How do you keep toads out of your flower pots?

Question

Daisey looked dead, I pulled the plant up and there was a 3-4 in. live toad under the roots. I flipped him out with a chop stick and headed him towards the hills! This happened last year also. What can I use to keep toads away without killing potted flowers?

Sheryl Johnson · Answer

They burrow to escape the heat and soak up a little moisture. Aside from startling you they don't hurt anything and are very beneficial for keeping bugs off your plant. If you just can't stand him, maybe give him an alternative elsewhere? A clay pot turned upside down on some shaded moist ground is Beverly Hills to a toad. Chip an opening on a bit of the rim so he can get under/inside.

Katrina Warren · Answer

Sheryl is right, unless you just hate toads there's no harm in his being in the pots, & there are actually benefits to his living there.

Bonnie witlam · Answer

But where ever they burrow the flowers have died...

Chrissy Schaefer · Answer

i always put them out pots too they need it too keep cool and warm they help out more then anything to get rid of the bad bugs

Mary Kathleen Ouellette · Answer

Make a little 'toad abode' out of a terra cotta pot, and put it in a cool, dampish area.

Nugget Jacobs · Answer

That is a Bufo toad, and if you have pets-beware! My dog found one in the flower bed and grabbed him, only to start frothing a pink foam from his mouth!. They secrete a poison if you handle them.

Pat C · Answer

Elevated pot? How high can frogs jump?

Jeannette · Answer

Maybe just put him in a pot without any flowers? Just potting soil? Or a pot with plants you don't really care about? They are very beneficial, but I understand your not liking them if your plants die..

Lori Hepp · Answer

Make a toad house!!! They can be really cute to have around!!

Bonnie witlam · Answer

Thank you Nugget Jacobs, I have found out it is indeed a ' Bufo Houstonensis', really! Supposed to be mating season, however I still don't want it anywhere around since I do have a dachschund! Will be on the lookout from now on. Hope he is off to greener pastures and not my flower pots!

Peg · Answer

Try mulch surrounding the flowers?

Beverley · Answer

I am scared of it, last year there was a lot of holes in my pots and soil on the ground and could not find what was doing it. Today I saw this little toad jumped from one of my pots, I live in a high rise did it come in with a plant?

Sheri · Answer

This little guy has been going from one pot to another all summer. It likes surprising me and making me squeal by doing that. It's starting to grow on me now. Luckily it has just gone down in the dirt between the flowers and hasn't killed any of them. The first time I saw it in the spring I relocated it to the front furthest corner of my yard but it found its way back. And yes he has found my pots that are up on my tables.

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