Tips for getting rid of frogs ?

[Deschodt]

In the hot tub specifically ?

Little bastards (1.5" max) love soaking in... Trust me a hot tub doesn't feel as nice when one climbs on you or you realize they left not so little froggy turds behind. Clean water with good balance of chlorine and PH that usually stays good for a longtime will look like crap as fast as in a few days after they visit and start pooping and possibly having froggy sex in there... Never had this problem before in 20y of having a tub, but they seem to always come back... Custom fitted impregnable cover is $$$ and hard to do as the thing is wedged against a corner wall, Thinking an elastic netting but that also won't be super practical if it can even get made at all... looking for a chemical solution (sorry frogs) that works to dissuade them or failing that, worse....

[Cajundaddy]

Any chemical solution that irritates frogs will probably irritate you worse. A barrier is the best solution and I thought all hot tub owners kept them always covered when not in use. It keeps out a lot of nasties... including frogs.

[Deschodt]

Originally Posted by Cajundaddy

Any chemical solution that irritates frogs will probably irritate you worse. A barrier is the best solution and I thought all hot tub owners kept them always covered when not in use. It keeps out a lot of nasties... including frogs.

They are small and devious enough to defeat the cover. Probably in the middle where it folds. It’s backed into a corner so I cannot snap it 100% tight but never had any issues in years. A barrier sounds good but nobody sells giant eleastic mesh - thinking chemicals around the tub. I googled it and none of the folklore stuff works apparently.

[Bill Douglas]

Invite some French people over for dinner and drinks.

I'd love to have frogs around the place. As a kid I loved the sounds of frogs in the hot summer nights. I've only seen one or two in the last decade.

[WPOZZZ]

Coffee. Seriously. Getting rid of frogs using coffee

[petrolhead611]

Yea, Frogs generally like that 'orrible cafe avec le chicory

[GWN7]

Build a wood frame to match the top of the tub. Use cedar and stainless fasteners. Staple screen to the top of the frame. Probably, less than $50 worth of materials.

[ckelly78z]

Unless we are soaking in the hot tub, our cover is on it, and secure. A cover helps keep the chemical balence good for a longer period as well, and keeps debris/animals out.

[svandamme]

[stevej37]

They love to be near water!

[moliver]

Get snakes, they eat frogs.

[wayner]

I wonder if they react to rubber snakes the same way rodents do?

[Jims5543]

We have Bufo toads here, I am constantly catching and killing them.

I have a mutt that loves to chase lizards and would not hesitate to chase a toad.

It is a never ending battle to patrol the yard and eradicate them.

That coffee article is of much interest to me.

[Baz]

You guys are approaching this all the wrong way.

Build the frogs their own hot tub. That way they'll have theirs and you'll have yours.

Win-win!

[GH85Carrera]

We put in a koi pond one spring. It was just hours old, and we had no fish yet as we wanted it to season and grow some alga before introducing fish. Withing a few hours it was a toad orgy in our pond. We had a TON of tadpoles. The alga has just started to cover the rock on the bottom of the pond and the tadpoles cleaned the rocks completely. We had zillions of little baby toads. We would go out every evening and scoop up 50 or 60 and put them in a bucket. I would drive them a mile south to a natural creek and sing Born Free. My singing was enough to scare them down to the creek. We did that for 10 days or so. We still had numerous toads that escaped us which is OK.

We introduced fish and they got to work in the pond. Now every year the toads start singing in the spring, have a big orgy. and we get tadpoles. but the fish take care of the excess population. Only the fittest survive and we have just a few baby toads hopping around for a while before they vanish to find their personal territory.

Our male dachshund pokes them with his nose every spring and then starts frothing at the mouth. I think he is addicted to the frog's defense drug. He quits after a few episodes of frothy mouth. He must get a bad hangover or something.

[widebody911]

Let the Israelites go?

[Steve Carlton]

[wildthing]

Originally Posted by widebody911

Let the Israelites go?

Now that's funny right there!

[911 Rod]

The logical move would be to put a cover on it.
Just saying .....

[JavaBrewer]

Originally Posted by 911 Rod

The logical move would be to put a cover on it.
Just saying .....

Agree, there must be a way to design a cover that works with the corner wedge.

I built a water feature with small rock water fall (2' high) that holds 50 gallons of water. The frogs prefer it to our pool & spa, at most I find 1 or 2 in the pool any given year.