garden buddy horny toad - Page 2

silverseeds · July 17th, 2009, 11:17 AM

oh wow, youve got ACTUAL TOADS AND FROGS. for those not in dry areas horny toads are a little thing that looks like a dinosaur. with spikes on its back and stuff.

I didnt get to feed the little guy yesterday, but I did see him running around. I have really cool winters here, I cant imagine what these things do in winter. I have those little geckos or whatever theose little running lizards are too. But they arent so friendly.

virraszto · July 17th, 2009, 12:08 PM

When you said I had actual toads....I wasn't sure what you meant, so I googled horny toads. Never seen those before! When you said horny, I thought you were referrring to the two that met and mated...( I think that was you?)

Now I know what a horny toad is!

GreyMoon9 · July 17th, 2009, 12:15 PM

lol, My Grandma lived in New Mexico, so I had an inkling about horney toads, though honestly, I don't recall seeing one.

silverseeds · July 17th, 2009, 12:16 PM

lol I had a feeling one or two people thought that, lol. oh well. I didnt know what they were either till I caught one once, and then took it all over till I found someone who knew what it was. Im serious though I dont know how good of pics you found, but they look like dinosaurs, its so cool.

stone · July 17th, 2009, 08:33 PM

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Originally Posted by silverseeds

oh wow, youve got ACTUAL TOADS AND FROGS. for those not in dry areas horny toads are a little thing that looks like a dinosaur. with spikes on its back and stuff.

Yeah, but... but.... but, wasn't it cool that people thought you had an over-sexed amphibian?

I wuz searchin fer uh Yosemite Sam clip... but then realized that I prolly wouldn't be able to post it... did watch some great cartoons, though...

Apparently the horny toad doesn't eat fire ants... wikipedia suggests that without the right kind of ants, they languish... Not fair... It doesn't look like I'd be able to keep one in my garden after all...

bellzeybubba · July 17th, 2009, 09:41 PM

I have horny toads around the yard but they never let me get close enough to feed them. Last time I saw one was last week, he was hanging out on a pine tree just above one of my turk's caps standing very, very still. I think he figured he was camouflaged by the pine bark and to be fair he did blend in quite well. But when I tried to slowly approach he skittered around to the other side and I lost sight of him. Next time I will be sure to approach with a grasshopper or other tasty morsel in hand so he will be sure to know I am friend not foe

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silverseeds · July 17th, 2009, 11:03 PM

The first one he caught, the others I feed him I threw in front of him, after the first day he let me feed him wearily but openly two days in a row, now the last two days I see him running around, but didnt get to close. oh well.

stone · July 19th, 2009, 08:39 PM

this thread needs more pictures!

I have these little gray guys... No horny toads...

Stripey --- Notice the tail... Not blue!

klorentz · July 19th, 2009, 11:27 PM

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Originally Posted by silverseeds

In another thread you might have seen me say, I have been battling grasshoppers, lol. the other day I was chasing one of the first to reach the big stage, and I had been chasing it across the yard, The last time it landed, right in front of a horny toad, a prehistoric looking little fellow, and he ate it. So hen we started watching eachother, I feed him the other large grasshoppers I had killed, and he seemed impressed, lol. So now every day since hes waiting in the same spot, and now Ive feed him three days, and I just thought it was so cool. I wonder how many other befriended any animals out there, in their gardens? I bet Im the only one with a little horny toad friend lol.

Silver where is the picture!!!??

Kevin

lorna-organic · July 20th, 2009, 01:03 AM

Yesterday a friend was eager to tell me a gardening story. He said he purchased poison to get rid of squash bugs. Between the time he decided to buy the poison and actually buying it he began to think he was noticing a decline in the population of bugs. He waited before applying the poison and, indeed, each day there were less and less squash bugs. He realized that every time he waters the squash plants a horned toad runs out from beneath the leaf cover to get away from the water. My friend thinks the horned toad has been eating the squash bugs.

July 17th, 2009, 11:17 AM	#11
silverseeds Grow your own! Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: High desert New Mexico USDA Zone: No zone info Posts: 6,283	Re: garden buddy horny toad oh wow, youve got ACTUAL TOADS AND FROGS. for those not in dry areas horny toads are a little thing that looks like a dinosaur. with spikes on its back and stuff. I didnt get to feed the little guy yesterday, but I did see him running around. I have really cool winters here, I cant imagine what these things do in winter. I have those little geckos or whatever theose little running lizards are too. But they arent so friendly. __________________ Plant breeding, and learning to account for variables in a given location, offer us our best hope at feeding ourselves in truly sustainable ways. We have the knowledge, and tools. What if the ways we farmed built soil, and water tables instead of draining them? Leaving an oasis in our wake rather then deserts.

July 17th, 2009, 12:08 PM	#12
virraszto Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: SE MI USDA Zone: 5a Posts: 335	Re: garden buddy horny toad When you said I had actual toads....I wasn't sure what you meant, so I googled horny toads. Never seen those before! When you said horny, I thought you were referrring to the two that met and mated...( I think that was you?) Now I know what a horny toad is!

July 17th, 2009, 12:15 PM	#13
GreyMoon9 Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: South-West Illinois USDA Zone: 5b Posts: 990	Re: garden buddy horny toad lol, My Grandma lived in New Mexico, so I had an inkling about horney toads, though honestly, I don't recall seeing one.

July 17th, 2009, 12:16 PM	#14
silverseeds Grow your own! Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: High desert New Mexico USDA Zone: No zone info Posts: 6,283	Re: garden buddy horny toad lol I had a feeling one or two people thought that, lol. oh well. I didnt know what they were either till I caught one once, and then took it all over till I found someone who knew what it was. Im serious though I dont know how good of pics you found, but they look like dinosaurs, its so cool. __________________ Plant breeding, and learning to account for variables in a given location, offer us our best hope at feeding ourselves in truly sustainable ways. We have the knowledge, and tools. What if the ways we farmed built soil, and water tables instead of draining them? Leaving an oasis in our wake rather then deserts.

July 17th, 2009, 09:41 PM	#16
bellzeybubba mycomama Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Bastrop, Texas USDA Zone: 8b Posts: 1,324	Re: garden buddy horny toad I have horny toads around the yard but they never let me get close enough to feed them. Last time I saw one was last week, he was hanging out on a pine tree just above one of my turk's caps standing very, very still. I think he figured he was camouflaged by the pine bark and to be fair he did blend in quite well. But when I tried to slowly approach he skittered around to the other side and I lost sight of him. Next time I will be sure to approach with a grasshopper or other tasty morsel in hand so he will be sure to know I am friend not foe .

July 17th, 2009, 11:03 PM	#17
silverseeds Grow your own! Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: High desert New Mexico USDA Zone: No zone info Posts: 6,283	Re: garden buddy horny toad The first one he caught, the others I feed him I threw in front of him, after the first day he let me feed him wearily but openly two days in a row, now the last two days I see him running around, but didnt get to close. oh well. __________________ Plant breeding, and learning to account for variables in a given location, offer us our best hope at feeding ourselves in truly sustainable ways. We have the knowledge, and tools. What if the ways we farmed built soil, and water tables instead of draining them? Leaving an oasis in our wake rather then deserts.

July 19th, 2009, 08:39 PM	#18
stone Gardener Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: middle GA USDA Zone: 8a Posts: 465	Re: garden buddy horny toad this thread needs more pictures! I have these little gray guys... No horny toads... Stripey --- Notice the tail... Not blue! __________________ Last edited by stone; July 19th, 2009 at 08:45 PM..

July 20th, 2009, 01:03 AM	#20
lorna-organic Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: central New Mexico USDA Zone: 7b Posts: 17,407	Re: garden buddy horny toad Yesterday a friend was eager to tell me a gardening story. He said he purchased poison to get rid of squash bugs. Between the time he decided to buy the poison and actually buying it he began to think he was noticing a decline in the population of bugs. He waited before applying the poison and, indeed, each day there were less and less squash bugs. He realized that every time he waters the squash plants a horned toad runs out from beneath the leaf cover to get away from the water. My friend thinks the horned toad has been eating the squash bugs. __________________ Lorna Boycott Monsanto, Bayer, Syngenta, BASF, Dow, DuPont, Scotts. Scotts is the sole licensed U.S. distributor of Monsanto's RoundUp. MiracleGro is owned by Scotts.