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Oh my goodness! I don't blame you for being upset. I hope you are able to find a way to keep your babies away from them :eek: In the meantime, I would walk them on a leash to keep an eye on them. It wouldn't be worth losing your babies :( |
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Picture here: Bufo marinus - Giant Toad, Cane Toad, Marine Toad |
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Thanks so much!! We have def seen these in our driveway. I will have to keep a better eye out for them. |
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Ziva picked up a frog last winter- boy was I freaking out! She was very sick over it, but after we googled the info we just held on for a while and she came around. I have cleaned up all the dead leaves and move the garden hoses every week and sweep behind everything. She is now limited to a fenced in portion of the yard and I go outside with her.She ate something last week that gave her a sore mouth, she would not eat all day and laid in our arms, very sad...I think she chewed on a purple "oyster" plant we found a small one growing wild in the grass with a chewed leaf a few days later. |
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Frogs We're in NE also, close to the Senior Center. We live on the corner of two canals and this is where our problem is coming from. We do not have standing water in the yard, but the canals are breeding these frogs like crazy! I still get eaten up by bugs, so they're not eating them! ha ha The city sprays the canals several times a year, but I think it's for the mosquitos. This is the first year I've seen so many frogs. I wish I could do something to minimize them. I watch my babies when they go outside to potty, but these little frogs just get them going and my little one just wants to chase them. I've been throwing them back over the fence, but I think they're coming back. My neighbor steps on them. ugh! |
I know where that is:) I am on the Tillman canal. I haven't seen any frogs lately, used to get a lot that just clung to the outside of the windows at the back of the house. But I think they were what we called "stone frogs" |
Fyi I am not trying to offend anyone by posting this. I just read it on the site Beamers Mom posted because I wanted to know what the frog looked like. The site said this: Giant Toads produce poison from glands behind the head. The poison is highly toxic to most animals and produces pain and local inflammation if it contacts the eyes. Most predators are quickly killed after ingesting this substance. Dogs and cats which bite Giant Toads die within a few hours. Native species of reptiles and mammals are also vulnerable. The eggs and tadpoles of Giant Toads are also poisonous. Giant Toads can be removed and disposed of humanely (as recommended by the IFAS Animal Use Approval Committee) by placing them in a plastic container (or bag) in the freezer for three days and then burying the carcasses. If you do not wish to handle the toads, contact a local nuisance animal trapper. At FloridaGardener.com we believe that there seems to be no real need to make an active effort to control Giant Toads as they are more beneficial than harmful in the home yard and garden. However, if the population of toads grows out of control or you believe they may be a threat to your children, pets, or wildlife in your yard, then you may find it necessary to control the population in your yard. I think I would do whatever was necessary to control these. I wish all of you the best of luck! |
We have those ugly disgusting Bufo's in Hawaii too. A couple weeks ago Meika was barking her head off at one on the lawn in the dark. I had to get her inside, then go scoop it up with the pool net and put in the trash can. I don't know if there is a way to keep them away, I just dispose of them whenever I find one. They sleep during the day and come out at night to catch bugs, especially under a yard light. |
Frogs I've tried just about everything except freezing them. I don't think Animal Control can help; there are too many. Although I see quite a few during the day, they show their ugly little heads at night. I know I pick up about six every night. My freezer is going to be full!!! Anyone like frog legs? ha ha I started my lawmower last week and those little things just scattered. I didn't even see them until the mower started. (I use the bag on the mower in the back yard. It keeps my babies from bringing in grass and it helps to suck frogs up!) I'm not sure there is any help, really. I don't know why there is an overabundance this year also. |
I heard that freezing them is the humane way of killing them I try and keep the grass in my yard cut so they don't have tall grass to hide in and also not give them any place to hide and I have a privacy fence you know the tall 6' wooden ones and they must dig under it to get in because with all that I still have a frog problem I just saw 4 tonight when I took the dogs out for potty..... |
According to the University of Florida, you can "contact a local nuisance animal trapper." Do you have anything like that around you? Or what about the game and fish? Will they do anything? From what I am reading these little guys are a huge problem. And the only control I am seeing is the freezing. Wow, you all have a mess. |
In all honesty I don't think calling anyone will help. What I mean is I can trap them just as well as they can but they always come back there are so many. I was thinking maybe getting chicken wire and kinda bury it under my fence if that makes sense, because I keep thinking they must be digging their way in I just know how deep they are willing to dig to get in. |
Chicken wire worked to keep a beagle we had in the yard. He was a digger too. But with the chicken wire he couldn't get out. I think I would give it a try. Good luck!! |
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