Hi Everyone ,



Not been on here for ages , moved at last year to Hervey Bay and we have loved it so far UNTIL ! Now the Cane Toad invasion !!!!! I hate them so much have a really bad phobia . they were around before but in the back . Cant even go near them of look at them . I know people may laugh but im really bad .

All of a sudden there are so many out side my front door I cant go outside to the car its awfull . Does any one have any ideas on how to deter them from the front yard and coming in the house . Ive had 6 IN THE HOUSE and lots more outside the door in one week and every thing is closed . There is no water or food to attract them . Can pest control do any thing ?. We have the house of our dreams but if I cant stop this will be moving to where they have none YET !

Can any one help pls


Goosefat x

WE get them up in up in Darwin and i know the local council have toad boxes that you can leave around your house to catch them. Alternativly i would contact the council to see if they can advise you on who to contact to get rid of them.
WE have lived here 4 months and so far ive caught 2 and put them in the freezer till bin day which is what was reccomended to me.
Hope you get it sorted out as they really are horrible, vile creatures
Mandy

Luckily I live nowhere near them....try this:

http://www.canetoadsinoz.com/index.html

Hi ,

Thanks so much for your help , but cant even look at the pictures !!!! lol . Where do you live ?? Are there any homes for rent ! lol


Thanks


Goosefat

South West victoria - a long, long way away. There is a section on that website about humane destruction. I figure a shotgun would be best.

Hi Mandy ,

Thanks for that . Will do will give them a call . Hope they can help !!! Dont want to move .........

Take care


Goosefat

Looks like a move is on the cards , a shot gun maybe .......

Hi, what part of Hervey Bay do you live in?? We are in Torquay and don't have so many no more than a couple in the last days and only in the garden, not in the house
You also got here few ideas what you can do with them
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3ENUqV5-bw

Hi ya ,

Thanks for the reply , we live in Urangan near the harbour loved it till now !!! been in the house since Jan , now I hate it . thanks for the u tube thing but cant watch lol !

Cane toads don't like detol.

One tiny squirt from a spray bottle with a 50/50 solution of detol and water and the cane toad is history.

Just grit your teeth and say I can do it. It may not be all that humane but it's not illegal, a shot gun is.

I live just outside Hervey Bay on 5 acres, a veritable breeding ground for cane toads but I see very few of them around the house. Maybe they know that spray bottle is sitting there just waiting for them to appear.

There will be a lot around this year because of all the rain we have had and I expect it will be the same all over Qld.

[QUOTE=BayWhale;8905841]Cane toads don't like detol.

" not illegal, a shot gun is."

Not if you have a licence.........mm

Page here on deterring Cane Toads

http://www.fdrproject.org.au/pages/TDexclude.htm

Hope that helps.

Just to add when we lived in SE Qld, we didn't get any in the rental house but when I stayed a friends for a few days just 10 mins up the road, she had loads, the only difference in the properties was she had lots of borders/shrubs etc where they hid in the day and came out everywhere at night, because we have dogs I'd have pulled the whole lot up as they were in her dogs outside water bowl during the night she didn't let her dogs out for a wee after dark either, personally I'd have pulled the whole lot out and rather been safe for my dogs.

Use a golf club and they are off your garden very quickly

I was telling my daughter today of your dilemma and we both agree you need to MOVE, they are disgusting and vile creatures.....

Hopefully....... you don't live in Perth!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!