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As you all now we pulled the net off the smaller 800g+ pond and have no fish
in it. It's for plants and frogs and whatever else decides to move in. With the net gone something, possibly a cat, has picked off every frog and eats it's legs off. We find the bodies near the same tree about 20' from the pond. There are no more frogs as of last night. We starting to feel this pond is a draw for frogs and something else that feeds on them. This is a real downer. :*( -- RM.... Frugal ponding since 1995. rec.ponder since late 1996. Zone 6. Middle TN USA ~~~~ }((((* ~~~ }{{{{(ö |
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"Reel McKoi" wrote | As you all now we pulled the net off the smaller 800g+ pond and have no fish | in it. It's for plants and frogs and whatever else decides to move in. With | the net gone something, possibly a cat, has picked off every frog and eats | it's legs off. We find the bodies near the same tree about 20' from the | pond. There are no more frogs as of last night. We starting to feel this | pond is a draw for frogs and something else that feeds on them. This is a | real downer. :*( I'm very sorry about the frogs. But now that they are gone, whatever was eating them will go away, and may not come back. BTW I'm a cat person who lived with 9 cats around ponds for many years and never once saw a cat eat a frog. I don't think they like them. |
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"Pat" wrote in message et... "Reel McKoi" wrote | As you all now we pulled the net off the smaller 800g+ pond and have no fish | in it. It's for plants and frogs and whatever else decides to move in. With | the net gone something, possibly a cat, has picked off every frog and eats | it's legs off. We find the bodies near the same tree about 20' from the | pond. There are no more frogs as of last night. We starting to feel this | pond is a draw for frogs and something else that feeds on them. This is a | real downer. :*( I'm very sorry about the frogs. But now that they are gone, whatever was eating them will go away, and may not come back. BTW I'm a cat person who lived with 9 cats around ponds for many years and never once saw a cat eat a frog. I don't think they like them. ========================================= We don't know of any other predator that would just chew their legs off and leave the body. Herons and snakes eat them whole. Snapper turtles don't drag them out of the water to eat their legs and leave the bodies. There is nothing else here that does that. I hope whatever is doing it leaves. My old cat completely ignored the pond and frogs and toads. -- RM.... Frugal ponding since 1995. rec.ponder since late 1996. Zone 6. Middle TN USA ~~~~ }((((* ~~~ }{{{{(ö |
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"Reel McKoi" wrote in message ... As you all now we pulled the net off the smaller 800g+ pond and have no fish in it. It's for plants and frogs and whatever else decides to move in. With the net gone something, possibly a cat, has picked off every frog and eats it's legs off. We find the bodies near the same tree abou t 20' from the pond. There are no more frogs as of last night. We start ing to feel this pond is a draw for frogs and something else that feeds on them. This is a real downer. :*( -- RM.... Frugal ponding since 1995. rec.ponder since late 1996. Zone 6. Middle TN USA ~~~~ }((((* ~~~ }{{{{(ö I watched my brothers Staffordshire terrier grab a frog in his mouth a fe w months back, the frog, I think must have secreted something from its skin because the dog soon dropped him un-harmed and ran round the garden with a foaming mouth for 5 minutes , he has never touched a frog since. I would have thought a frog would have had the same effect on a cat. GGJ uk |
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GGJ wrote:
With the net gone something, possibly a cat, has picked off every frog and eats it's legs off. I watched my brothers Staffordshire terrier grab a frog in his mouth a fe w months back, the frog, I think must have secreted something from its skin because the dog soon dropped him un-harmed and ran round the garden with a foaming mouth for 5 minutes , he has never touched a frog since. I would have thought a frog would have had the same effect on a cat. Maybe that's why the predator in this case ONLY eats the legs. Chip |
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There is a magnificent slide show of frog photos at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rod_out...00527000/show/ The photographer is a regular poster on alt.binaries.pictures.animals |
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"Pat" wrote in message et... There is a magnificent slide show of frog photos at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rod_out...00527000/show/ The photographer is a regular poster on alt.binaries.pictures.animals Blimey, he certainly likes his frogs. Not the best of places to be a moth by the looks of things. Great photo's. GGJ |
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"GGJ" wrote in message ... I watched my brothers Staffordshire terrier grab a frog in his mouth a fe w months back, the frog, I think must have secreted something from its skin because the dog soon dropped him un-harmed and ran round the garden with a foaming mouth for 5 minutes , he has never touched a frog since. I would have thought a frog would have had the same effect on a cat. ======================== You're talking about toads. These are frogs that come up with their legs chewed off. I haven't seen any toads harmed here yet. -- RM.... Frugal ponding since 1995. rec.ponder since late 1996. Zone 6. Middle TN USA ~~~~ }((((* ~~~ }{{{{(ö |
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