Do toads eat little fish

[Graham Duncan]

Hi,
We have a 1000 gall pond. We had two large goldfish and then a dozen or so
small, 9 month old goldfish about an inch or so long.
Our two large fish disappeared two nights running- we guess taken by an
heron but now there seems to be very few small fish left. Surely an heron
would not bother with them. We have a toad in the garden, would he eat them?

[Jay Adair]

Toads are insect eaters and quite beneficial. I wish I had more of them.

Jay

Graham Duncan <Graham...@tesco.net> wrote in message
news:7gjits$ki7$2...@epos.tesco.net...

[K30a]

Toads don't hunt in water. They are land critters after they change from
tadpoles.

Little fish can become prey to big fish, dragonfly larva, bullfrogs and
labradors.

~k30~ and the watergardening labradors
see the girls at
http://www.daydreamergardens.com/2_level/articles/dog_how_to.htm
http://www.daydreamergardens.com/2_level/articles/dog_tips.htm

[Derek Broughton]

Graham Duncan wrote in message <7gjits$ki7$2...@epos.tesco.net>...

>We have a 1000 gall pond. We had two large goldfish and then a dozen or so
>small, 9 month old goldfish about an inch or so long.
>Our two large fish disappeared two nights running- we guess taken by an
>heron but now there seems to be very few small fish left. Surely an heron
>would not bother with them. We have a toad in the garden, would he eat
them?

A heron will eat any size of fish up to the largest he can swallow. Toads
are not likely to eat your fish (except perhaps at mating season when
they're spending a lot of time in the pond).
--
Derek (dbroughton@@usa.net, www.netcom.ca/~dbrought/pond)
rec.ponds FAQ http://w3.one.net/~rzutt/faq.html
Anything free is worth what you pay for it. -- Heinlein

[Johnny Miller]

You can have all of mine. They are way too noisy.

In article <FQhX2.163$9c5...@news.flash.net>, "Jay Adair"

<oja(no-spam-please)@flash.net> wrote:
>Toads are insect eaters and quite beneficial. I wish I had more of them.
>
>Jay
>
>
>Graham Duncan <Graham...@tesco.net> wrote in message
>news:7gjits$ki7$2...@epos.tesco.net...
>> Hi,

[Cynthia Andrews]

No... but Mares eat oats and Does eat oats and little lambs eat ivy... a
kid'll eat ivy too... wouldn't you? <grin>
--
<//><
Cynthia / Southern California
"For it is God which worketh in you both
to will and to do of His good pleasure"
Philippians 2:13

[Todo]

Bull frogs on the other hand will eat anything that will not eat them.
Including koi up to 5" or so. I once saw a big bull try to eat a snake. He
took almost all of the snake but could not get his head. The snake got
lodged between a few rocks and pulled himself out of the frog's gut.

--
Todo --- North Florida Koi Club,
Past President & News Letter Editor to...@cybermax.net

[al...@min.net.notspam]

In <pPjX2.26669$134.3...@tor-nn1.netcom.ca>, on 05/03/99

at 11:17 AM, "Derek Broughton" <dbrou...@usa.net> said:

>A heron will eat any size of fish up to the largest he can swallow.
>Toads are not likely to eat your fish (except perhaps at mating season
>when they're spending a lot of time in the pond).

They're not thinking about food at that time. :-) Afterwards, though,
you may see the glows of tiny little cigarettes.

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[skeeve]

i'll take one or two, anyone know or have ideas on how to ship them,
btw, where are you at?

skeeve

--- a lawn is a pond waiting to happen

[skeeve]

Jay Adair wrote:
>
> Toads are insect eaters and quite beneficial. I wish I had more of them.
>
> Jay
>
> Graham Duncan <Graham...@tesco.net> wrote in message
> news:7gjits$ki7$2...@epos.tesco.net...
> > Hi,
> > We have a 1000 gall pond. We had two large goldfish and then a dozen or so
> > small, 9 month old goldfish about an inch or so long.
> > Our two large fish disappeared two nights running- we guess taken by an
> > heron but now there seems to be very few small fish left. Surely an heron
> > would not bother with them. We have a toad in the garden, would he eat
> them?
> >
> >

i wish i had one period!

[Susan Solomon]

If the goldfish disappeared at night, I would guess that you've either got a
raccoon in the area who likes fishy midnight snacks, or you have a cat who likes to
fish! You could try putting a mesh cover over the pool at night and see if that
stops the losses.
Sue

skeeve wrote:

> Johnny Miller wrote:
> >
> > You can have all of mine. They are way too noisy.
> >
> > In article <FQhX2.163$9c5...@news.flash.net>, "Jay Adair"

> > <oja(no-spam-please)@flash.net> wrote:
> > >Toads are insect eaters and quite beneficial. I wish I had more of them.
> > >
> > >Jay
> > >
> > >
> > >Graham Duncan <Graham...@tesco.net> wrote in message
> > >news:7gjits$ki7$2...@epos.tesco.net...
> > >> Hi,
> > >> We have a 1000 gall pond. We had two large goldfish and then a dozen or so
> > >> small, 9 month old goldfish about an inch or so long.
> > >> Our two large fish disappeared two nights running- we guess taken by an
> > >> heron but now there seems to be very few small fish left. Surely an heron
> > >> would not bother with them. We have a toad in the garden, would he eat
> > >them?
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > >

> i'll take one or two, anyone know or have ideas on how to ship them,
> btw, where are you at?
>