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27/04/2008, 20:41 woolybanana'sbrother Joined on 18/01/2008 Posts 1,321 Re: frogs Get friends who enjoy the noise. Make a CD of the noise and flog it worldwide round the time of the Labour Party Conference. Would spot lights calm them? Do not try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig.    Report

27/04/2008, 20:55 Dick Smith Joined on 23/08/2004 Surrey and Manche (Pays Mortainais) Posts 8,890 Re: frogs Spotlights? You'll be suggesting a karaoke machine next. Taking Chris' point fully, one chateau I visited offered a free loan of fishing nets and buckets, but they were seriously over-run (big moat). How about making a screen between the house and the pond? I would think that unless you fill in the pond or use Weapons of Mass Frogstruction you aren't going to get rid of them. Regards Dick Smith Nowhere is there warmth to be found Among those afraid of losing their ground    Report

27/04/2008, 20:57 woolybanana'sbrother Joined on 18/01/2008 Posts 1,321 Re: frogs Ultrasonics might just do it Dick. Wonder if the anti-adolescent noise machines would work. Nah, must be someone from the Marie who can take a reading of the noise level then prosecute the owner of the pond. Do not try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig.    Report

27/04/2008, 21:20 Gengulphus Joined on 30/01/2008 Saône et Loire Posts 87 Re: frogs  Belle wrote: Gengulphus, I would consider anything and everything at the moment, the noise is surely more than I am expected to live with, until you HAVE lived with it you can't know what it's like. I have in fact spent most of my life beside such a frog infested pond, and indeed much closer than your 20 metres - and have to admit that their singing never struck me as a problem. But if it is, what about an efficient grass snake or two?  I have a whopper in my orchard and have been delighted with the short work he makes various troublesome vermin. It's good, provided it lasts… Letizia Bonaparte    Report

27/04/2008, 21:27 Mikew Joined on 23/08/2004 Aigre 16 Posts 280 Re: frogs Our frogs started romancing this week - If you hold you party on the pond bank the frogs may tend to shut up. they are reasonably timid. Whenever I feed our fish the little 'dears' disappear with a 'plop' and then sit there glaring at me with just two eyes above the water.   If you try to get rid of them, more will arrive from somewhere else, Nature abhors a vacuum!    Report

27/04/2008, 22:29 happy bunny Joined on 04/10/2007 64 Posts 6 Re: frogs well some people never fail to amaze me.have you any idea how many people in the world there are that would love the joyful singing of frogs rather than traffic roaring or yobs shouting . i suggest you embrace them into your life i have the same thing and i just love to sit out and listen to them. incidently if you clap they shut up albeit for a few seconds.,      Report

27/04/2008, 22:42 Tressy Joined on 26/02/2008 Charente Maritime Posts 211 Re: frogs  happy bunny wrote: ...incidently if you clap they shut up albeit for a few seconds., Indeed they do! They're quite like Finches in that respect. I have a feeling I'll regret this post.    Report

27/04/2008, 22:44 Boiling a frog Joined on 06/09/2004 Charente 16 Posts 638 Re: frogs  happy bunny wrote: well some people never fail to amaze me.have you any idea how many people in the world there are that would love the joyful singing of frogs rather than traffic roaring or yobs shouting . i suggest you embrace them into your life i have the same thing and i just love to sit out and listen to them. incidently if you clap they shut up albeit for a few seconds.,     Do you want to come round and take mine away.They are a b***dy nuisance I cannot get to sleep         Boiling a frog    Report

27/04/2008, 22:50 JayJay Joined on 22/02/2005 La La Land Posts 1,840 Re: frogs Not as much as I'll regret this Tressy! Belle, I envy you, I absolutely love the noise they make. We don't have them around here, which is a shame. There's a place I like to stay just because of the pond & frogs. I was sad enough to record them on my mobile.  I hope you find a decent solution for you & the critters. friendship warms the heart & heals the soul    Report

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