Frog advice required?

hello,

Found a very large family of 13 baby froggies back in march and moved them sucessfully out to a good area so they would not be harmed. Whilst out in the garden today having a tidy session I moved the Hosta to find 2 small frogs underneath. I laid a stone over to protect them as one of my cats was on his way to investigate and would now like to find a way of homing them in the garden through the winter?
I don't have a pond or the space for one and am not near one so don't know how they got there but would like to find a way of an up/recycle of bits to provide them a home with us, any suggestions?

 

Hey GCQ,

I've got one that stays on my plot, even when its bone dry, i've got a dog bowl of water under some plants that I keep topped up.

Got a dustbin lid sunk into the ground on the other plot, with Watercress in it, all sorts of wildlife like that, frogs, newts, birds, wildebeeste.

 

Quick question as you say your not near a pond are you sure their frogs and not toads?

Frogs & Toads : Differences Between Frogs & Toads - YouTube

 

Hi CusineQueen,

I think if you found 13 little froglets, there were almost certainly two or three times that numbers creeping or hopping around in the garden that you didn't see. True the pussies like to go after frogs, but the little fellows (and girlie frogs, of course) will still find plenty of secluded hiding places. There will be losses of course, but nature is like that.

 

Wildebeeste?????

 

I have masses of frogs but tend to find a few dead ones from time to time, cats and frogs dont mix.
They like shallow water in undergrowth if you have no pond for them.

They are likely to vanish during the winter as I find they spend the winter in the relative warmth, brrrr, at the bottom of my pond, out of the way of frost.

 

Thanks all for your replies,

Firstly i think they are definitely frogs as we did find a toad but it was earlier in the year and in the front cupboard where the dustbin lives, Toady was also moved to an area in a safe place. I have been to check on them today but they have gone from the spot I saw them at yesterday and think they may have moved under some hardcore ma man has laid down (will check it out as don't wish to squish them) but will leave some water down somewhere in case.

 

(Been away for a few days, so sorry for the late reply)
Frogs, although they are amphibians do not spend all of their time in a pond. The pond is used mainly for the mating season.
In winter, yes some frogs will hide in the bottom of a pond, but most will find somewhere to hide, be that under a stone, old branch etc. So its not unusual to find frogs elsewhere and think they are in the "wrong place" they are there because they like it there. Best leave them be.

 

Thanks for the advice WG, found yet another one in the garden waste bin last night so helped it out as needed to empty for recycling this one was more of an adult than the other 2 that I mentioned before.

 

Sorry, Wildebeest, never was much good at spelling:DOH:

 

Update on froggy family.

Whilst weeding at the weekend by surprise (and it was i'll tell ya) one of them jumped out of a bunch of dandylions towards my hand (yes I gave a little shout) He jumped off back inside a pile of hardcore Newey had dumped in a corner and a few mins later another chap did the same although my kitty saw him and decided to follow.
I caught hold of Moto in time and ushered froggy into the hardcore for safety and said to Mots that it was their home and he was not invited!
Problem is now, we are starting to sort out the garden and they obviously like it there and wondered what we can do with Fred and Boris (yes I like those names) as we need to move the hardcore. I really would like to keep them now and incorporate a small pond in our new garden design.

Any suggestions please?

 

Shouldn't that be Ken and Boris..??

a-a

 

Thought about it Alex but don't like Ken!

 

Do you have room for a log pile, that's where they seem to live in my garden.

 

Hi Rusty,
No not really as we are trying to gut the back yard as it stands in order to make it a better place to be in. They are living in a pile of broken bits of stone and slab (looks a bit like the flintstones place actually! But it needs to be moved in order to lay a patio area.