Rehoming Frogs

[dtonks1]

Originally Posted by dtonks1

Just moved in to discover a ten by 9 foot pond full of at least 50 frogs.We wanted to keep the pond but a child proof cover costs over £750 which we cannot afford. We care about the frogs welfare and are unsure how to go about draining it and rehoming them.The local council could not help with advice.Any tips please?

Thanks for all the replies.You have been very helpful. I have decided to keep the pond and have actually got really interested in the frogs already.The froglife website was very useful too.

[eeyore]

you could fill the pond with cobbles and install a safe water feature such as a trickle fountain so the water runs down through the cobbles to a reservoir and is then pumped back up (you can get solar powered models which are carbon neutral and free to run)

that way the water feature will be child freindly , you will still provide a home for local frohgs, toads, newts many of which prefer damp habitats like this to full blown ponds for some of their life cycle anyway , and you will provide a source of water for local birds , animals etc

then when the children are old enough to understand and respect the hazard you can empty out the cobbles and restore the pond if you wish

[nightshade]

Eeyore what a good idea,a couple down the road are going to fill in their pond
because of their grandchildren.They are very sad about the idea this could
(done properly) be the answer

[m1keanderson]

Originally Posted by m1keanderson

Try contacting one of your local steel fabrication companies. They should be able to supply you with heavy gauge, off-the-peg 2"x2" galvanised steel mesh sheets which can be fitted to a simple timber frame and laid over the pond. The education/enjoyment you and your child/ren will get from having a pond will far outweigh its ugliness (I covered a 6' x 8' pond for well under £150).

Is it egotistical quoting yourself? Anyway, I've managed to upload a couple of images of my pond (about a month after its construction on the footings of the old outside toilet/coal shed):



The kids love watching the pond life and playing with the water. Ok, we all do.