[Artchic528]

I just got done taking the shower from hell. I'm literally shaking from the experience as I type this out.

I noticed that the bathroom has been getting a few ants in it from time to time. Probably from the remains of these strange little beetles we've had recently dealt with. I would clean the bathroom, but yeah, due to my brother's recent drinking and throwing up stuff, it got really gross, but not unusable. The shower/bathtub was still reasonably clean at any rate, and with my brother now moved out, I thought it would be safe...how wrong I was.

Anyways, I am odd in that I like to take sit down bath/shower combos. I sit in the bathtub, soak for a while, and then use the showerhead on a hose to rinse off. I don't know why I bathe this way in particular, but I only do it in my own bathtub.

I had just lathered up some of that shampoo and conditioner combo stuff from Pantene in my hair and turned on the faucet, then the showerhead, and did as I usually do and let the water from the showerhead run into the bathwater while it gets warm. However, when I turned my head to look at the showerhead, I saw dozens of little black ants pouring out of it with the water.

Naturally, I screamed, hauled my bare arse out of that ant filled bathtub, and managed to have the presence of mind to turn off the showerhead before the thing sprayed the whole bathroom in the panic. Now here I was, standing next to the tub, dripping in suds from my lathered up hair, heart pounding, breathless and looking in pure terror at the nearly 100 or so ants swimming in my bathwater. I was lucky I didn't pull the shower curtain down during my escape.

I figured I'd run the showerhead part of the piping and just clean it out of ants, as I really didn't want to go banging on my parents' bedroom door at 3 in the morning in my current state, having to explain what had gone on and if I could use their shower to finish bathing. So, I let the showerhead clean itself out, running the water as hot as it would go so I could scald the ants to death as the were ejected into the tub, and a few dozen more ants came into the tub, which I drained and rinsed down. ONLY THEN, when I was sure the ants were no longer coming out, did I rinse my hair, but only leaning over the tub, not sitting in it. I don't dare sit in the tub again.

I'm seriously considering never using that bathroom for bathing ever again!! I felt like it was a horror movie come to life!!

[Yoda]

Showering at your place is quite an adventure.

that all sounds really freaky

[Medusax]

We have a regular pest control service because of our birds. The fruit attracts ants and roaches and I live in the south so roaches are very common here. Anyway, i have gone around with the guys that do the service and I must tell you ...THAT is the STRANGEST place i have ever heard of ants being. (?)

[TishaBuv]

There must be an ant nest in the pipes. Lol, what a visual. Like a horror movie!

I once had a bad flying ant experience, too. Still shaking...

[eskielover]

How the ants could getin the pipe unless there is a leak somewhere is beyond me unless they entered through the shower head. Water piping is mostly a closed system. Even if they entered through an outside hose connector if it is shut off its sealed shut.

What a horrible experience. I am fighting ants on my farm constantly but I would be grossed iut by that too. I always run my hot water through the shower head fir several minutes before ever getting in.

Maybe if you run the shower head first to heat your water & let it just run down the drain then run the water into the tub you will insurw nithing comes out in that horrible shocking way again.

I learned the hardway not to eat in bed. Dang ants got in my bed & one ended up in my ear....yep, ants are a gross nuisance.

[Yoda]

Originally Posted by eskielover

I learned the hardway not to eat in bed. Dang ants got in my bed & one ended up in my ear....

I also learned not to eat in bed when I awoke to a mouse running up my naked back. Still not sure what provoked my wild black snake to join me in bed last Labor Day.

ahhhh life with wild critters

[TishaBuv]

Really, over the top horror movies don't need to try so hard. Just finding worms in your half bitten cookie is enough. EEEEEEEEK!

[metalchick]

I have seen ants in those coffe flavor pumps...so when you go to pump a shot of hazelnut...you also get a cup full ants in your coffee....lol

[eskielover]

I have had ants het into my sugar canester I was sure was sealed tight & oops if the mapel syrup jar lid wasmt screwed on tight. I ALWAYS check out food before eating as Im bad at sitting down something Im eating & remembering it hours later.

Yoda...thank heavens my mice have stuck to my kitchen & digging in my potted plants. Hate the dirt kicked all over the place. I have an empty drawer with stale shredded wheat in it that micies are staying interested in. I hear them in my attic but not in the 2nd story rooms. Have found several dead ones on my basement floor & just found a snack bar wrapper by the heater vent in the family room. The mess mice leave is horrible but have heard to becareful of ants as we dont know whete all their little feet have been walking either.

[BlueEyedMama]

Ants are my worst nightmare. Spiders too. Ahhhhhhhhhh.

[eskielover]

Im with you on the spiders too. I am forever getting spider bites. Have these wispy ones called celler spiders & when they hatch out there are tiny ones all over the place. I move something & see barely see them for their light color, running across the floor. Found a jumping spider in my kitchen sink when rincing off dishes last night.. .scakding hot water like for the ants worked great to end that issue.

Nothing worse than sitting on the toilet & realizing something is watching you....turn & there right on the wall next to you is a huge garder spider with the leg span larger than a silver dollar.

My reaction is to scream....hoping to scare them to death like they scared me. Always have this vision of them jumping on me.

Ok my house mouse was busy in myfamily room last night while I was sittjng right there. I am working on organizing things I brought back from my elderly friends home I got her things ready for auction. I had these huge wicker baskets sitting on my kitchen bar stools that I had moved out of the way to clean the kitchen. Heard this munch munch. I juggled the basket & heard a plop on the floor. Dug through the baskets & found Christmas candy I had put there because I couldnt eat it....mouse found it. I put it in my dump food pile & sure enough mouse came back to find more dessert in a little while. Heard the noise in the wicker & went over & jiggled the empty baskets & again....plop on the floor. There are so many things for it to hide around its not easy to spot after the plop on the floor. It is definitely a well fed mousie Ive been working on cutting off the food sources but it keeps finding things to get into I done realize havent been mouse proofed. I really struggle killing anything as cute as mice but all the house fires in the area are usually from mice chewing electric wiring so they are dangerous beyond any disease they may carry.

[Medusax]

@eskielover--- We also had a mouse adventure; will tell about it later...on my way to work.

[ComfortablyNumb5]

Ants don't bother me. But if it was a centipede I'd be running for the hills...naked.