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blake)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-frog-in-my-house-how-can-i-get-him-out/511493/2 "2009-09-25T07:27:44Z")
Wet your hands, pick him up and carry him outside. Assuming you don’t live in the Amazon, frogs are completely harmless and quite safe to handle. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-frog-in-my-house-how-can-i-get-him-out/511493/3 "2009-09-25T11:00:44Z")
Cup your hands and cover the frog. Now contain the frog in your hands and let it go outside. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-frog-in-my-house-how-can-i-get-him-out/511493/4 "2009-09-25T11:07:32Z")
Don’t be afraid, it just wants a kiss! My cat brought a frog in the house, but we didn’t find it until I swept under the couch and out pops the frog, perfectly poised, looking ready to jump but it was quite dead and stiff. ---
**Author:** ![GoodOmens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@GoodOmens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GoodOmens)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-frog-in-my-house-how-can-i-get-him-out/511493/5 "2009-09-25T12:23:05Z")
> [@Blake](#): > > Wet your hands, pick him up and carry him outside. Assuming you don’t live in the Amazon, frogs are completely harmless and quite safe to handle. They’re kinda cute too. If you can’t catch him, or don’t want to pick up his slimy self, you could try to trap him under a Tupperware container or something like that. Slide a piece of cardboard underneath to form a little froggy prison, and put the little dude outside. He’ll be happier out there. ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-frog-in-my-house-how-can-i-get-him-out/511493/6 "2009-09-25T12:32:25Z")
We tend to get a frog in our basement about once a week or so. My wife loves to catch them.\* It’s just a frog. It’s not gonna kill you. Just pick it up and take it outside. \*Yeah, I’m a little worried about how, exactly, the frogs keep getting in. But hey, it’s just a rental house. ---
**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-frog-in-my-house-how-can-i-get-him-out/511493/7 "2009-09-25T13:50:15Z")
Also, if you can’t catch him with your hands, you can throw a towel over him and then bring him outside. ---
**Author:** ![Polly\_Glot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9de053/32.png) [@Polly\_Glot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polly_Glot)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-frog-in-my-house-how-can-i-get-him-out/511493/8 "2009-09-25T15:03:18Z")
> [@GoodOmens](#): > > They’re kinda cute too. > > If you can’t catch him, or don’t want to pick up his slimy self, you could try to trap him under a Tupperware container or something like that. Slide a piece of cardboard underneath to form a little froggy prison, and put the little dude outside. He’ll be happier out there. I used to do just that with the lizards lolling around in our southwest US home. Worked like a charm. ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-frog-in-my-house-how-can-i-get-him-out/511493/9 "2009-09-25T16:10:09Z")
I think you have all missed the seriousness of the problem. You see, once the OP gets the frog halfway out of the house, he’ll have halfway left to go. Having covered half the remaining distance, he’ll have half that distance to cover. And so on… The only solution is to catch flies and set an extra place at the table. I recommend a terry cloth tea towel for the chair as frogs, for the most part, are not amenable to house training. Now, if someone could help me with _my_ problem: My friend Erwin has a cat he needs to put down… ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-frog-in-my-house-how-can-i-get-him-out/511493/10 "2009-09-25T16:15:25Z")
Never mind…missed the joke! 🙂 Or not. Never know till you look. ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-frog-in-my-house-how-can-i-get-him-out/511493/11 "2009-09-25T17:14:00Z")
I asked him to try your suggestion and the animal went under the bed and became entangled in an afghan; verschränkung felines! ---
**Author:** ![Corner\_Case](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/corner_case/32/234_2.png) [@Corner\_Case](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corner_Case)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-frog-in-my-house-how-can-i-get-him-out/511493/12 "2009-09-25T17:19:27Z")
If you have a problem because the frog jumps unexpectedly ([or sings and dances too much](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan_J._Frog)), then bring over some friends. He will suddenly stop performing and you can then grab him and place him outside. Note that he will not go away, but will continue to perform - as long as no one else is around. Do not let this press upon your sanity. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-frog-in-my-house-how-can-i-get-him-out/511493/13 "2009-09-25T17:57:36Z")
> [@chela](#): > > Don’t be afraid, it just wants a kiss! [Disney](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6DmEgtibOg) suggests that is not a good idea. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-frog-in-my-house-how-can-i-get-him-out/511493/14 "2009-09-25T18:16:40Z")
> [@SiXSwordS](#): > > I asked him to try your suggestion and the animal went under the bed and became entangled in an afghan; verschränkung felines! Sorry, **SiX** …when I realized that I’d missed the Schrödinger reference completely, I edited and you apparently composed your response while I was editing, making your response nonsensical as it didn’t have my original post to play off of. :o ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-frog-in-my-house-how-can-i-get-him-out/511493/15 "2009-09-25T18:17:28Z")
> [@Blake](#): > > Wet your hands, pick him up and carry him outside. Assuming you don’t live in the Amazon, frogs are completely harmless and quite safe to handle. And don’t forget to wash your hands after carrying the frog. Otherwise, what you eat will taste like chicken. ---
**Author:** ![Kingspades](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecae2f/32.png) [@Kingspades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kingspades)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-frog-in-my-house-how-can-i-get-him-out/511493/16 "2009-09-25T18:22:19Z")
> [@Corner\_Case](#): > > If you have a problem because the frog jumps unexpectedly ([or sings and dances too much](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan_J._Frog)), then bring over some friends. He will suddenly stop performing and you can then grab him and place him outside. Note that he will not go away, but will continue to perform - as long as no one else is around. Do not let this press upon your sanity. **Corner Case** is now honored with **Kingspades**. Come right this way to browse an amazing selection of patterns and tabards. ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-frog-in-my-house-how-can-i-get-him-out/511493/17 "2009-09-25T19:23:10Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Sorry, **SiX** …I edited making your response nonsensical Yeah, that’s the ticket. That explains all those other posts of mine as well. Will you people please stop editing while I’m composing! ---
**Author:** ![foolscap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9a140/32.png) [@foolscap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolscap)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2009, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-frog-in-my-house-how-can-i-get-him-out/511493/18 "2009-09-28T02:18:50Z")
If that IS just a frog no problem. If you are in one of the southern states (texas, florida ect.) That might be a toad that oozes something really nasty. I would not touch it until I found out just what it was. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2009, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-frog-in-my-house-how-can-i-get-him-out/511493/19 "2009-09-28T13:15:13Z")
If his skin looks dry, I’d wet my hands before picking him up; no sense in hurting his skin. Carry him outside to a stream, pond, or puddle, preferably with a little shade. If it’s a toad and he pees on you, you can either wash your hands or amputate them. ---
**Author:** ![foolscap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9a140/32.png) [@foolscap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolscap)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2009, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-frog-in-my-house-how-can-i-get-him-out/511493/20 "2009-09-28T16:00:54Z")
I was a bit unclear with my last post I was thinking about the vomit toad, (I think the name says it all) it is not JUST disgusting to touch, but oozes toxins. do not touch that guy with a wet hand, plastic gloves at the least, and throw the gloves away after. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-frog-in-my-house-how-can-i-get-him-out/511493.md?page=2)