My mom works as a dispatch for a small plumbing company, so I’ve heard some stories. Because they are small, this means they get a lot of, uh, interesting plumbing jobs. This also means they get to a job where an old woman has flushed 7 dead birds down the toilet and thinks it should only take 15 minutes and cost $25 to fix.
If you call a plumber it is going to be expensive. Don’t try to do it yourself, pay the money. The two things you never do yourself are plumbing and electric. They are professionals for a reason.