Last year I answered a knock on my door. It was the Orkin man, who was next door treating my neighbor's home for cockroaches, and trying to drum up business with me. I hadn't seen any sign of pest problems, so I declined. Afterwards, I got to worrying that the neighbor's cockroach treatment might drive the buggers to seek refuge in my home, so I bought a glue trap to see if I caught anything lurking in my pantry. The trap opens like a book into two trays full of very sticky glue. After nearly a year, I caught one fly, so I am fairly confident that there is no bug problem here.
Fast forward to last night. I had skipped dinner, and around 8:00 I was finally hungry so I went to the pantry for a snack. Fella went in like a flash, and promptly stepped on the glue trap. He started going wild, and quickly stuck his other front paw in the second half of the glue trap. Then he really started panicking, and I had to pull those tray off of him in a hurry. Unfortunately, a lot of glue remained on his paws, and he was frantically running around in circles, leaving a gluey mess wherever he stepped. In the process of trying to catch him to boot his butt outside, I stepped on glue and got it on my feet.
Once outside, I noticed that after taking a few steps on the grass, the glue came off and I instantly felt better, so I encouraged Fella to run on the lawn and he felt better soon, too.
The one year old hardwood floor was a different story. What a mess! I found that a paper towel soaked with cooking oil removed the glue. I lost count of how many gluey footprints I had to clean, but time and elbow, er cooking, grease removed the last of it. Of course the floor was very slippery and Kevin almost took a header, but managed to remain upright. Swiffer wet got rid of the oily residue, the glue trap is now history, and Fella has recovered from the trauma.
I've come to the conclusion that God sent Fella to you so your life would never have a chance to get boring again!!! Somehow I think I'm going to start looking forward to the "Fella" stories almost as much as I do the "Porky" stories. Glad to know you got all the glue off the floor and everyone has recovered!
Sorry but that is funny, but on the other hand it was not funny at the time glad poor Fella recovered and you figured out how to get the glue off the pawses,feets & floor. Glad no harm was done.
Papbouv
Did anyone film it............. :grin: Hope you are OK. God as the others say works in mysterous ways.
Roberta
What a disaster!!! Poor thing. I can't imagine how frightening that would be getting your feet glued to the floor and not understanding why you couldn't move. i do have to say though, I'm glad we can laugh about it now. It is kinda funny.