Cane toad ?
 

I have what i think is a cane toad that comes into my garden every night and eats the beatles. What should I do about it if anything, and dont say hit it with a golf club please lol
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an axe then? deffo hit it with something

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You are joking I am only brave enough to look at it through a window
:rofl::ohmy::rofl:

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you sure it is a cane toad? we have some big and noisy tree frogs

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No not sure but looked at pictures and it sure looks like one, but its small.

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there are a few native Frog and 'toadlets' which can look similar to a small cane toad, especially if you are not familiar with them.

Cane toads start small and grow so size is no guide unless they are very big.

Don't kill it unless you are sure as some native frogs are now quite rare.....sometimes as a result of cane toad predation.

You should be able to find pictures on the internet.

I have found a few cane toads in my garden.

G

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We had 8 in our garden one night, the Aussie neighbor "took care of them" for us. Think his golf clubs were used to speed up their removal.

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Old style witch test

Give it to a dog , if the dog spits it out and dies, its a cane toad, otherwise the dog eats it and is fine ( except for the frog )

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The most humane way to kill juvenile and adult cane toads is to catch them and put them into a secure container with air holes (plastic takeaway food containers are ideal). Put the container in a refrigerator overnight which causes the toad to go into a coma-like state. Then move the container to the freezer the next morning and freeze until the next garbage collection day or freeze it for a couple days and then bury them in the backyard compost bin or garden bed.

Taken from http://www.fdrproject.org/pages/TDdispose.htm

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That's the way to do it.

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TP,you sound like The Blue Mountain's answer to Dexter:D

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Who the fluck is Dexter? :blink:

I just don't like killing animals inhumanely. I can't believe people bash them with golf clubs. It's disgusting. They're still animals. Just because they're a pest doesn't give people the right to be cruel to them....

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My prefered method is to impale them with a garden fork.

Modern Cane toads seem to have evolved and are much faster than their reputations would have you believe. They are also tough little critters, if you pull them off the fork immediately after impaling they'll just hop away. So either make REALLY sure you're fork action severs the spinal chord, or prop the garden fork up against a wall (prongs up) so the toad cant hop off its prong and disappear.

Humane? no of course not - but at least you know its dead by the following morning!

(BTW: Excercise caution with cane toads, the white excretions from glands behind the ears can squirt a bit of distance when they're squashed and can cause permanent eye damage if you're unlucky!)

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Don't get me wrong.I'm with you.Your talking to a guy who would spend 30 min putting flying beetle's back on their feet.In Perth they would fly in at night, hit the window and end up on their back's.They were unable to right themselves.
Dexter:He's a vigilante serial killer.Only kill's bad guy's ,usually involves a well thought out, complicated process.It's good show.You should check it out.

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:D I haven't watched tv for nearly a year now, but I might check it out if I get bored one night. Thanks.

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Would it therefore be not safer to freeze them and avoid squashing them? :blink::blink::blink:

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Cane toads are a pest in Australia, and a threat to other animals. They need to be killed humanely or otherwise.
Freeze, fork or golf club them. It doesn't matter, just get rid of them.

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Cats are a pest in some places? Do you advocate sticking a fork in them too, Loch? Or would that be inhumane?

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Ta for all the relpies, I looked on the Qld council site and they are not regarded as pests here.
But! I understand where you are coming from when you say ' get rid of them'.
I am just concerned its not a cane toad, I will try and get a photo tonight and post it on here.
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humane or not I am NOT putting a bloody toad in my freezer!! urggg !! I'd never eat from it again

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You'd never eat from the toad again, or the freezer?

:blink:

See now, that wouldn't bother me, but I'd be feeling distinctly shitty about playing a round of golf again after clubbing a load of amphibians over the back fence the night before.

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The toad of course:D Frozen isn't the way to eat them - lightly toasted is best :rofl::rofl::eek:



Well i just get them out of the garden (or the pool as was the case on my night swim a few days ago!!!).

OH though goes for the 3 pronged hoe - makes me feel sick when he's out there with it. He won't leave it though, uses the "they are a pest" argument.

Maybe its a man thing - testosterone - hunter deprived of prey thing

My sons say its cos I am a girl I don't like things being killed!

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I think if I had them, I'd be freezing them, but so far, I don't think they've made it to this bit of NSW and if they've got any sense, they'll stay away... The weather's too cold.

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Put dettol in a spray bottle and spray them. They hop away and die:thumbsup: Dont know why, they just do and salt on their backs have the same effect.:sneaky::wink_smile:

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Dettol is a long slow painful death. Don't do it.

Same with salt.

Just put them in a box. It's not difficult.

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No fun in that TP.:sneaky:

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What about a compromise....... Put them in a box, then add dettol/salt?:blink:

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..obvoiusly the cane toad has eaten George and John, try and protect Ringo and Paul from that nasty cane toad ! ;)

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Hmmm. Depends if life's so bad you have to get your fun torturing small amphibians. ;)

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No with cats you use anti-freeze.

Cane toads you seem to use golf clubs? Not sure if you just smack them away from your property or try to end them?

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Hi Shabee,

Did you get a photo of it? My son got a cane toad wallet when we were in Cairns. Takes his school dinner money in it and it freaks the dinner ladies out!!

IMHO if it is bothering you, then either whack it Sopranos style or freeze it. If it is not bothering you and does not bring its mates with it, then just watch it and enjoy.


:)