Well, it finally happened.....

17 years ago

I dont know how many of you read about Frodo the Bullfrog eating my baby painted turtle? I was going to get rid of him..but he doesnt seem to be bothering any fish, the vote was 3 against 2 for him staying, so i say OK we'll let him stay..I'm such a sucker. I know, I know..its only a matter of time right? Well...

This morning about 5:30 I go outside to take some flower pix. I hear a ruckus like you wouldnt believe at the pond. I look, but its too dark to really see anything.

I go back a little while later to find this....

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I think...he ate...a bird. Poor lil innocent thing was prob just sticking his head down to drink..little did he know, there was a predator lurking right beneath him..under the rock ledge..the water is low cuz I have to do a lil repair today..There was a chunk of feathers..a few free floaters..but obviously he either ate the bird, or there is half naked bird trying to fly around the neighborhood, lol.

He was smirking at me, I'm sure...with his belly looking awfully fat..just as it did after the turtle went missing.

Fine with me, as long as its not one of my fish! He can eat anything he wants BUT my fish!

Such is life...as I just was explaining to my daughter last night..while discussing a cicada killer that was flying around us, she loves cicadas and wanted to kill the cicada killer..lesson of the night; things need to eat! ya think the cows like that we eat them? but dang arent those cheeseburgers & steaks GOOD! lol

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Comments (7)

mondotomhead
17 years ago
GEEZ! How big IS Frodo??

I have a bullfrog where just her body is the size of my closed fist. Add head and feet and she is rather large but surely not big enough to eat a bird. Even a small one (I think).
catherinet
17 years ago
Well, I think Bullfrogs are bullies. I guess I'd rather see a bunch of smaller, varied things around my pond and not worry about Frodo eating them all.
My vote would have been with yours!
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lsst
17 years ago
We try to relocate any bullfrogs we see at our pond.
We wait until dark and shine a flashlight in the frog's eyes.
We then are able to net it and relocate it to a pond about 5 miles away.
buyorsell888
17 years ago
Bullfrogs can and do eat birds.
buyorsell888
17 years ago
Joyce posted a pic on the thread are Bullfrogs more trouble than they are worth of one who tried to eat a robin.....
daniellalell
Original Author
17 years ago
yeah, I knew all about them before I brought this guy home..so I knew what I was in for. I was outvoted..I'm a sucker..As long as he doesnt eat my fish.I dont care what everyone else around here says, he eats a fish, he's gone! It is my pond after all, lol. I have a bunch of little fish, I dont know what kind, maybe about an inch to an inch and a half long, that my daughter netted in the lake we got Frodo from, and we put them in there, and some kinda baby fish that appeared out of nowhere. He can eat them, I dont care, thats why I agreed to put them in the pond. Of course I treated them first. He can eat all the birds, mice, moles, tiny fish, little critters he wants..but if any of my goldies go missing..The Koi is def way too big for him, lol..thank god.

I have to admit..I do like hearing him making noise at night. And its fun to watch him eat bugs out of the air.

Mondotomhead, he isn't ginormous, but he is good sized. He keeps eating like he does and he will be ginormous, lol.
basilbird
17 years ago
Daniellalell, I know what you mean. I have one medium sized bullfrog (came on his own) and as long as he doesn't eat my goldfish he can stay. I do worry about the birds, especially the fledglings, but I don't think he's quite big enough to get them. Last summer I had three bullfrogs - small, medium and super-sized! No problems, even from the largest one and they all happily over-wintered in the pond.

I enjoy listening to them but I *do* miss the leopard frogs. The first year I had the pond we had 25 leopard frogs! This year and last year, only a few and they don't stay long. I hope they leave on their own but I'm not entirely sure!

Ummm... by the way... how old are your goldies? Little fish don't just "appear out of no where". When a Daddy fish loves a Mommy fish very, very much... [queue the dramatic music and cut away to the waterfall]... 'nuf said?

Allynn

Here is a link that might be useful: My Pond Website