I keep doing pool patrol because the chlorine will kill them.. Here's a photo of our frog rehab center...they are in fresh water to get the chlorine out. Once in the tub awhile, they all seem to figure out how to get out
Our frogs appear to be in hibernation now as I haven't seen any for a while. With temperatures of -5 degrees at night I don't blame them!!
Frogs breath air,, chlorine water will not hurt them when they get that big ! Only tadpoles have to be careful about chlorine in water !
@mart it is because they are amphibians and their skin is permeable, it absorbs moisture. A chlorine pool or a salt water pool will poison them. I find if I am not quick enough getting them out, they become bloated looking and sluggish. If I let them chill in the fresh water bucket for a while, most recover.
I keep city water in our dogs water,, its an old sink and it does not bother our frogs ! Same young bullfrogs ! Maybe yours is more heavily chlorinated ! What are you getting them out of ?? If a swimming pool,, they are more heavily chlorinated than normal city water ! Oh,, I see it is a swimming pool,, there are other chemicals besides chlorine present in that water !
People nowadays don't seem to care about nature, and neither does paying attention to the needs and wellbeing of the little creatures around - Ever enters their mind... They just want to be indoors, surfing the internet on their smartphones. But seeing you are taking care of these frogs - Well let's just say that this is the best post I have had the pleasure of reading in a very long time! Please keep up the good work.
Thanks S-H. Our kids really loved the pool when they were growing up. I have mixed feelings about it because it is not exactly ecologically sound. I assuage my conscience by trying to take a swim in it every day during the summer. Yeah mart, chlorine is a great sanitizer but unfortunately a pretty tough chemical. And the poor amphibians have such thin membrane-like skin. I think I read somewhere that they can even breath through their skin. So until we get some rain or the frogs go into hibernation, I'll be doing frog patrol!
That green tub is "littered" with froggies! That was thoughtful of you to remove them from your pool. I guess that they could not get out otherwise...sorta like a "Swimming Pool California", what! It sounds like ribbiting work--frog patrolling.
Swimming Pool California---you can hop in but never toadally leave, right? It's an old song and we are not isolated from american music over here y'know. chortle. I have a tiny streamer that gets music and news from all over the world. Sometimes that older music is fun to listen to.