I adore our native Pacific Chorus Frogs and their wonderful winter rain mating songs! Unfortunately, they like to hang out under the rim of our hot tub lid, and sometimes jump in and die when we open it to get in. I always bring a headlamp and can usually catch and relocate them, but lately there are so many it’s really difficult to catch them all.
I’ve noticed that new ones often show up in the exact spot the ones before them were, which has me thinking that they are led there by scent. After I move them I’ve been rinsing the area with water and that seems like it may help some of the time. I’m wondering if there is some smell they don’t like that might keep them away? I’ve searched online and have found a lot of other people posting about frogs in hot tubs but all the solutions were for poisoning them, which is the last thing I want to do!
Hoping someone here has some frog wisdom!
Thank you,
Lysa