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Posted by Gizmo20 Queensland AUST (My Page) on Thu, Aug 15, 02 at 4:30
| If you have a toad problem like I do here, Just go out in the yard at night when they are active and around the yard and take salt with you. When you see one, just drop a handful of salt on them and they shrivel up and die :) |
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| another good one is to carry detol in a spray bottle. when you see those rotten buggars squirt away. |
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lol ok
A bit cruel? maybe lol |
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It looks like the "How to kill a toad in 10000 different ways " is on again. Still, I suppose we can learn another 100 or so novel ways.
There are not many humane ways short of freezing to kill Bufo marinus. Salt slowly dehydrates them to death and Dettol slowly chemically burns them to death. Using the car to run over them is not very practicle in the back yard, it makes a mess of the garden and filling them with LP gas and dropping them in the BBQ can be dangerous to your health. The only effective non freezing methods I have seen is the blunt instrument and carbon monoxide poisoning Doug. |
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| yup i like freezing them and then bury them in the garden for fertiliser, nice and clean and safe. len |
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| I read that tea tree oils dropped on them also kills them. Gee, aren't we lucky in WA! |
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- Posted by Liatris seQld Australia (My Page) on
Sat, Aug 24, 02 at 18:39
| There is a gadget you can get with a swivel-type top that you place over a hole in the ground. You then place a light over the top of it to attract insects, and subsequently, toads. The toad hops onto the swivel top and falls into the hole and can't get out again. Whether it works or not, I wouldn't know - never tried it. I personally get satisfaction out of making the little beggars uncomfortable - I'm a salt gal! :) |
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- Posted by Gizmo20 Queensland AUST (My Page) on
Sat, Aug 24, 02 at 21:37
Hrmm
I think the salt is more fun too :) |
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| Liatris, That type of trap also gets any other animal that steps on it. I made one up and tried it out near our dam. I missed checking it one morning and when it was checked that afternoon there was a dead wild duck hatchling in the trap.
I have also removed water dragons from the trap so I pulled it out and went back to the big stick.
Ah! nothing like the noise of thwack......splat. LOL Doug. |
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- Posted by ashmeri Cent. Qld.Aust. (My Page) on
Sun, Nov 17, 02 at 1:51
| Divide in 2 with a sharp shovel or hoe, head in one bag the rest in another then onto a good hot fire, all cooked up for the devil's breakfast !!!!!!!!! |
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- Posted by Mrs_B SA Aust (My Page) on
Tue, Nov 19, 02 at 17:16
looks like toads bring out the "best" in some people :o)
I'm with Annabel, we are very lucky in SA as well.
Glad I'm not a toad.
Toads in the freezer! that's as bad as my husbands's fishing gents in the fridge (double sealed).
Read in a hint book that a drop of Eucalyptus oil behind the head bowls them pretty quick. But it seems you all enjoy your methods so I'll retire from the discussion:o)
Cheers Teresa |
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- Posted by kezz NQ Aust (My Page) on
Thu, Nov 21, 02 at 4:51
| Yep - I find dettol works best, but I've also heard Phynol (that stuff that smells like hospitals) is good too. Anyone got a sure-fire way to KEEP THEM OUT OF THE YARD????? |
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kezz,
I gave up on all the messy ways some time ago. I found one effective way of "CONTROLLING" the population numbers is simply a garbage bag and a rubber glove. You just pick em up , put them in the bag and dispose of thoughtfully. A couple of times a season is usually enough. The glove is required because the dirty little buggars pee in your hand. There are no dead bodies left lying about for the animals to pick up. Even a dry dead cane toad can kill the family pet if it chews it. If you was real keen or sadistic break their necks before you put them in the bag. Death is more humane than salt etc. I don't have any problems about killing toads but it must be quick and clean. Salt kills by dehydration and Dettol is a slow poison. Both methods take hours to kill the toad. Doug. |
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Im with the "Thwack" method it allows me to release some anger when I see them sitting in the middle of my pot plants, squashing the seedlings under them.
Soon I will build a seedling house although right now the seed raising area is within reach of toads!
Every night I kill a few with a big Iron bar.
Its a bit like hockey-they die very quickly with no head.
Kris |
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- Posted by kezz NQ Aust (My Page) on
Thu, Nov 28, 02 at 16:08
Doug - PICK THEM UP???? You MUST be joking!!
Yeeeuuuucckkkkkkkkk |
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| I'm with Kezz there! I'd rather chew my own leg off than pick up a toad-bag or no bag. I can hardly bring myself to look at them and have to get my poor long suffering husband to dispose of them when I find them. Can't say I'd relish the idea of a bag full of them in the freezer either! The stuff of nightmares!! |
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- Posted by Liatris seQld Australia (My Page) on
Tue, Dec 10, 02 at 17:29
| Yeh, Deb, 'specially if you go to the kitchen in the dark looking for a midnight snack! YUK. Pam |
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| Some people(so I've heard)actually LICK toads to get high,can you imagine. |
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- Posted by ashmeri Cent. Qld.Aust. (My Page) on
Sat, Dec 14, 02 at 1:55
| Licking a toad killed a good dog here. But then some people can be talked into sticking a needle full of junk in their arms too !!!!!!! |
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Hey, there is nothing wrong with picking up a cane toad.It's all in the mind.
I do refuse to put them in the fridge. The last time I booted one with my steel toecap I nearly dislocated my hip so pick em all up and I will let my secret out on how to dispose of them. You give them a nice whiff of carbon monoxide.
Method: 1. Take one garbage bag of toads with plenty of air in the bag.
2. Start engine on family car and gently blow up bag but not too tight. Toads do not need a lot of carbon monoxide to kill them.
3. Tie off bag and put in a safe place for several hours.
4. Dispose of thoughtfully. (Like next doors pool etc.) LOL just kidding. You only need enough gas to euthanise them NOT suffocate them. They die a terrible death if you suffocate them. WARNING: The exhaust gases in the bag could contain unburnt petrol and be highly flammable. It is also toxic to humans as well. Open the bag in a well ventillated area preferably with a breeze blowing to disperse the gas. Doug |
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- Posted by ashmeri Cent. Qld.Aust. (My Page) on
Mon, Dec 23, 02 at 1:20
| I still reckon a good sharp shovel, then dig a hole and bury the darn things. quick and easy. some day a plant root will find a nice supply of blood and bone. |
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| My wife and I sat here laughing our heads off reading the toad-disposal stories. I recalled my childhood, my mother presenting a neighbor kid and myself shovels, instructing us to get rid of the hundreds of slugs roaming our backyard. We spent about an hour slicing each one in half. It was a fun, but afterwards, sickening experience, thinking of the guts and yuck. I don't recall cleaning up the battlefield, so it must have been my mother who went around and picked up the pieces. Anyway, after reading your stories I began to think how lucky we are here not to have something as pesty as your toad problem. I wish you all success. I've done the carbon monoxide method on a dying pet bird and it did work, although it seemed slower than I'd hoped. Again, best of luck. David - USA |
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- Posted by lilly1 n. qld Aust. (My Page) on
Sat, Jul 12, 03 at 7:29
They are good to practise your golf swing on!
I have no sympathy for them since I saw one eat a bueatiful little frog!. |
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| There was a documentary on how bad the cane toad is for our environment. I don't think anybody in this room is inhumane. Kill them all, quickly or slowly. They are a nuisance species. Lilly, you are right, they eat our native species and are dangerous to anyone that touches them due to their poison and this is what makes Cane Toads a threat to Australia's own native fauna. I'm lucky I live in Melbourne, however, when in Queensland...do what the locals do. *swings her shovel and arms herself with her pitchfork* |
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| when i lived in Australia, my friend had a farm and he painted a target on his barn and we used to catch them and throw them at it hahaha |
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As a boy in Brisbane we would usually practice our cricket swing on them. Thwack, whoosh and thud as they landed ten metres away. Also, a friend had an air rifle and a single pellet at close range into the head was also an instant killer.
In the early 70's there were so many toads run over on the roads in Redlands Shire that our local streets looked like they were jacketed in leather.
Cheers, David |
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| Just found this site with info on cane toads. My neighbour and myself are having trouble with a lot of cane toads in our yards. We both have pet dogs and are afraid they will chase and ultimately eat these bloody pests. No one seems to want to help, ie pest control etc. We are armed everynight with dettol in one hand and salt in the other to kill these awful things. Does anyone know if you can do anything to deter them from your yard. Problem is it would have to be safe for animals too. Thanks anyone for any help you can provide. Thanks
Dean. |
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| Its hard to keep toads out of your yard, its nothing to get up of a morning and seeing your pet dog looking in amazement at its bucket of water with one swiming in it EEEKKKK, she had already been poisoned by one up in Townsville, but the vet managed to save her life. My hubby plays golf with them, me well I am a stand over the top of them and drop a brick, then run for me life then I yell out to hubby to dispose of the body Yukk.. I cant handle that before breakfast. MM. |
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Its only a matter of time before the cane toad is in every suitable climate in Australia,here in WA we had one arrive by plane just recently,we killed it but sooner or later we will miss a few .
I would love to see a biological control for them. I have no problem if its a GE organism as long as it kills cane toads only. |
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- Posted by moreton Bris. Qld. Aust (My Page) on
Sat, Jan 15, 05 at 18:09
Hi Miketrees,
the last story I saw on the spread of cane toads is they would cover most of Australia by 2050, so stay tuned, they will come to you, they are getting used to Aust weather conditions, even cooler climes also, they are working their way across the top end of Aust,NT through to WA north coast, they will love Ord River district and then onto Perth. They are going to make a big mess, they will eat anything they can fit in their mouth. Dog food, cat food, bird food, that people leave out,they also eat native frogs, small animals as well. Cane toads reduce competition in their local environment, by eating everything that competes with them, your cat, dog, etc, as well. The only thing that can stop a cane toad, in the wild is, the old Black Crows have learned how to tip the cane toad on his back and tear out his inards. I sugest you start training your crows now, for when they come to your area. Good luck. Peter r |
Here is a link that might be useful: Toads
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| the best control in my books is to do the nightly toad hunt tie them securily in plastic shopping bags the one with no holes in the bottom put them in the freezer (you will find in most cases they are all but frozen an hour later) then next morning bury them in the gardens as fertiliser, nothing to be squeemish about they only look yuk they aren't slimy to touch like the frog is and anyway you can form a glove out of a shopping bag. me i wouldn't trust the very people who gave us this blight to come up with a bio' sollution that might leave us with no frogs and more bl**dy cane toads. the crows don't do that good a job they only go for the ones that are dead or near dead, the crows around here would rather rob another birds nest. and if people don't start doing something real soon they will infest the country from the north down to about the sydney parralel. oh if you can find their breeding water get then and toadpoles there misght be a neighbours water feature the best invention yet to help the prolificate owners of water features have no responsibility other than own the feature. if you find them at toadpole stage just use an aquarium scoop net and throw the poles on the ground end of story for that lot. len mail len lens garden page |
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| Yes good on Len, living here in the City of Logan on bigger than normal blocks, there is no such thing as Stormwater drains and we are not allow to let the stormwater go on the garden either we had to build a rubble pit about 1 cubic meter and it had to stay open till the Council inspected it. So when it did rain all the water went in from the roof of the house and big shed and the toads and spawn used to be there every morning when we went over to do more building so hubby used to scoop it out with his bait net put it in a plastic bag and leave it in the sun then bin it. I reckon we got rid of thousands before the Council instected it so we could fill it in. But you are right about water features they would bring them in by the thousands also and the owner should check them every morning. MM. |
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| Perhaps we need an outbreak of toads in Canberra? |
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| mm, you can't use your storm water on the gardens wow what sort of stupid rule is that i have heard logan shire council are quiet the little dictators very similar to the cooloola shire up this way (i'm not in that shire for that very reason always check the shire henchpeople out first before buying). yes the people who own water features wouldn't want to be made responsible for stopping a pest invasion now would they. but just pull the todpoles and spawn from the water and leve it aly in the sun on the ground that will do the trick they don't survive. see ya len |
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| When I was a very sick young girl living in QLD I got my kicks by killing every ugly lumpy toad I crossed. I didn't kill them for any reason but the fact that I needed to kill something. If I didn't kill the toads I would of killed everyone in my area. Ha Ha. Somebody stop me please. Whooooo hooooo. Help! Come here you toad. Smash bang. Taxi. |
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I would just like to point out this �
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Up to two-thirds of suspected
cane toad sightings are native
frogs.
So to all you self proclaimed experts out there, how do you feel now that you have probably killed a native frog by toucher??
Feel real good now don�t you!
No matter what your opinion of an animal they all serve a purpose and should be killed humanly.
Anyway, its stupid humans that don�t think through solutions, that�s why there here in the first place!
So while your all trying to control the toad population who you all blame for the decline in our native frogs etc, and I�m not doubting that for one second. I know they do. But by the sounds so are all of you! |
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| The old pitch fork you have to love it get multiple kills on one device then slide them into the rubbish bin. |
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| Regardless of how much damage cane toads can cause, killing them in cruel and inhumane ways is simply unacceptable. Such a lack of regard for suffering is downright disturbing. They are not evil or mailicious. They are only trying to survive. The evil in this situation comes from the kind of person who makes the toad undergo pain just for the fun of it. If killing must be done, do it in a way that is quick and virtually painless. And another thing. Some people seem to think that it's okay to kill ANY kind of toad because they're "lumpy" or "ugly". How superficial. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. |
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Suck them up with a wet/dry shop vac. take them to the woods and let them free. It won't hurt them. If you want to kill them suck up a little chlorine and tape the hose end shut.
It iis better to let them free. |
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