frog in my garden!

[wales1000]

we live in a town centre and there aren't any ponds near us, but we have a large composite heap out the back where i have been putting old hay and guinea pig poo etc on and have been turning it every few weeks and its pretty big - i just turned it again and this small frog jumped out - i have never in my ten years living here seen a frog before - i am just wondering where could it have come from and would it now stay in my garden? also now i am worried turning it with the fork in case i might hurt something which might be living in there! Natasha x

[faz]

hello and welcome to WAB frogs newts hedge hogs should all be hibernating now they will spend winter in compost heap if it was my heap i would leave it till spring now the frog(s) etc may well stay in ur garden eating slugs etc hope you enjoy the site

[wales1000]

ah right i didn't realise that - i only thought it was strange as we dont have any trees or ponds or anything to attract them into and i have never seen any wildlife by us in ten years - i shall now leave the composite alone - i will have to find another place to put my old hay etc in as we already have two composite heaps yeah its a great site x

[faz]

still use ur compost heap just dont turn it over so as not to disturbe any thing asleep in there i still use my heap throwing scraps etc on it

[wales1000]

okie dokie - thanks for your advice where would frogs come from if there isnt ponds or wildlife gardens near me?

[faz]

frogs newts and toads all live out of water aswell as in it mainly for breeding i have all three in my garden living in rockery borders and compost heap etc they will find or have come from ponds near bye or a few miles away as long as they can find some where damp they are are happy lots of people think they live in only ponds etc they dont same as reptiles you may have a sloeworm (legless lizard) or grass snakes often found in compost heaps neither will hurt you in any way hope this helps you wales 1000

[wales1000]

thats very interesting what you have just told me so thanks very much when spring comes i wouldn't mind putting a small pond down there - though i haven't got a clue about that yet!

[Kayleigh]

Hi and welcome..
as Faz has said they only breed in water and live most of the time out and about in gardens.
I have a half barrel that the frogs use and have done for the last 4 years so they only need a small water body to breed in and this is not very big and does not involve any digging.
You can get barrels from garden centres.

[wales1000]

thanks Kayleigh - i need to look into this a bit more as we have a cat who lives out doors most of the time he will probably pester the poor things when they come out of hibernation, so i am going to look into this a bit more and see what i can do to protect the frog etc.

[tcvarlh]

I absolutely love your Avatar, A REAL DOG, Nice one!
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