Our dog got a frog
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From: Burleson/Athens/Brownsboro, TX
This does not quite apply to ALL toads. The Colorado River Toad, also called the Sonoran Desert Toad is potentially lethal to a dog: http://www.desertmuseum.org/books/nhsd_desert_toad.php
I realize this is of no interest to most of you, but if you live in Southern California or Southern Arizona, it IS.
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I realize this is of no interest to most of you, but if you live in Southern California or Southern Arizona, it IS.
- Jack
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It's not just those either Jack. When I took Maggie into her vet for a checkup, in our discussion, I told the vet that Maggie was exposed to ticks in East Texas and was not hunting and catching toads every night. She inquired and was concerned that Maggie never ate them, said some of them can be poisonious if ingested.
Seems like a lot of trouble to me. Why not just "suck on them"
now and then when you wanted to feel good? Another interesting fact about male members of the Bufo family (true toads) is that if their testes are damaged, they have rudimentary ovaries which can become functional.
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Hmm - maybe there's something to that - there really is a place in Arkansas called Toad Suck.
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This sounds a little like the way I introduce our ground squirrels to the "neighbor's yards", about two miles away!
Did I remember to mention I fished 16 toads out of our pool when we had our last big summer downpour? (1 3/4 inches). Damned things dig themselves out of the ground, then hop in there to mate. Then, since they really aren't meant to be in the water that long, they end up drowning, if you don't get them out quickly. Stupid toads - I take them far away too, but somehow, more always show up if it rains a lot.
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Did I remember to mention I fished 16 toads out of our pool when we had our last big summer downpour? (1 3/4 inches). Damned things dig themselves out of the ground, then hop in there to mate. Then, since they really aren't meant to be in the water that long, they end up drowning, if you don't get them out quickly. Stupid toads - I take them far away too, but somehow, more always show up if it rains a lot.
- Jack
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I suspected as much Jim, but I only know about our "local" variety. It was interesting, when I was looking them up to make sure I got my facts straight, I found a reference to a guy who was convicted for having and "milking" them for the venom (which is psychoactive). Evidently, you can smoke it to get high.
Seems like a lot of trouble to me. Why not just "suck on them" now and then when you wanted to feel good?
Another interesting fact about male members of the Bufo family (true toads) is that if their testes are damaged, they have rudimentary ovaries which can become functional.
- Jack
Seems like a lot of trouble to me. Why not just "suck on them"
now and then when you wanted to feel good? Another interesting fact about male members of the Bufo family (true toads) is that if their testes are damaged, they have rudimentary ovaries which can become functional.
- Jack