Squealing frogs

[felinechums]

Recently my cat was annoying a large frog that was hopping across the car park beside my house. When I went to pick up the frog to move it to my neighbour's pond (where it must have come from) it did such a high pitched scream that I jumped back. The second time, although I was prepared for the scream, it was so intense that it startled me again and I couldn't bring myself to pick it up. I have had frogs in my garden for years and have never heard one scream before. Has anyone else ever heard a frog scream?

(The frog hopped happily across the car park and into the weeds beside the pond, while the cat hid behind me watching in amazement).

[smudge]

This is quite an informative site & if you scroll down the page to Frogs & Their Calls - it mentions distress calls & screaming.

I love frogs & toads!

[felinechums]

Many thanks for this smudge - I like frogs too but I also like cats, which are sometimes sore on the frogs. I also seem to have a problem with water beetle in my pond (my pond is tiny). These wee devils eat the newly hatched tadpoles. Any suggestions how I can get rid of the water beetles? I scoop out any that I find, but haven't the heart to kill them - is there anything that might discourage them from the pond?

[smudge]

Your're welcom feline. (I love cats too).

Be very careful when dealing with water beetles, as they can give you a nasty nip! Scroll down this page to find out more!

Good luck.

[smudge]

*I meant to type - You're welcome!

It's raining so hard here & it's gone very dark - better turn the lights on so I can see better!!!!

[jennyhawkins]

Hi

Yes I have heard a frog scream. It was another episode with a cat. My cat had actually cornered this frog by my backdoor. This was the first time I had ever heard anything like this

[felinechums]

Thanks to all - this seems to be quite common, especially where cats are concerned. My cat certainly was deterred by the noise the frog was making - and so was I!!!

[britcat]

Hello Felinechums

I came onto the web to look up frog screaming and found your question. I also had never heard a frog scream before.

No cats were involved, I was raking grass when this frog screamed and leapt over the rake.

The pitch of the scream was quite amazing and I'm sure I jumped almost as much as the frog.

I thought I had found a rare screaming frog..but alas not!

[felinechums]

Hi britcat, just like you I thought that I had discovered a rare species, and was most annoyed that I could not bring myself to pick it up so that other people could see this wonder of nature. Since then, of course, I have learned that most, perhaps all, of our native frogs can scream when the need arises.

Scarey sound, though, isn't it?

[britcat]

Hi felinechums,yes. frog screaming is a scary sound. I have been telling all and sundry about my froggy trauma and would you believe it...everybody and his dog seems to have heard something lately about this phenomenon.Perhaps this is the year when all frogs must scream at least once.

I love frogs and have some froglets merrily swimming in my pond at the moment. I was looking at them today and wondering if one could train them as "Guard Frogs" I feel a Monty Python moment coming on....!!!