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Wed, Jun 16, 10 at 14:35
| Anyone have a good idea for protecting tadpoles and frogs from snakes? I have a milk crate in my little pond, but the snakes can wind through that too.
Any ideas? Thanks. |
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| I am not sure you can protect them. They aren't really intelligent enough to learn to fear the snake and run towards any shelter you provided, and probably wouldn't get a second chance to run away anyway. As long as snakes are around, you will lose some critters. Snakes have to eat too, ya know! |
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- Posted by catherinet z5 (My Page) on Thu, Jun 17, 10 at 12:16
| Thanks cindy. Was just hoping I could save a couple from the jaws of death. haha I pulled a huge long sheet of string algae out of my little pond. Would that have been a place they could hide, or would the snakes get through that too? Hopefully, the snakes are finding enough mice around here to eat instead. (sorry mice!). |
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- Posted by justplaindon 7 (My Page) on Thu, Jun 17, 10 at 13:05
| Catherinet, Maybe the best way to look at it is that the snakes will eat a few frogs (and it will be the weakest ones) as between meal snacks for when a mouse or two happen to straggle into their area/your property. It lets you come closer to a more balanced eco-system even if you like the frogs better than the snakes. L8r, |
Here is a link that might be useful: What's blooming in the greenhouse now.
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- Posted by catherinet z5 (My Page) on Thu, Jun 17, 10 at 17:01
| Thanks Don, I only have 1 green frog and 3 snakes......one of which is about 3' long. So I'm kind of heavy on the snakes this year. I don't know if they're the reason I don't have the usual number of frogs this year, or if its just an off year for frogs. But I do miss those frogs. Luckily, I have a bunch of tree frogs, who can get away from the snakes better. What a racket they make at night...but I love it! |
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