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Fri Nov 6, 2015, 09:16 PMStar Member Baitball Blogger (21,783 posts) I am having rotten luck with frogs.When I removed a canopy the other day, I pinched one between the fabric and the PVC, but didn't know he was stuck. He looked fine and appeared to be hiding so I left him alone. I came back two hours later and found him hanging by his neck and shoulder. Fluid was filling up in his lower abdomen so I thought he was dead. But I managed to move the pipe and he was strong enough to evade me. I don't know if his hand is smashed beyond repair, but I haven't seen him since. And tonight, a small one got into the house. We have one of the moisture removing air conditions so I don't have much hope for him. I'll leave a bowl of water out but that will only help for a few days. The small ones are harder to catch than the big ones.
Fri Nov 6, 2015, 09:34 PMStar Member WheelWalker (5,164 posts) 1. There is hope. My grandson found a small tree frog dried up and, it appeared,forever immobile; but, compassionate as he is toward reptiles and amphibs, he wrapped it in a saturated towel and not too long later we heard the immortal "croak". Seriously, the thing was dry as toast, and was reconstituted... an event celebrated here as a miracle of tenacity.
Fri Nov 6, 2015, 09:41 PMStar Member applegrove (68,701 posts) 2. I love frogs. My mom and I once drove home at night along a highwaythrough a armada of frogs, and of course many died as they were hopping across a 4 lane highway. The pouring rain may have lured them to their deaths. That haunts me to this day it was so traumatizing. I collect frogs I find in stores. Didn't know I was going a collector of anything but I worked in a gift shop that had all sorts of froggy like things. It brought back the joy of childhood and helping toads along the dirt road or playing in the frog pond as a kid.
Fri Nov 6, 2015, 10:51 PMStar Member TexasBushwhacker (4,694 posts) 7. They go into aestivationIt's a process like hibernation, except it's in response to dryness and heat. Their metabolism slows and they store urine in their bladder which provides enough water to great them through the dry season.
Fri Nov 6, 2015, 11:21 PMStar Member Baitball Blogger (21,783 posts) 8. I wonder how many dessicated frogs ended up in the trash heap, that couldhave been saved.
Sat Nov 7, 2015, 01:22 AMpassiveporcupine (3,317 posts) 10. I have a kitchen tree frogShe's been living on my kitchen counter since summer...in a week it will be three months. She came in during the summer drought to get water and once she discovered my sink, that was it. I'm still feeding her bugs that I find, but will have to buy food for her soon. She refuses to stay outside. I've put her out dozens of times and the next day she's right back up on my sink. I made her a little cardboard house to hide in and she is finally using it. Right now she is soaking in my mortar and pestle, which sits in the window sill. I keep a little water in it for her, and also a flat water plate in the sink at night when I go to bed. She is adorable, and I just hope she survives till spring when the boys start calling for girlfriends. It gets pretty cold in my place in deep winter, so she may actually hibernate in here.
Sat Nov 7, 2015, 01:44 AMStar Member Laffy Kat (1,979 posts) 11. That is so cool. A kitchen frog.Does she have a name? Just be careful of the disposal.
Sat Nov 7, 2015, 02:00 AMpassiveporcupine (3,317 posts) 12. I have not been able to figure out a name that stuck yet.I don't have a disposal, so no worries there. She has made me super OCD about keeping the counters and sinks absolutely clean (no soap residue or anything anywhere), because they don't drink water. They sit in it and absorb it through their skin, so they are very susceptible to toxins they come in contact with. So far so good and my kitchen is cleaner than it's ever been. It's like Pippy Longstockings who used to make cookies on her kitchen floor (well, my floor isn't that clean ). I have cats and dogs all over, so no cookies on the floor. But you could eat off my kitchen counters. I don't have to worry as much during the day, but when I go to bed, she comes out to use the sink, so I can't go to bed until I know it's pristine! I sing to her every day. Somewhere down in Yackety Yack, A tree frog jumped from bank to bank Just because there's nothing better to do She stubbed her toe, fell in the water You could hear her holler for a mile and a quarter Just because there's nothing better to do. Whose song was this? I changed it a little. It was about a male bull frog. Woody Guthrie maybe? She just watches me most of the day, or sometimes she just sits on the backsplash and goes to sleep. Doesn't matter how much noise I make around her. She just sits there waiting to be fed.
Sat Nov 7, 2015, 09:28 AMStar Member Baitball Blogger (21,783 posts) 13. I am learning all kinds of things about house frogs in this thread.
Sat Nov 7, 2015, 04:12 PMpassiveporcupine (3,317 posts) 16. I had to do a lot of reading after my frog moved inThey really are fascinating and I knew almost nothing about them. I hope your squishy frog made it. They are pretty flexible, so it's possible. They really do love to hide under tarps. I find them outside under my tarps every time I have to move or replace one. They hibernate under them every winter.
Sat Nov 7, 2015, 09:35 AMStar Member Laffy Kat (1,979 posts) 14. Wow. What a great frog mommy you are!
Sat Nov 7, 2015, 04:08 PMpassiveporcupine (3,317 posts) 15. Well, I consider it a special treatNot an experience I'm ever likely to have again. I just thought of a name for her this morning and I think I like it. I met a beautiful and sweet young woman at the laundromat on Monday, who helped me make a pleasant visit out of a trip that I was really dreading. I hate laundromats, but I tore my down comforter trying to wash it in a top loader at home. She worked there and was so helpful showing me how to use these new complicated machines, and it was late at night and we chatted the whole time I was there, while she folded laundry. Her name is Yesenia, and her nickname is Yesi, which I think is so cute. I showed her some pictures of my frog (I keep my camera in my purse) and she was delighted...I think I'm going to call the frog Yesi in her honor. I wish I could post some pics here, but I'm technologically challenged and don't know how to do wifi yet. I need to download them onto a laptop I haven't even learned how to use yet, with wifi, so all the pictures I'm taking on my new camera are still sitting on the camera. The PC I'm using now is not wifi capable. I even bought a cable from Amazon to manually download pics, but it's so short I have to lay on the floor under my desk to use it and my body won't let me do that.
Sat Nov 7, 2015, 11:01 PMStar Member Baitball Blogger (21,783 posts) 19. The frog has been saved!He got to the far side of the house and in just 24 hours he had lost the vigor in his hop so it was easy to scoop him up in cup. When I dumped him on outside on familiar ground I swear he did a happy dance.
Where I live is full of frogs and toads. I'm sending you all the frog and toad vibes I can. I know the horror of hurting one unintentionally. Gah. It's gonna be ok.
So far so good and my kitchen is cleaner than it's ever been. It's like Pippy Longstockings who used to make cookies on her kitchen floor (well, my floor isn't that clean ). I have cats and dogs all over, so no cookies on the floor. But you could eat off my kitchen counters.
So I guess me gigging frogs by the cooler full would send them over the edge? Not to mention their legs deep fry just great.
We have one of the moisture removing air condition er s Maybe?
As opposed to before,when you couldn't eat off of them? Disgusting.
Sat Nov 7, 2015, 11:01 PMStar Member Baitball Blogger (21,783 posts)19. The frog has been saved!He got to the far side of the house and in just 24 hours he had lost the vigor in his hop so it was easy to scoop him up in cup.When I dumped him on outside on familiar ground I swear he did a happy dance.
(I keep my camera in my purse)
I love to pan fry mine. Just make sure to keep the lid on. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_K6VqEQuaA[/youtube]
Try not to cry when you realize these people can vote.
And breed, assuming they can find somebody that is attracted to, or at least is willing to put up with abject stupidity....
Mon Nov 9, 2015, 02:08 AMpassiveporcupine (3,330 posts) My kitchen tree frog, YesiI'm working on this picture thing...I swear...But I have a long way to go. I have a new camera that I don't know how to use yet. New software that came with it that I only tried for the first time today (after finally crawling under my desk and getting my cable hooked up so I can transfer photos to my PC...not easy to do (cable is too short), but I got it done. I just created an account in photobucket, and downloaded some pics of my little kitchen frog, Yesi, and here they are. They are not good quality, because I still have a lot to learn about manipulating them for size, lighting, etc. But I hope you can see her. She is adorable. I made her a little house to hide in. It sits in the corner behind my espresso machine. I bought her a tree to climb. The first time I saw her up on the counter...sitting on an onion I think she saw a mosquito on the wall over the sink...or she just felt like exploring She finds lots of cool places to sit She likes being up high Here's a closeup She's been with me almost three months, and I hope she makes it till spring, when I'm pretty sure she will take off when the boys start serenading the girls. She keeps me busy, but it's a pretty cool treat to have a frog living with you by choice...not locked up as a pet. BTW, I do clean my windows, but a humming bird feeder hangs outside the kitchen window. When the rain hits it, it splashes all over my window. Sorry about that. Also, I did not pick the kitchen colors. I love this little girl.
Mon Nov 9, 2015, 04:39 PMpassiveporcupine (3,332 posts) 10. She has never made a peepThe boys are the croakers. She poops one poop almost every day (some days no poop. It depends on how much she eats). She leaves them in interesting places, so I know where she's been that night. I just wipe everything down with alcohol every morning.
Mon Nov 9, 2015, 04:45 PMpassiveporcupine (3,332 posts) 11. Yes, they hibernate in winter if outside.I do wish she would stay outside and just be a normal frog, because inside it might not get cold enough for her to hibernate and that means she needs to be fed all winter (I think). I e-mailed Oregon forest and wildlife for info on that, but got no reply. I don't know if she will go into a natural hibernation state inside from lack of food, or if it would just kill her. So I will buy her food once I can't find any more insects.
Mon Nov 9, 2015, 05:50 PMpassiveporcupine (3,332 posts) 14. I have six catsAnd two are hunters, but they are all getting older and they don't pay attention to frogs any more. They still want to catch hummingbirds.
soon as you find your manhood all else falls into place.
If Ft. Hood was "workplace violence," then the Hindenburg was an air show.
I don't know if sand glows in the dark, but we're gonna find out.
Amazing what these idiots will do for a frog, but an unborn child is completely disposable.
