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Re: Live Frog in my backyard
 

Dang, mustve been like bubble wrap :lol:

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HeeHee.

But louder and messier....

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Good news,just went to the backyard and heard croaking sound twice,cant see it but glad it is alive and well,may get him.her a mate !
may also get a turtle.
I like that supermarket,they also have large clam on half shell,those clams are 6 inches across and have lots of meat,chop them up and make clam chowder,clam sauce for spaghetii.

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As kids,my brothers and I used to go catching tadpoles and raise them in a glass bowl,once we took a tadpole which has just turned into a frog and released it to our backyard,and forget all about it,until one rainy day,we heard croaking sound and what do we see,a young frog hopping around ,everytime it rains,we see it !

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we caught some tadpoles and put them in a large fishtank, and some grew legs and became nearly frogs, and we put in the right pond weed and stuff for them to eat, and guess what, I got up one morning and 2 tiny frog skeletons where floating picked clean of meat, and the other ones must have ate them....ugh and I had to get them out quick, which was so ugh, as I could hear the kids thumping down stairs to see them, and I lied and said they escaped and I would look for them but they would be fine, and later I said they got put in garden as they werent happy there and they did not really buy the story but anyway they forgot about it....anyway the rest of the tadpoles did not develop which I guess was good since they were cannibals...

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Wow. Eaten during the metamorphosis by jealous siblings. Nature is brutal sometimes.

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true, they croaked before they got a chance to croak...

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Or other carnal pleasures.

Survival of the fittest in Nature.

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Had 6 frogs in a tank when I was younger. Went out to catch more and came back there were 5. One frog swallowed another and they were all about the same size.. finally figured it out when I saw one had a finger hanging out its' mouth O.O

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Just want to report my frog is alive and well in my backyard,been croaking,so he must like my backyard,behind us is a receiving pond,when it rains,it holds water and birds come to feast on ?????
Should I buy another one?how do I know if it is the opposite sex?
And what about a turtle?

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This was a good chuckle :)

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Determining the sex of a frog is rather complex.

Mostly, the female is bigger than the male. (They bear the eggs).

Both male and female have a disc called the tympanum covering their ears. For the lads, their disc is bigger than their eye. Tbe gals’ disc is equal to their eye size.

I reckon you should maybe find out which species of frog the market sells. Then go from there? Did I tell you I love frogs.

:bird:

Re: Live Frog in my backyard
 

thanks,yes,You told me you like frogs,they are cute.
They sell them in supermarket,many in one big tub,I doubt anyone knows how to tell the sex,but will ask.
They are farm raised,but will ask what kind are they,they are pretty big and all green.

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Early May next year bet there are eggs in the pond :)

Look closely you can see the tiny tadpoles wiggling inside.

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Asexual reproduction? :eek:

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Dont think this frog :coffee:

Saw one living in the sump pump pit in a church basement. If theres standing water there's definitely frogs :lol:

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the receiving pond gathers all the rain water from the area but it drains or soak up all the water in a day or two.
Never see any frog but snakes and turtles and fish,but the birds are looking,there must be frogs /

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how big is that frog?
Most frogs I see around here are small ones,all green 2 inches ,toads are bigger.
We also have plenty of green geckos,one per tree,they love tall plants with broad leaves

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Bout same. One in the pit could fit on a silver dollar. What it ate I have no idea. Maybe a temporary residence and it literally croaked. Geckos are fiesty right? One I had would eat, sleep and bite - lol.

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Some frog gives are as big as toads. In the South of the US, this is the case.

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Bite didn't hurt that much, right? Never had a gecko bite.

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Gecko bites have the potential to hurt and harm.

The bigger the gecko the more horrible the bite.

Should you come across a gecko in the wild, then the harm of a bite increases because of the probability there are nasty pathogens in the mouth of the biting critter.

:eek:

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No kidding. There are tons of bullfrogs around here. They're almost never seen but they're so loud at night they'll keep you awake. I don't really care for them.

https://i.postimg.cc/t4xGXKbY/02-b3ewye-2400.png

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One ugly bull frog !
These geckos are feisty,they hunt at night and come back to sleep during the day.
They love fig trees,broad leaves are good for hiding.

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True about the pathogens - fun lizards though

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Sh*ts of critters.

Rather have the frog or the toad.

:coffee:

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No problem when he was little. As he got bigger he started to draw blood. I have a picture somewhere him poking his head out / chilling in my flannel chest pocket hah. You gotta handle them every day so they're used to you - but after a week they forget what you are and bite again :lol: :mad:

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Hah - closest pet I had to that was a salamander with turtles - poor salamander didn't last that long sadly

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:brick:

I wonder why.

I think your hamsters might be jealous to hear about this.

:thumb:

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The green geckos are rather attractive,all green ,they love the fig plant as the leaves match their color/

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a pair of barn swallows built a nest above my front door,they used to come around many times a day to check out the nest,and slept there over nite.
Now it looks like they have abandoned the nest,I cant tell if there are eggs inside,my ladder is not tall enough.
What happens?
We have state law we cannot hose down the nest,but if they are not using it,it should be removed,not to mention all that crap they left on the ground?

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Hah. We just had the same thing happen to us a few weeks ago. I don't know what kind of bird it was, but a small bird made a nest between the two panes of glass in one of our windows that has an air conditioner in it. I was watching the bird make it and I thought she had a really good idea since the spot she chose would shelter her from anything dangerous outside. She was pushing little twigs and pieces of grass through a small crack in the window as she was building the nest, and I'd have to sweep up her mess daily.

She seems to have abandoned the nest as soon as she got it done though. We have a large black lab, and I think our dog running out the back door all the time scared the bird off since she built her nest right by our back door.

I'm just going to wait a few weeks to see if she decides to use the nest. If she doesn't use it, I'll remove the nest from our window and throw it in the woods. I don't think the game warden is going to be alerted about a nest disturbance and come arrest me, or anything like that.

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barn swallows are small and swift,they like to build nests near human and besides mud and grass and twigs,they also use feather .
I learn that birds can keep laying eggs and then come back to sit on them when they are done laying eggs but where do they go in the mean time?
yes,dog would not be a good sight,they can also leave if they sense danger for themselves,they will give up the eggs or babies,or after sitting on them,they realise those eggs are no good and will never hatch,or may be one or both died/
But they built the nest above my front door,no animal can get up there,the only ones would be a bird of prey or a cuckoo or a human?

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Bird of prey could sniff them out for sure - or lizards in the area who will climb up (if you have those)

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That gives me the creeps! Lizards climbing up the walls of a home.

We have a spieces called Lace Monitor. They are mean, ornery and can climb walls.

Yuck.

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https://images.app.goo.gl/LEa4GDv7UXeT6mTYA


Close your windows.

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Is it legal there to keep him as a pet? I feel like I'd want to keep him as a pet. :nono:

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You get around that by having a big back yard with trees and lots of vegetation.

They will come visit and interact with you. Or you could visit this place!


https://reptilepark.com.au/animals/r...s/lace-monitor


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lace_monitor

What is fascinating is their closeness to the Komono Dragon Lizard of Indonesia.

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I'll have to visit AU some day.

Is it true that Australia is being overrun by the Chinese through property acquisition backed by the Chinese Gov't? I'm only asking because I notice the two language flags on the reptile park website are AU and CN.

https://i.postimg.cc/gcsJwsfW/Untitled.png

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Yep, there is an influx of both Chinese and Indian investors.

https://www.news.com.au/finance/real...ae27277f313f54

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