I had one guest who caught the bat and released it outside, then told us about it. 
Didnât mention it in the review eitherâŚ
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Now that is a shocker!
Amazing! If we could only always match our guests to whatever weird thing happened while they were here.
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We had a few mouse problems in one of our Airbnbâs after we found out that guests were leaving the sliding door open to the patio, and keeping the place very messy. It turned into a nightmare with Airbnb as the guest was trying to get a refund on their stay. So now all of our listings contain the following"
âThis home is in New England where field mice are common, and while our house is super-clean, on rare occasions mice have gotten into our house. This has happened as a result of guests leaving the exterior doors ajar (propped open) and leaving unsealed containers of food in the cabinets and on the counters, mice will sneak in if the doors are left open. We employ professional extermination services to be proactive and have traps hidden in pet and child-safe areas of the house (like under the stove and in the garage). We do not have a rodent problem but wish to remain proactive, so if you are freaked out by the possibility of seeing a trap or an occasional mouse then this place is not for youâ
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Wowsa. I just died. Bless your heart!!!
Iâm guessing that Rex doesnât own a historic property. My home was built in 1853 and backs onto a large park that has a thriving rodent population. We have 4 cats. We occasionally get the odd foolish mouse looking for somewhere warm to take up residence. The cats usually deal with mice pretty effectively, but as for stopping the mice actually entering the property, that would be well nigh impossible given the architecture of the house - far too many nooks and crannies, old blocked up doors and passageways, false ceilings, unused chimneys etc.
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Florida has EVERYTHING. I would probably fall out if I encountered an anaconda or hybrid super boa constrictor or the 5 foot lizard that looks like a small Komodo dragon (poisonous bite Lowers victimâs blood pressure to cardiac emergency levels)
Pygmy rattlers donât seem so bad comparatively
Actually, the pygmy rattlesnakes are as if not more poisonous than the bigger ones, and less noticeable. We are on 30 acres with lots of woods around us but can not remember the last time we saw one.
The anacondas and boas were brought in to Miami to sell and when they grew big their owners let them go. They migrated (30-40miles west to the Everglades. That is about 350 miles south of us, so no problem here. We have itty-bitty lizards that change color and are totally harmlessâwe see some by the pool and my wife gives them names. They eat insects.
People do not realize how far you can go in Florida and have three different climates, tropical in Key West; subtropical for most of the state; and moderate in the north. When we lived in Fort Lauderdale and going to I-10 and Alabama we would leave home at 6 a.m. and not leave Florida until the sun was setting at 8 p.m. Key West was an additional three hours south of Ft. Laud. The mileage from Ft. Laud. to the Alabama state line is about 700 miles!
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Somewhat like living in Texas. Iâm in the far west corner, El Paso, and people from out of state that I know online will ask about us âmeeting upâ in Dallas which is a 9 hour drive. LA/TX state line to TX/NM state line along I-10 is 877 miles. W are also two time zones. (is anyone an Indigo Girls fan here? We got a shout out in âSouthland in the
Springtimeâ)
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I hear you. Florida is such a long state (>440 mi) there can be tremendous variation. I didnât realize where your rental was.
NC is >500 miles wide with mountains on the west and coast warmed by the Gulf Stream. In February you can be either snow skiing in the west or playing golf at the coast.
Washington also has a wide range of climates and landscapes also - we live in the east in a desert-like shrub steppe, there are plains/plateau in the central portion, Mt. St. Helens Volcanic National Mounment, the Cascade mountains, ocean shore line, and a rainforest in the west. When I say Iâm from Washington people assume Seattle. Love Seattle but there is so much more.
One thing our international visitors often remark on is they never really understood just how big and diverse the US is until they visited and started to drive. Our state alone is the size of some countries and we have very distinct differences between the east and west side politically, socially, economically and yet we (mostly!) get along.
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It seems that many people have a very poor grasp on geography. In spite of the existence of NAFTA, which is composed of Canada, the US, and Mexico, almost no one realizes that Mexico is part of North America, not Central or South America. And even though they could easily look at a map or google driving distance from El Paso to Dallas, they donât.
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You lightweights! My state is 2151 miles across, 1,328 miles from north to south, and all but 6% of it is unroaded. We have 6,640 miles of coastline around an area of 663,300 square miles. It encompasses 7 different climate zones from high arctic tundra to boreal forests to the worldâs largest temperate rain forest.
We get asked why we canât just drive to towns that are on islands. Or surrounded by mile high cliffs and glaciers. Or that most towns are at least 100 miles apart.
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Yep we are light weights compared.
I wouldnât survive 3 months there. In 2000 years a scientist would announce, âwe found the frozen body of a chubby, woman with blonde hair. We believe she froze between 2000-2200. Her last meal was some kind of cheese & pasta. Her cause of death may have been âpoorly-prepared idiot tourist syndromeâ.
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ca is also a very big state, and we got everything the other states have, so there.
- glaciers
- idiots
- deserts,
4 ocean,
5 valleys
etc etc
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We all have idiots, lol.
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