I live in Southeast Florida. We have these ugly poisonous frogs that can kill dogs. My husband as a child lost his dog that way.
They are nocturnal. They love to live in our garage.
If your dog bites one, it will foam at the mouth. Take a hose and put it on the side of the dog's mouth, holding the dog face down and rinse the dogs mouth out with water. Make sure the dog is looking down and you rinse from the side so that you don't drown him. Death can happen fast so you do this before calling the vet.
When threatened the Giant Bufo (Cane) TOAD secretes a highly toxic milky substance, called bufotenin, from the parotoid glands. It is classed as a hallucinogen, but it is not particularlly healthy to humans: it will burn the eyes and may inflame the skin. The poison may also inflame the mouth and throat and may cause nausea. Dogs or cats that bite the Giant TOAD will sicken and may even die.
My husband was cleaning out the garage and trying to rid it of all the toads.
They poop all over.
He scoops them out but they come right back. He doesn't like to kill things but we don't want them in the garage.
He is really a big strong man. He hit the taod with the shovel really hard and it wouldn't die!
It started jumping towards him.
He started screaming.
He had to hit it a few times hard before it would die.
The next day he was in the garage and he looked and it looked like the same toad kind of messed up looking right at him and it was jumping towards him.
Again he screamed. He said it was like a horror movie.
He hit it with the shovel and this time threw it into the lake outback.
I HATE these toads! They scare me.
This is a picture of my husband and I, a bufo toad, and the frogs from Vilettes yard! |