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How to get rid of frogs in a pool?

We live near a stream and a wooded area...about 25-50 yards from our pool. WE are constantly fishing out frogs and it is getting quite annoying...I have tried everything from screening in the pool fence to spreading snake repellent around. Any advice would be helpful....
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chefjoanna chefjoanna
 
 August 29, 2009 09:02 PM
Joke answer: Put the camembert and pâté on the other side of your yard.

Real answer: I have a huge garden, and keeping pests out has been a war second only to thermoneuclear armageddon.

Try to reinforce your barriers - attach some hardware cloth to the perimeter of the existing fence at the ground level. Then use a solar-powered electric fence at the top of this border. If they climb the wire cloth, they'll get zapped by the electric fence. It's a mild shock, it shouldn't do more than stun them. This is what i've done at home, and it keeps the deer & rabbits out.

Poisons will reduce the population in general. Please don't do this!

LINK TO hardware cloth: http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?id=100384025&jspStoreDir=hdus&catalogId=10053&marketID=401&productId=100384025&locStoreNum=8125&langId=-1&linktype=product&storeId=10051&ddkey=THDStoreFinder
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August 29, 2009 09:27 PM
Thanks @chefjoanna
I dont use poison...just repellent....
I will try your idea and see what we come up with. Any ideas on where to buy the electrical/solar powered fence thingie?

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August 29, 2009 09:31 PM
Glad you found my answer helpful!

I got mine at Tractor Supply (like Home Depot for farmers. they also have hardware cloth, and they offer shipping too...) It was about $100 for the solar charger, and another $50 or for all the supplies, but it will last forever. you can put it up in a couple hours. www.tractorsupply.com/

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tchachra tchachra
 
August 31, 2009 04:02 PM
So you are saying I buy a solar fence charger and hardware cloth and I am good to go?

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chefjoanna chefjoanna
 
August 31, 2009 04:19 PM - New Source
well... ha ha... i don't know your frogs!

Here's what we did, for the deer/rabbit fence.

5 ft high welded wire
6 ft high fence posts
3 ft high chicken wire
(frogs could get thru chicken wire, so i suggested hardware cloth for you)
(also, i have it folded so 1ft is along the ground, covered in rocks, to preven them digging through, and the other 2 ft are tied up against the welded wire fencing)

then you need to get electric fence wire, the insulators (yellow plastic thingies) the fence pieces and the power supply.

dude, this has been a lot of info for a quarter! ;-P

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omicron omicron
 
August 30, 2009 09:43 PM
Why would you want to, unless they're the kind of frogs that are toxic to touch?

The fact that they're there means your water is not poison, and they'll keep the bugs down.

In any case, one option is to keep a non-poisonous snake around.

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tchachra tchachra
 
August 31, 2009 03:48 PM
We get 6-7 newcomers a day...believe me, it is hard to swim with frogs in the pool. Especially for the wife and kids. :-) As for the snake...well yeah...that wont work. We did try rubber snakes...worked for a few days but then they figured it out.

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