Help!!!! A frog's trapped in my pond!!

I have a pond with straight sides, the top of the water is below ground level and there's a low wall around the perimeter.

A frog has jumped in and cannot get out -- the sides are too slippery. Every time I try to net him out he just goes to the bottom and hides, he's faster than my net.

I've put a piece of pipe to make a ramp but so far he hasn't found it.

What should I do? Is there anything I can buy to prevent future incidents like this. I've seen this on ebay, does it work?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Swimline-...322?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4d30163052

 

Oh gosh, poor little mite. Could you put in a plank of wood to act as a ramp? Or some stones around the outside for them to climb up?
Could you possibly post a photo please? That will give us a better idea .

 

Hessian or sacking, any rough material, hung over the edge will give grip. With a vertical sided pond it may help to to put a flat piece of wood or a tile under it to make the slope less steep. However most things will be able to scale rough material. Your frog won't drown after all, but will be best making his own way out after dark
Good luck

 

Here's a photo, you can see the pipe I used.

That sounds like sensible advice, I shall buy some sacking next week -- presumably just a bit will do, say along three feet of the edge of the pond. I can just bring it out whenever I see a distressed animal I suppose.

 

Trouble with the pipe idea is that when looking to get out the pond they go around the edges looking for a way out, so they go under the pipe.
They are not likely to find the pipe.
Philomel's idea is a good one.

 

A permanent ladder/flat ramp into the pond in the future may be a good idea.

 

Try a ladder made out of plastic coated clematis wire. You'd have to anchor it at the top somehow - maybe with a rock/paving stone.