Invasion of the frogs!

Teresa
by Teresa
We moved into "the country" on April 1. We have a dry creek that goes through our 5 acres. Because we had a VERY wet spring, the creek had lots of water through the month if July. We had put a pool in before we moved in and it's very close to the creek. Now, we have hundreds - maybe thousands - that have moved in. They are in our grass, our flower beds, AND our pool! Any given morning I can find over 20 frogs in our pool skimmer, filter, swimming or sunbathing on the rocks. It's GROSS! There are several types of frogs and they range from babies to large adults. When I walk through our grass, baby frogs are jumping all around me. AND where there are frogs, there are snakes. We've found one but I know others have to be there. I want the frogs gone but I hate to kill them. Does anyone have a clue what I can do? Also, they get down behind our water feature/water fall and are hard to get out. We've even fished globs of eggs out of the pool. The chemicals in the water do nothing to keep them out. PLEASE HELP!
  10 answers
  • Janet Pizaro Janet Pizaro on Sep 16, 2015
    The one solution you can try is putting a snake repellant all over your yard.Otherwise Im afraid theres nothing you can do to keep them from your yard unless you want to hire a professional which of course is pricey.
  • Z Z on Sep 16, 2015
    Teresa, I found another post on Hometalk where the same question was asked for an above ground pool and Virginia from Miami, FL used salt. You'll have to scroll down about 25% to see her comment. The original poster did not come back to say if it worked for her or not. http://www.hometalk.com/diy/outdoor/pest-repeller/q-how-to-get-rid-of-frogs-1346608
    How to get rid of frogs.
  • Janet Pizaro Janet Pizaro on Sep 16, 2015
    becky the problem with salt it will kill her plants.
  • Jonnie Hammon Jonnie Hammon on Sep 17, 2015
    As they love water, the only thing I can think of, that would work is to remove the water sources. ie, the water feature, and the pool. You Can't remove the creek,, so you are still going to find frogs, just fewer in number.
  • Z Z on Sep 17, 2015
    @Janet Pizaro she doesn't have the put the salt on the plants, just around the pool. She didn't say if the pool was an in ground pool, but she mentioned putting one "in" so there very well could be a concrete area around the pool where should could place the salt that they'd have to hop across before getting to the pool. According to my research the salt burns their feet therefore they will more than likely turn around instead of moving forward. I also read that ridding ones yard of frogs can vary by species, so I looked further and found the informative link below, to help @Teresa know what kind of frogs she's dealing with and how to go from there. http://www.wikihow.com/Get-Rid-of-Frogs
  • Janet Pizaro Janet Pizaro on Sep 17, 2015
    Yes I agree but she said they were also in her gardens. And I researched the same web page.Thats why I said about the salt. thats all.
  • LC LC on Sep 17, 2015
    Frogs are a barometer as to the environmental health of your property. Many of the places I remember there being frogs when I was a kid there are none now. They will hibernate this winter. If there is no water source for them come summer maybe they will move on.
  • Cherie Cherie on Sep 18, 2015
    Early this year, we were bemoaning the fact that we have fewer frogs every year! I also live in Texas and would love to have your problem as we have ants! I mean tons and tons of ants!!! No fire ants, just sugar or crazy raspberry ants, and lots of frogs would keep their population down. I would rather have frogs, any kind! than ants! In fact, we now have a few tree frogs that will eat the little bugs around our back porch light so I leave it on and watch the little guys hop up our wall to enjoy the feast! I guess, to each their own! But I guess for your problem, I would do what it says in the article about frogs and use mesh fencing especially around the pool!