Any help - All natural frogs dying.. :-(

Daimo · #1 (**permalink**) 03-09-2008, 08:47 AM

Hi there, im hoping someone can help me here.

I've got a few ponds, and we always get loads of natural frogs come for a dip and to lay their spawn.

Over the last 2 weeks, i've had 4 frogs die. We had one die, so I buried him. Only to find when I came home that some cat/fox had dug up to poor sod. Not only that, but not far away on the grass was another one. Same viewable symptoms.

Next day I came home, only to find yet another frog dead. Same problem.

We've had no frogs since. But the other day, I saw one sitting in the stream.

I went outside last night, only to find what looks like that poor froggie lying also dead.

WE've not put anything down, the only thing we've done recently is remove a plant from one of the ponds, and i've jetsprayed my patio clean.

I've heard something about a frog death going around. Can anyone help?

Frogs seems to be coughing out blood from their mouths, so im sure its an illness and not simply down to cats. We've never had problems before, and gone down from about 8-10 frogs per night to 0

This is in North west Kent.

big bill · #2 (**permalink**) 03-09-2008, 11:02 AM

Hello Daimo and welcome to the site if you make a post in the mammel forum you will get an answer quicker there as some members dont read all the posts on the site ,maybe wrong but a better place to find out .

Kayleigh · #3 (**permalink**) 03-09-2008, 11:11 AM

Hi Daimo and welcome to site.

Get in touch with these people as they want to here from anyone who has a lot of amphibian mortalities..

Froglife - conserving native frogs, toads, newts, lizards, snakes

Please keep us updated on what happens..

ron1863 · #4 (**permalink**) 03-09-2008, 09:31 PM

Welcome to WAB mate

Hedge Witch · #5 (**permalink**) 03-09-2008, 09:37 PM

Daimo - I agree with with big bill - ask in a more specialised forum - I think there is a waterlife one, and one dealing with amphibians.

Unfortunately, I have an awful feeling that there may be nothing you can do about there poor creatures, but I hope I'm wrong.

deer boy · #6 (**permalink**) 04-09-2008, 12:35 AM

Hi Daimo welcome to WAB enjoy the site

Sorry to hear about your frog problem.

Daimo · #7 (**permalink**) 05-09-2008, 09:40 AM

Hi all, thanks for the replies.

Cheers Kayleigh, thats the place I was after to report the problems. They've asked me to freeze any more frogs that I find dead, but im not even seeing the frogs at the moment

I'll have a nosey around the rest of the forum in the meantime

Kayleigh · #8 (**permalink**) 05-09-2008, 01:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Daimo

Hi all, thanks for the replies.

Cheers Kayleigh, thats the place I was after to report the problems. They've asked me to freeze any more frogs that I find dead, but im not even seeing the frogs at the moment

I'll have a nosey around the rest of the forum in the meantime

Glad to help and thanks for the update. Enjoy the rest of the site