How can I quiet tree frogs?
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Comments (2)This is a company in the US that I've dealt with and there are tutorials on their web for making molds for various items including concrete. You can probably find the same or similar material in Australia. Here is a link that might be useful: smooth on how to page...See MoreOops...think I saw a Cuban Tree Frog....
Comments (14)I agree..snakes in the yard are GOOD things! I love it when I spot some of my black racers moving around, but they are getting more and more shy, what with two obnoxious dachshunds who think the yard should be theirs alone. Lest anyone be confused, treefrogs are NOT all bad. In fact, they used to be WONDERFUL to have around. It's just the exotic CUBAN treefrogs that are bad for the environment. And on that same note, for those who don't know, the habit the media has of calling the exotic and toxic Marine Toads "bufos," is a very bad one. All of our very beneficial native toads are also "bufos," since "bufo" is the genus name for over 150 different toads. Bufo terrestris is our very valuable southern toad. But bufo marinus is the bad guy. The less confusing way to refer to these exotic toads is as Giant Toads, Marine Toads or Cane Toads. Please don't go killing all bufos. Marcia...See MoreCuban Tree Frogs - HOW to discourage??
Comments (0)We have a veritable orchestra of Cuban Tree Frogs frolicking under our bedroom window. The vocal evidence of amphibious love is deafening at 2am!! While I do NOT want to obliterate them, I would LOVE to discourage them from using this garden space as their little private Club Med. Help, anyone??????...See MoreHow do you discourage Cuban Tree Frogs?
Comments (3)Thanks Cyn427! Great suggestions. I love the sound of good ol' native Florida tree frogs, and encouraged what I thought were a slightly different variety when my Cubans 1st arrived about a year ago. CTFs sound like a really loud, squeaky, rusty massive gate swinging in a tornado, at all different pitches & keys. The noise is maddening! I did try soap n water sprays, vinegar & water (that kindof worked, at first, killed my grass & begonias, tho), tobacco tea, oil & soap (i use this for whiteflies, aphids, etc), garlic emulsion sprays - all to no avail. I dumped & relocated my rain barrels, moved 90% of the plants under our bedroom window area, left lights ON, left lights OFF, prayed, cussed, ....nothing worked! Our local black snake and corn snake population won't even eat them! These are some bitter, tenacious little rascals! Ear plugs only muffled the sound a little bit...... (sigh) but not enough to STAY asleep. We finally resorted to Removal.......SUCCESS! They are down to a manageable 2 or 3 now . And the geckos & REGULAR tree frogs are coming back. Hooray! Our neighbors chuckled & thought we were absolutely bat-crazy during the process, until the congregation moved into THEIR side yard. I now see them out at dusk, with their butterfly nets & strainers.....hunting big amphibious game, haha. :)...See Morescardanelli
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