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Do snakes eat frogs but NOT fish?
The pond is 3/4 or more drained now... we had counted about 15 or so LARGE
frogs a month ago, but I've seen none at all now. (After seeing the snake with one in his mouth the other day), but it looks like all our fish are present and accounted for! It's getting dark here now, so it's hard to make sure of anything now, but tomorrow morning, with the sunlight, I'm going to try to hunt the snake down and remove him. Only thing I'm concerned about overnight, is now that there is less water to hide in, that the snakes will get the fish. I'll report back tomorrow on results... -- Gareee's Homepage: http://www.fortunecity.com/tattooine.../mainframe.htm Remove Delicious spam to reply |
"Gareee©" wrote in message ... The pond is 3/4 or more drained now... we had counted about 15 or so LARGE frogs a month ago, but I've seen none at all now. (After seeing the snake with one in his mouth the other day), but it looks like all our fish are present and accounted for! ## That's good to hear! :-) It's getting dark here now, so it's hard to make sure of anything now, but tomorrow morning, with the sunlight, I'm going to try to hunt the snake down and remove him. ## They like to hide in heavy vegetation and rocky areas. Only thing I'm concerned about overnight, is now that there is less water to hide in, that the snakes will get the fish. I'll report back tomorrow on results... -- McKoi.... the frugal ponder... EVERYONE: "Please check people's headers for forgeries before flushing." :-) ~~~ }((((o ~~~ }{{{{o ~~~ }(((((o |
Gareee© wrote:
The pond is 3/4 or more drained now... we had counted about 15 or so LARGE frogs a month ago, but I've seen none at all now. (After seeing the snake with one in his mouth the other day), but it looks like all our fish are present and accounted for! It's getting dark here now, so it's hard to make sure of anything now, but tomorrow morning, with the sunlight, I'm going to try to hunt the snake down and remove him. Only thing I'm concerned about overnight, is now that there is less water to hide in, that the snakes will get the fish. I'll report back tomorrow on results... That's great news about your fish. I wonder if you would have any luck using a commercial snake trap? Snake Guard http://www.snakeguard.com/index.html makes one that's humane. -- Elaine T __ http://eethomp.com/fish.html '__ rec.aquaria.* FAQ http://faq.thekrib.com |
I may be stating the obvious but frogs are amphibians - I don't about
the frogs in your area, but in Britain the common frogs spend a large part of their life cycle on land spending their days in cooler dark damp places and eating creepy crawlies at night. The only time they need pools of water are to breed and in their juvenile form (ie tadpoles), your frogs may well have left of their own accord. Peter Gareee© wrote: The pond is 3/4 or more drained now... we had counted about 15 or so LARGE frogs a month ago, but I've seen none at all now. (After seeing the snake with one in his mouth the other day), but it looks like all our fish are present and accounted for! It's getting dark here now, so it's hard to make sure of anything now, but tomorrow morning, with the sunlight, I'm going to try to hunt the snake down and remove him. Only thing I'm concerned about overnight, is now that there is less water to hide in, that the snakes will get the fish. I'll report back tomorrow on results... |
"Peter Breed" wrote in message
... I may be stating the obvious but frogs are amphibians - I don't about the frogs in your area, but in Britain the common frogs spend a large part of their life cycle on land spending their days in cooler dark damp places and eating creepy crawlies at night. The only time they need pools of water are to breed and in their juvenile form (ie tadpoles), your frogs may well have left of their own accord. That could be good info...they may have left because of the predators around.... And there's still lots of tads in the pond.... -- Gareee's Homepage: http://www.fortunecity.com/tattooine.../mainframe.htm Remove Delicious spam to reply |
Gareee© wrote:
The pond is 3/4 or more drained now... we had counted about 15 or so LARGE frogs a month ago, but I've seen none at all now. (After seeing the snake with one in his mouth the other day), but it looks like all our fish are present and accounted for! Most frogs don't spend a lot of time in water, except during mating season. Leopard frogs spend so little time in water they're called "Meadow frogs" in many places. However, while snakes will eat frogs _and_ fish, they're more likely to go for frogs when they're available. It's easier for the snake to catch food on land, and frogs are apt to spend a lot of time immobile, allowing a snakes to sneak up on them. -- derek |
Yup, depending on the frog.
Bullfrogs and Pig frogs are the most aquatic of frogs. They like to hang out in water but will also hunt on land. Ours used to stake out the area underneath the birdfeeder at night and snarf up the mice that came to eat fallen seeds. kathy :-) www.blogfromthebog.com |
Elaine T wrote:
That's great news about your fish. I wonder if you would have any luck using a commercial snake trap? Snake Guard http://www.snakeguard.com/index.html makes one that's humane. All the man has to do is buy a mongoose. It will tear the snake up to small bits. Problem is Mongoose will go after your fish. so now you must supply at least one snake a day to your pond. ================================================== ======================= -- CR.... All the JWs wish for is walking around the COUNTRYSIDE (never any towns pictured in the WT rags) smiling like the village idiot and carrying baskets of veggies and fruit with them. Also note they all live in suit pants and dress shirts. The women live in housedresses of 1952 vintage..... and they call that paradise? Any normal human being would rapidly be bored to death looking at trees, grass, each other's ever smiling faces and eating a vegetarian diet. They'd soon be longing for a good book, a movie, a Mall or a steak dinner..... (Carol) |
kathy wrote:
Yup, depending on the frog. Bullfrogs and Pig frogs are the most aquatic of frogs. They like to hang out in water but will also hunt on land. Ours used to stake out the area underneath the birdfeeder at night and snarf up the mice that came to eat fallen seeds. kathy :-) www.blogfromthebog.com Snarf up mice! Just how big _are_ these frogs? That kinda puts these Bull frogs in perspective for me. |
Greg Cooper wrote:
kathy wrote: Yup, depending on the frog. Bullfrogs and Pig frogs are the most aquatic of frogs. They like to hang out in water but will also hunt on land. Ours used to stake out the area underneath the birdfeeder at night and snarf up the mice that came to eat fallen seeds. Snarf up mice! Just how big _are_ these frogs? That kinda puts these Bull frogs in perspective for me. I never heard of Pig frogs, but bullfrogs can get to be 12". They'll eat (and sometimes choke to death on) anything they can stuff in their mouths. -- derek |
"Greg Cooper" wrote in message news:4UZhe.64448$HR1.56623@clgrps12... Snarf up mice! Just how big _are_ these frogs? That kinda puts these Bull frogs in perspective for me. ======================= Bullfrogs get L-A-R-G-E! They can cram down a 6 to 7" koi easily. My husband and I were on the porch enjoying watching several goldfinches bathing in a pond connected bird-bath. Suddenly and out of seemingly nowhere a huge frog grabbed one of the birds and jumped into the pond (pre netting days). I got rid of this bird bath and replaced it with one on a pedestal. The frog was probably hidden under the Hostas. -- McKoi.... the frugal ponder... EVERYONE: "Please check people's headers for forgeries before flushing." :-) ~~~ }((((o ~~~ }{{{{o ~~~ }(((((o |
Pig Frogs and Bullfrogs are kissing cousins,
they look a lot alike but Pig Frogs sound like, well, pigs. Apparently they are even more aquatic loving than Bullfrogs. They are native to the extreme south of the USA and all of Florida, what can we say, if it is strange, odd, unusual, it belongs in Florida ;-) k :-) |
kathy wrote:
Pig Frogs and Bullfrogs are kissing cousins, they look a lot alike but Pig Frogs sound like, well, pigs. And, I take it, they don't have any interest in rum... -- derek |
derek wrote: And, I take it, they don't have any interest in rum... No, no interest in rum, in fact they call: "sWINE, sWINE, sWINE" k :-) |
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