I've heard that 1 can be too many. Yes, they can be relocated. They eat small animals and children.

I've got about 8-10 Bullfrogs and a Leopard frog or two in my 1800 gal pond. I feed them nightcrawlers a couple times a week and any crickets I find around the yard.
I enjoy the Bull's and their occasional song. It's the male toads looking for love with their high pitched twill (like a child blowing one of those plastic whistles) that will drive one up a wall.
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In my pond 1 is too many. I had them in my previous pond and couldn't understand why I kept finding dead birds floating in my pond. One day a bird landed on the waterfall to have a drink, the frog got a hold on it and jumped into the pond. Before I could act the bird was dead. That solved the mystery.

railheadwitz:

How long have they been co-habitating. One day your leopard frogs may become a meal for your bull frogs.

Jenny

railheadwitz: how did you get yours trained to come up to you? and not jump in the pool as soon as you do?? I have a baby one about 2 inches big.

Railheadwitz.. that is a fabulous shot. Thanks for sharing.

It all depends on what you are serving with them! LOL
Yes 1 is too many, you will not have any other frogs soon and Yes you will have dead birds. I relocate all the bullies that find my pond, though they are good eating!

Koijoy,
I've heard others talk about bullfrogs eating birds, I haven't seen it yet. It would take one hell of a big Bull

to get anything larger than a sparrow into it's mouth.
The leopards have been around for a couple years now. The pond is about 20 by 10 foot so evidently that

must be enough room for all to get along unless the Bull's have future plans. LoL
I was more concerned about the Snapping Turtle eating everything than the frogs eating each other. :-())

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mybusyfamily,
If you're out by your pond quite often they should get used to you and become approachable. I guess it

would depend on how much time you're with them, and how trusting your frogs are. :-()) I started out feeding them

crickets, switched to worms, and now alternate between the two. Sit down and toss a few worms out in front of you and see what happens.

pashta,
You're welcome.

lisa,

Awwww,____ I couldn't eat 'Lurch' or 'Lumpy'! :-(()

Witz

I've got some pond pics here: http://s17.photobucket.com/albums/b86/RailheadWitz/Pond/?start=0

Witz,

Great pond. I enjoyed your pictures. What an amazing job you did. I'm sure you get a great deal of enjoyment from it.

I grew up on the edge of a swamp and we used to have snapping turtle visitors. I even had a baby one in my aquarium for a while. I discovered that a large female can jump about 6' when poked with a stick to get it to go back to the swamp. Yep.. they sure are "snappy" critters.

Anne

Railheadwitz,
Is that a dead bird in your pond? A dead chipmunk? I'm having trouble figuring out what the image is.

Anne,
Thank you and yes, it was worth all the work. I also grew up near a swamp and spent alot of time hunting there in my childhood. If it's solitude your looking for there's no place like a swamp! :-())

catherinet,

If you're talking about the pic above at 22:28 it's the head of a snapping turtle that came to visit getting a snort of air. Rather than tear the pond apart trying to get her out I got up early the next morning when she was trying to build a nest in the berm and caught her. I took her to a conservation district a few miles away.

Witz

Here's what I found floating in my pond a few years back. Final encounter for both. Relocated to their final burial spot.

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Thanks Witz! That's a relief. I didn't want to think it was a dead bird or chipmunk!
tubmom.........do you think eating the bird killed the frog?? Maybe it suffocated?

Jeez tubmon, looks like an inflatable Bullfrog!
The Bull hadn't swallowed it yet, you'd think it would have just spit it out.

Please stop spreading bullfrogs around!
While everyone knows ignorance IS bliss... bullfrogs eat up all the local amphibians (and more) creating ponds with only bullfrogs in them.
If they are native to your area then that is one thing. But most bullfrogs are simply spread as you have done- to neighbors and friends, county to county- across the rockies, etc etc.

dirtslinger,

I'm not spreading Bullfrogs nor am I encouraging the spreading of Bullfrogs!

These things introduced themselves to my pond as have the toads and snapping turtle. Obviously they must be native to or were introduced to this area.

Also, I'm not giving them away to neighbors or friends. If they choose to go on their own, like they came to my place, then that's their business.

If you're insinuating that I'm ignorant, I'll go ahead and assume that you're an obnoxious jerk.

By the tone of the post, I'm guessing obnoxious jerk also... Not interested in your soap-box rantings.

By its own admission it appears that 'dirtslinger' has done exactly what it accused me of doing,__ introducing non native species.
(http://forums2.gardenweb.com/forums/load/ponds/msg0322262730946.html) posted March 30, 2009

In reply of Mar 31, 09 at 11:03 it states: "These are not turtles found in this area- I really doubt in the wild they hibernate for 6+ months."

Then take a look at thisabout the 'Red-eared slider' from Wikipedia: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-eared_slider)
"It is a native of the southern United States, but has become common in various areas of the world due to the pet trade."
And in the paragraph 'U.S. State Law':
"Some states have other laws and regulations regarding possession of red-eared slider because they can be an invasive species_______".

And as far as "Please stop spreading bullfrogs around!"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullfrog
"The American Bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana), often simply known as the Bullfrog in the United States, is an aquatic frog, a member of the family Ranidae, or "true frogs", native to much of North America."

Here is my bad boy doing his thing. Snacking on full sized starlings - he gave up sparrows a couple of years ago. I love him and his 7 salad plate sized pals.

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Great shots of you with your frogs, railheadwitz. As for the other photos posted I think my frog friends are being framed. lol

I took a few minutes to view your pond shots on Photobucket and have to say you did and excellent job. Thanks for sharing.

I also feed my frogs night crawlers although I have not been able to get that close when feeding. I also have a bug zapper hanging 12 inches over my smallest pond which creates a feeding frenzy for the juvenile frogs.

Fm4

Railheadwitz-I wouldn't rely on the wiki sites for the complete facts. Bullfrogs are only native to the parts of North America that are east of the Mississippi. In the western states and Canadian provinces, they are considered invasive and are contributing to the decline of native amphibians.

Here is a link that might be useful: Invasive Bullfrog

lol frogman...you can pretend you never saw him in action! thanks for the compliments on the pond - i love it. :)

i actually love birds more than anything but these dang frogs are HILARIOUS. I have to give them serious credit for their hunting prowess. I have only ever seen them eat sparrows and starlings so even though i don't consider any bird a "pest"...at least they aren't eating the songbirds. :)

Thanks frogman and my frogs would never think of doing anything like that either. :-())

riverspots, Yes, you are right on that, they probably got out out West on the trans-continental railroad. :-())

Witz