Frog/Toad Army

[GardenFaery]

For slug relief! Even if you can't have your own frogs/toads - watching these vids at least gives you a feeling of getting your own back on the slug barstewards!

The common toad eating a snail - YouTube

Freshwater Frog Eating Snail.mp4 - YouTube

amazing frog eats a huge slug - YouTube

Nom Nom Nom Nom Nom Nom Nom Amphibian Style With Bonus Footage - YouTube

errmmm shame about eating worms and butterflies and stuff too really though LOL

[Paulottie]

so glad i put a pond on the lottie!

[redser]

Got to put one in!

[leonmc0708]

Made me feel a lot better watching that.

I have a pond and it is literally teaming with tadpoles which I am currently rearing on thinned lettuce seedlings and daphnia.

I intented to build a frog or toad army of my own.

I am looking into a frog hotel to go with my bug hotel at the bottom of the plot as well.

[lottie dolly]

oh my word,a split second tongue,untill it got a worm,eeeuuk,good pictutes,and tamed frogs lol

[VirginVegGrower]

Found two hiding underneath my oriental poppies, along with a few snails. They always make me run a mike when I see them though. I was wearing flip flops and the thought of them landing on my toes makes me want to stifle a scream

[areia]

my brothers got over a 1000 froglettes in his pond at mo, would of been best to of taken then as tadpoles but, im gonna tryyyyyyyyyyyyyy and add a load to my neighbours pond in vain hope they will eat some of my slugs just hope their homeing gene doesnt make all of them try and hop home

[GardenFaery]

[QUOTE=VirginVegGrower;1013185]. They always make me run a mike QUOTE]


LOL Frog Karaoke?

[leonmc0708]

I have been puttign all the snails and slugs I have found on the plot into my pond to help my frog army get used to eating them.

Happy to report that when I went last night - they are fevourishly feeding on a snail floating and on a number of slugs at the bottom of the pond:



It was a proud moment to see my little men having their first (of hopefully many) taste of slug and snail.

Not sure how they are gonna mange this mofo however:

[GardenFaery]

great to see Leon - I think a toad may take care of the big un LOL?

[snohare]

Not sure how they are gonna mange this mofo however:

Oh it'll be no problem leon - it's a smoker, it'll never manage to outrun them !
I will say though - the fags never stunted it's growth...

[Chocolate8me]

I have been puttign all the snails and slugs I have found on the plot into my pond to help my frog army get used to eating them.

Happy to report that when I went last night - they are fevourishly feeding on a snail floating and on a number of slugs at the bottom of the pond:

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It was a proud moment to see my little men having their first (of hopefully many) taste of slug and snail

I'm afraid tadpoles are not huge meat eaters & were probably only 'cleaning' the snail (they like eating algae, etc)

I started throwing slugs in the pond but they just drowned & swelled and ended up fishing them out after a few days.

The frogs have mostly disappeared now so I am eagerly awaiting their return because I'm sick of the slugs & snails munching on my greens!

Great videos btw Garden Faery!

[leonmc0708]

I'm afraid tadpoles are not huge meat eaters & were probably only 'cleaning' the snail (they like eating algae, etc)

I started throwing slugs in the pond but they just drowned & swelled and ended up fishing them out after a few days.

The frogs have mostly disappeared now so I am eagerly awaiting their return because I'm sick of the slugs & snails munching on my greens!

Great videos btw Garden Faery!

Not sure on the "cleaning" - I snip the snails and slugs in half before they go in, and they swarm the things within minutes - not just ones that have been in the pond for days (which they generally leave alone and I fish out).

Most of them are now froglets - seen literally hundreds in the longer grass around the plot.

I am trusting they are going ot be loyal to their master and come back to my plot of an evening and feast on them there slugs and snails.

[Chocolate8me]

That must be where I've gone wrong by not chopping them up.

I know the tadpoles loved bread & fish food.

Ours have disappeared now but I'm hoping the same, that they will come back when they are big enough to munch on some lunch!