Frog invasion

[farleyville]

I apologize in advance to any animal lovers. But today I pulled 27 frogs out of my pool. Only a couple of them were alive. Any advice on how to eliminate the frogs in the area. Most of the dead frogs were very small young frogs. I've got a creek in the woods behind my house and that's probably the source of most of the problem. Just trying to figure out what's the best approach.

 

[markayash]

Lol I have the same problem and have a frog log and they seem to get out.

HYDROTOOLS BY SWIMLINE FrogLog Animal Saving Escape Ramp For Pools

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004UHY2TY/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_DEPJXWZTGTMHXPS1D2KE?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

My dog is nuts over them, I know they swim up to him on purpose.

 

[markayash]

You can kind of see the frog log off to the side. I haven’t had as many dead critters since adding it

 

[mgtfp]

You can kind of see the frog log off to the side. I haven’t had as many dead critters since adding it

Your frogs seem to be more intelligent than my ones. Very cute, but dumb as...

I have a ramp on a pool noodle floater that I built when blue tongue lizards starting going for a swim in our pool. Bluey got eaten by a Kookaburra, but I left the ramp for frogs that felt safe to take over the pool once the lizards had gone. I sometimes wonder if they take that ramp to get into the pool. But they certainly don't seem to use it to get out again.

Just this morning I had to get one out again from the bottom of the pool to save it from the suction cleaner. There were others before, that took the ride to the skimmer basket. They looked a bit bedazzled when I got them out.

 

[Turbo1Ton]

I use the critter skimmer... Home Page - Critter Skimmer

I seldom find a frog or other critter in my pool. Even the spiders seem to be much less with this.

--Jeff

 

[Kellyp]

I'll second the frog log, I have 2, one on either end. So far this year I've only found 1 frog that didn't make it, way better than previous years. Oh and the wolf spiders LOVE them, and I love that, cause now I know right where they are instead of being afraid to stick my fingers in the skimmer lid to pull it off.