Forum: Pools, Pets and Creepy Critters

its weird the last few weeks 3-4, i have found 1 frog in the pool each week, usually in the skimmer next to the auto pool vacuum hose, just relaxing...

So my pool is 15x30 rectangle in so. Florida. No matter how many hours I run my pump or how many times a day I skim the pool, there is constantly...

I'm sure this has been asked a million times, but all of the old posts are gone. I even hoped Google had cached some of the old posts, but I couldn't...

Just a quick question. I had a mouse living in my vacuum hose. When I hooked it up there must have been some remnants of feces because the skimmer...

I noticed a lot of bird poop on the edge and in the pool over the past few weeks and last night I discovered why. It seems the Grackels think the...

I have a million tadpoles on my pool cover. I have drained as much water as possible off of it. What do you guys do? I hate to kill them, but then...

I have ants around the coping of my pool CONSTANTLY. I want to kill them but am leery of spraying any type of spray that close to my water. I can...

We will be closing on a house with a pool in about two weeks. The current owner has a solar blanket on a roller, but I am worried about my dog...

After only have my 24 ft doughboy for 3 weeks I'm haveing a huge problem with water bugs. Actually I don't know the real name for them. We can net...

Okay, I have a pair of ducks that swam on my tarp before I removed it and now have made a home in my pool. I do not know what to do to keep them...

Hello, I have been searching the web looking for answers(more peace of mind) on if my kids were endangered after my husband discovered a dead bat in...

I am in Edinburg, TX (deep south TX) several weeks ago I noticed clouds of tiny specs floating on the pool surface. At first I thought it was...

I can think of a thousand questions but let me start with the two that are preventing me from pulling the trigger :) We have a problem with moles...

I've had my pool for 9 years. This is the first year that I've had this fast swimming, oval shaped black bug. Anyone know what they are or how to get...

So... in the last week I've had to fish 3 mice out of my pool.... One of them I "rescued" as it was still alive and swimming for dear life, and...

My roommate and I bought a pool last summer. It's just a small intex pool since we're renting a house and everything went smoothly last summer....

New pool owner with a few questions. Been a lurker on this site for a month or so. Ive gotten a lot good info here. With the info I've found here,...

We're enjoying a nice mild day here in the Denver Metro area and looking over what's been done for our new pool build. As we're looking around, this...

Is there an upper limit for chlorine that's too much for dogs? We have a new puppy (12 weeks) that, for the first time for a dog of ours, we have...

Hi folks. Just took the cover off the pool today! To my suprise the pool has millions of mosquito larvae. Now this is a 24' above ground pool! I am...

Well here I was thanking God I've only found your typical critters like Mice and birds in the skimmers. I was out helping one of my fellow workers on...

I have a question about those little swimming bugs, i think they are called back swimmers. After i had my pool up for about 2 days (in the yard, no...

I have bees everywhere! They are all over the drain, the noodles, anything bright and colorful, and there are HUNDREDS!! Every time we want to...

Hello: Been a lurker since last year, never had a pool before so after reading this forum got the guts to try out an Intex 12' round last year....

My dogs are drinking water from the pool which is saltwater. There is a bowl of freshwater near by but still they lap up water from the pool. Is this...

I turned on the pool light last night and noticed about 6 of these bad boys swimming around the light. They are definately backswimmers and not...

this year is only the second year we've had the pool last year, i assume because the install was fresh, we didn't have "the problem" this year,...

I picked up a 5 lb bag of CYA at my local pool store to raise the level in my pool and stupidly set it where the dogs could reach it. They tore open...

I'm a little sad to see all the old stuff lost so I came back to re-tell my favorite story from this board. Maybe the original poster can fill in the...