Surrounded by toads!  (by: KF  -   9/7/2010)

I live on Dinner Lake and they are all over the place. Please post the pest company that will remove these. Enough animals have been poisoned/killed because of them, including a dog I had.

Cane Toads  (by: sec  -   9/3/2010)

These toads were brought into the sugar cane fields to help control the mice. They have been around for years in the Glades area, but obviously they are migrating north.

Toads/ TO; Montagny  (by: Spectre  -   9/2/2010)

Is that Mossberg 500 being used because you like the splatter factor and the noise or are you just such a bad shot that you need to use a shotgun. It's a little overkill isn't it?

evil toad things  (by: Quinn  -   9/2/2010)

I had my husband kill 6 of these nasty creatures that kept getting onto our porch and bathing in our pet's water bowl, dripping their excretion into the food which created an unspeakably horrible smelling mold. They also kept getting stuck in our children's kiddie pool. These poisonous things are VERY hard to kill; after getting hit on the head with a 2x2 twice, a large one surprised my husband by by attempting to hop away after he was sure it was dead. And I'm sure that most people just don't bother to report the presense of a nasty amphibian to the authorities, but you can't blame the newspaper for the inaccuracies of a published study. Next time I see these things, I will be calling Animal Control to remove them from my yard.

Frog  (by: Montagny  -   8/30/2010)

I have a Mossberg 500 that will take care of these little pests.....

  (by: Rusty  -   8/29/2010)

These things are everywhere. My outside cat went into seizures and we took her to the vet a few years back. We were shown a picture of this type of toad and asked if we had seen any around. The answer was yes. Many. They regularly were found in her water bowl. The cat was apparently poisoned by the residue from the toad's skin in her water bowl. She lived, and we had to come up with an alternative plan for placement of her water dish. These dangerous pests are very persistent, like politicians I suppose. There is another variety present here that gets very big, and causes the same symptoms apparently. I caught one that covered the entire bottom of a five gallon bucket a few years ago. I gave it a proper farewell.

Correction earlier response  (by: K  -   8/29/2010)

Sorry, I realized after posting that your article refers to Amazon bufo toads, and I was referring to the bufo toads invasive toads known as Marine or Giant toads.

Way more than four!  (by: K  -   8/29/2010)

Last year there were dozens in my old neighborhood of Carva Hills, one of which nearly killed my Beagle. There are often two or three where I am now. Local veterinarians can probably tell you which neighborhoods the toads are in. I know there are some in Lake Placid, but I don't recall the location the vet told me.
These invasive toads are similar to Florida's native Southern toads, so it's important to know the difference.
Scroll down on the home page of hcafa.org for more information about these toxic toads and what to do if your pet encounters one. They also pose a danger to cats.

Toad  (by: GT  -   8/29/2010)

I live just west of Lake Placid and we have killed half a dozen of these in the past year. Our dog has been affected several times. A frog gig works well as they are very tough. We had many in Martin Co. too. Is this a new revelation here?

poisonous toads  (by: bek  -   8/29/2010)

We have been killing these poisonous toads in my yard for years now, this can't possibly be only the 4th toad found in this county. They line the streets at night in my neighborhood. I know of a pest control company who has been removing these for years for customers.