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Jun 10, 2016 8:42 AM CST
Name: Ken Ramsey
Vero Beach, FL (Zone 10a)
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We don't have them (not yet!). Is the Benadryl a spray?
drdawg (Dr. Kenneth Ramsey)

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Jun 10, 2016 9:17 AM CST
Name: pam
gainesville fl (Zone 8b)
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Yes, you can get it in spray form. Trust me, they dont like it. UF says to put a line of benzocaine down their back and let them go to sleep. Im going to try that next time in hopes they wont go nuts. A quick cut in half with a shovel would be more humane I think, but that is so far from what I could do with something so big, Im having to go this method.
They do get to know you, are territorial, they stick around in the same place from year to year, and you get used to those big eyes. They do sell them as pets. This one had been around 4 years on my patio on table in the plant. From hence forth, Im going to try to take care of them the first I see them. I just cant believe I tortured that thing so. I would have not even thought about it, but I thought it was going to eat the butterfly cats Im growing. Live and learn.
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Jun 10, 2016 9:36 AM CST
Name: Elaine
Sarasota, Fl
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They absolutely don't sell Cuban tree frogs as pets, Pam. It would be illegal. Other frogs, maybe. Not Cubans.

You should not feel bad about dispatching them. They are incredibly harmful and eat other native frogs as well as fish, bird's eggs, caterpillars and all.

Benzocaine is the active ingredient in Benadryl spray. It's probably the cold from the spray that they don't like, but who does?
Elaine

"Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm." –Winston Churchill
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Jun 10, 2016 10:01 AM CST
Name: pam
gainesville fl (Zone 8b)
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Im going to keep at it, just right away, no messing around. Ive got one green lizzard this year, could not be more thrilled. I know it cant take on the frogs, it needs help.
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Jun 10, 2016 12:22 PM CST
Name: Ken Ramsey
Vero Beach, FL (Zone 10a)
Bromeliad Vegetable Grower Region: United States of America Tropicals Plumerias Orchids
Region: Mississippi Master Gardener: Mississippi Hummingbirder Cat Lover Composter Seller of Garden Stuff
Elaine, benzocaine is a low-potency topical anesthetic but I don't think it has anything to do with Benadryl spray.
drdawg (Dr. Kenneth Ramsey)

The reason it's so hard to lose weight when you get up in age is because your body and your fat have become good friends.
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Jun 10, 2016 1:20 PM CST
Name: Alice
Flat Rock, NC (Zone 7a)
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There is a benzocaine spray used for burns, it is not benedryl, I think Elaine got the "B's" mixed up. Either that or the d@^^ spell checker.
Minds are like parachutes; they work better when they are open.
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Jun 10, 2016 1:32 PM CST
Name: Ken Ramsey
Vero Beach, FL (Zone 10a)
Bromeliad Vegetable Grower Region: United States of America Tropicals Plumerias Orchids
Region: Mississippi Master Gardener: Mississippi Hummingbirder Cat Lover Composter Seller of Garden Stuff
Rolling on the floor laughing Whistling Benzocaine, or a similar product, is used in dentistry to numb the gum tissue before an injection is done.
drdawg (Dr. Kenneth Ramsey)

The reason it's so hard to lose weight when you get up in age is because your body and your fat have become good friends.
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Jun 10, 2016 1:46 PM CST
Name: Elaine
Sarasota, Fl
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Oops, the can I've been spraying the frogs with is not Benadryl, it is Dermoplast (for sunburn and itch relief) so it's active ingredient is Benzocaine 20%. Still works to immobilize the frogs. Now, I'm sure they feel no pain, either.

I have a little pump spray bottle of Benadryl, and you're right, Ken. It's active ingredient is Dyphenhydramine. Sorry all. I had the two sprays mixed up.
Elaine

"Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm." –Winston Churchill
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Jun 10, 2016 2:12 PM CST
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Name: Lin Vosbury
Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)

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LOL, yeah ... Benzocaine, not Benadryl, I goofed earlier too and said Benadryl but I meant Benzocaine.
~ I'm an old gal who still loves playing in the dirt!
~ Playing in the dirt is my therapy ... and I'm in therapy a lot!


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Jun 10, 2016 2:32 PM CST
Name: pam
gainesville fl (Zone 8b)
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I knew I tortured that frog.
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Jun 10, 2016 2:33 PM CST
Name: Ken Ramsey
Vero Beach, FL (Zone 10a)
Bromeliad Vegetable Grower Region: United States of America Tropicals Plumerias Orchids
Region: Mississippi Master Gardener: Mississippi Hummingbirder Cat Lover Composter Seller of Garden Stuff
No lashes for y'all this time, but don't repeat the error. Whistling
drdawg (Dr. Kenneth Ramsey)

The reason it's so hard to lose weight when you get up in age is because your body and your fat have become good friends.
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Jun 10, 2016 2:36 PM CST
Thread OP
Name: Lin Vosbury
Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)

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Ok, Doc! Thumbs up
~ I'm an old gal who still loves playing in the dirt!
~ Playing in the dirt is my therapy ... and I'm in therapy a lot!


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Jun 10, 2016 2:46 PM CST
Name: Elaine
Sarasota, Fl
The one constant in life is change
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Well, I've used both on the frogs and they both make them go to sleep. One's an antihistamine, the other is an anaesthetic/analgesic.

I don't think there was any torture involved, Pam. They don't like being sprayed because it's cold but it doesn't hurt.
Elaine

"Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm." –Winston Churchill
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Apr 6, 2020 10:13 AM CST
Name: Tara
NE. FL. (Zone 9a)
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I believe I have found one. A first for me, in Jacksonville. Went out to water my orchids this morning, and when I moved one of them, this guy scared the &$#* out of me! Want a second opinion, confirmation, having never seen one face to face. Until now, I think....
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Apr 6, 2020 10:22 AM CST
Name: Alice
Flat Rock, NC (Zone 7a)
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Sure looks like one to me but I am not an expert. I have only seen one so far on this side of the river.
Minds are like parachutes; they work better when they are open.
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Apr 6, 2020 10:33 AM CST
Name: Tara
NE. FL. (Zone 9a)
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Those large toes really jumped out at me! Hilarious! literally!
I'm hoping I'm right, because he's officially "bit the dust".
Thanks Alice!
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Apr 6, 2020 11:20 AM CST
Thread OP
Name: Lin Vosbury
Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)

Region: Ukraine Region: United States of America Bird Bath, Fountain and Waterfall Region: Florida Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database!
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I agree, Cuban Tree Frog!
~ I'm an old gal who still loves playing in the dirt!
~ Playing in the dirt is my therapy ... and I'm in therapy a lot!


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Apr 6, 2020 12:09 PM CST
Name: Ken Ramsey
Vero Beach, FL (Zone 10a)
Bromeliad Vegetable Grower Region: United States of America Tropicals Plumerias Orchids
Region: Mississippi Master Gardener: Mississippi Hummingbirder Cat Lover Composter Seller of Garden Stuff
Yes, Tara, both the oversized body and the oversized toe pads indicate that this is indeed a Cuban. The large toe pads are the giveaway.
drdawg (Dr. Kenneth Ramsey)

The reason it's so hard to lose weight when you get up in age is because your body and your fat have become good friends.
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Apr 6, 2020 12:13 PM CST
Name: Tara
NE. FL. (Zone 9a)
Plant Lover: Loves 'em all! Organic Gardener Garden Sages Birds Frogs and Toads Dragonflies
Butterflies Hummingbirder Orchids Container Gardener Garden Procrastinator Foliage Fan
Thank You! all!
This guy is currently in the deep freeze!!!
That's one for our little natives!!!
Yay! Hurray!
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Apr 6, 2020 12:14 PM CST
Name: Alice
Flat Rock, NC (Zone 7a)
Birds Overwinters Tender Plants Indoors Region: North Carolina Hydrangeas Hummingbirder Dog Lover
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