Frog in my yard - advice needed!

[noileena]

Hi everyone

I'm looking for a little advice. This time last week, I found what I believe to be a Common Frog in my yard. It's reappeared today and is currently sat under my downspout, getting dripped on by the guttering!

I literally have a yard - fully concreted and no where to dig a hole to make a sunken pond. But I am worried about Phileas (my frog!) so wondered - what can I do to make him more comfortable?

I have numerous pots of veg growing in the yard (all pretty raised up off the ground), and I think he's hiding out under them for the majority of the time, but feel he needs a habitat more attunded to his needs - and I have no idea how to keep my new pal happy.

Any ideas appreaciated!
Thank you
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[Littlesparrow]

You could provide your frog with a shallow container of water for now with a stone or ramp to get in or out.If he is still there in the winer you may need to ask your neighbors if they have a bigger pond to put him in so he doesn't freeze.
Of course if he is a toad he doesn't need a pond to live in, they like damp vegetation and rocky hiding places.

[noileena]

Thanks for your reply - I couldn't find anything shallow enough last week except an old tiny tomato tray (I was really concerned about him drowning) and he's just had a quick hop in and out of it.

I live in an area of old terraced housing - no one has 'decent' sized gardens with ponds so I have no idea where he came from, and am concerned about how long he may choose to live here - hence trying to find a solution while he's here! off to the garden centre i think for a mooch round to find something!

Any thoughts on a bird bath - too shallow? I'm just thinking if of how 'proud' it will sit on my concrete floor!

[faz]

hi welcome to WAB have you or any of your neighbours got cats ?
the reason i ask is if u dont know how it got there perhaps a cat is responsible i would take it to the local park with lots of rocks hedges grass and a pond and release it it needs some were to hide to keep moist and away from predators dont go to the exspense of buying a container for it its not right to keep it as a pet before u do let it go just check its not been injured hope this helps you

faz

[shynet]

hi frogs,

Ours hide in pots all the time and me and my poor neighbour squeak as they leap out, if you have veg pots you proably water alot anyway so perhaps a solution is a shallow container and keep watering the veg as this makes for a nice damp atmospher for him or her to live in and leave alone, watch the cats though as they are poisonous to cats and you don't want to upset your neighbours. The concreat will also stay damp for long periods as we also have a concrete drive and we've found them up their too.

hope this helps
shy

[Mark_b]

Originally Posted by faz

i would take it to the local park ........and release it

Amphibians can be found in very urban areas. I beleive the frog got to your garden by its self, it knows perfectly well what its doing and if it has the urge (how ever much you beg it not to hehe) it will leave when ever it wants. I wouldn't move it.

In terms of encouraging it to hang around, like everyone else has said make lots of moist areas and encourage invertebrates. Frogs only need water to breed, just like toads they spend most of their time on land, so you dont need a pond, there must be one reletivley close by!

[faz]

true wot u say !!!!!!!but i would release it dont let it become a meal for cats ,bop,s , or any thing else itsd wild let it live in the wild not aconcreat setting