Garden pond number 2

Sorry i am in a musical mood what about this one

 

Martin your destroying your pond discussion ....if your in the groovy mood ....add it to what music you like

 

I wasn't sure if I would get any this year as only saw one small frog last year and no spawn, mainly due to some adjoining old overgrown gardens being renovated so expect a lot of their habitats been lost.

Had not seen anything this year until literally the other day when there were two clumps of spawn so looks like we still have a few around though yet to actually see one.

Think their biggest enemy are cats who seem to delight in playing with them, though one year was amazed to see , from the house window, a cat playing with a 8" ball ? only to find it was literally a ball of frogs, seems its a defensive method .

Now use one of the pir water jet sprayers to deter the cats, which is very effective, probably too much as I often end up with a soggy bottom when I forget its there !

 

@ARMANDII I think it depends on the Cats, Ricky. I have two Cats that can't get out of the garden due to the high fences, nor can Cats get in. One of the Cats, [Jenny],

Hi,

Lovely looking pictures there.

Don't get me wrong, I love cats and dogs, was brought up with both, but we are almost plagued with them, though the latter mostly on leads.

Seems our local Toms do seem to enjoy frogs and toads as used to often find chewed parts of them around the garden and mine is covered with 6ft high fences which I have watched them easily jump onto the top.

My water jet is aimed so its about 2ft above them, they don't get any forceful spray directly on them; its the clatter the jet mechanism makes plus the random spray of the water that quickly teaches them is a no go garden.
No way does it hurt them, unlike some folk who readily kick or thrown stones etc at them.

 

In my previous garden I had a lovely pond with resident frogs. The biggest threat to them were my chickens! I caught one of them running up the garden with a small frog dangling from its beak

 

My garden was full of them while i was clearing it so theirs plenty around, its not that easy for them to get in after trying to cat proof the garden, i will get some spawn hopefully they will return next year i have lots of ivy at low level and nooks and crannies for them to hide in.

 

I will end up doing something like this i still get the odd one get in and i don't want them in, i wish all owners would do what you've done A, there a pest to me but like ricky i like them but if i wanted one i would buy my own.
Cat Fence and Cat Fences from ProtectaPet

 

It looks like a gun then i only get the odd one now days i put cctv to monitor where there getting in and make it hard work for them, the older cats keep out as its not as easy as most gardens to get out off, its when someone near me gets a young cat they have to come and explore and more agile than the older cats.

 

When will my Frogs be coming ARMANDII .

 

Did you get your pond today @martin-f ?