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Attracting Toads to Your Yard

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When thinking about wildlife you’d like to welcome to your yard, you might not be thinking about toads. But here’s one very good reason to make things toad-friendly: just one toad can eat more than a hundred beetles, slugs, moths, and other bugs per day. That adds up to more than three thousand insects per month! It’s hard to beat a toad for natural pest control. Unless you’re very vigilant, you won’t see much of your toad friends during the day. Toads are most active at night, hunting slugs and cutworms. During the day, toads need a dark, cool place … Continue reading →

The Pets Blog Week in Review for Sep 3-9

Happy Monday! With the passing of Labor Day, the inevitable end of summer is drawing yet nearer. Maybe you were busy last week taking a late summer vacation, or perhaps you were adjusting to the back-to-school grind, and missed portions of the Pets Blog. Never fear, Aimee and I are here with a review of what we wrote on: Monday, September 3 Ah, Labor Day. Ever since 1999 I’ve never viewed them quite the same. Then came the summer of 2004, where Murphy and Kitty and a hurricane name Frances had a lot of fun. Tuesday, September 4 In memory … Continue reading →

Pet First Aid: Toad Poisoning

There is a strange fascination many young dogs have with toads. When dog meets toad, the dog will often try to pick up the toad in his mouth. Why is this bad? All toads secrete mucus through their skin; the mucus can irritate the dog’s mouth and cause some serious drooling. Most toads are harmless. When is this really bad? When your dog encounters a poisonous toad. There are two types of poisonous toad seen in the United States: the Colorado River toad and the marine toad. Colorado River toads are found in the southwestern United States from the Pecos … Continue reading →

The Freaks Come Out at Night

Murph gets at least two round-the-block walks a day. Once in the morning and once in the early evening. We rarely take him on longer walks through the neighborhood after dark. (During Daylight Savings Time, that is. Once we fall back and it gets dark by five we don’t have much choice.) For now, however, while there’s still light in the sky come his six o’clock walk, we’re only out past dark when we take him up the cul-de-sac for a last pee-pee of the night walk. Most times. Sometimes we walk a little farther than normal, or Murph dawdles … Continue reading →

The Freaks Come Out at Night

Murph gets at least two round-the-block walks a day. Once in the morning and once in the early evening. We rarely take him on longer walks through the neighborhood after dark. (During Daylight Savings Time, that is. Once we fall back and it gets dark by five we don’t have much choice.) For now, however, while there’s still light in the sky come his six o’clock walk, we’re only out past dark when we take him up the cul-de-sac for a last pee-pee of the night walk. Most times. Sometimes we walk a little farther than normal, or Murph dawdles … Continue reading →