Froglets have left home

[shei111]

Hello In march this year we had about 120 tadpoles in the tank in the kitchen , after about 2 months we made them a small wildlife pond near the bigger pond they all hatched out which felt like 500 hundred froglets leaping the entire garden, and now theyve all left ive seen some in the main pond and around the logs and grass only about a inch long . We do have a grass snake around my guess hes had a fair few meals from them, I suppose out of 120 frogs would you say about 20 would make it to adult? We are digging a bigger pond in the autumn hopefully approx 15 X 15 and probaly keep the pond we have now for a wildlife pond, weve got the room and my hubby is well into ponds and not too much into grass cutting so that will be his project , and the wildlife pond mine, his and hers suit well in this family hes got his shed ive got mine same with all the tools , cant argue that way can you.? As its his pond I suggest he dig it out shei.

[djackso]

Originally Posted by shei111

As its his pond I suggest he dig it out shei.

That's the spirit

I think out of 120 tadpoles, you'd be doing very, very well if as many as 20 survive - but fingers crossed

Lucky you - a grass snake

[Kayleigh]

Try not to plant a lilac tree in the new pond Shie..

Your garden is certainly getting the wildlife for saying its relatively new.

[shei111]

Originally Posted by djackso

That's the spirit

I think out of 120 tadpoles, you'd be doing very, very well if as many as 20 survive - but fingers crossed

Lucky you - a grass snake

Hello to you, well yea its probaly a bit optimistic saying 20 lets say 10 then happy medium, shei.

[shei111]

Originally Posted by Kayleigh

Try not to plant a lilac tree in the new pond Shie..

Your garden is certainly getting the wildlife for saying its relatively new.

Hello kayleigh as ive said its HIS pond so I not be aloud to plant anything in HIS pond let alone a lilac bush, but with all HIS fish removed from MY wildlife pond there may be room for a lilac bush in MINE, I can forsee divorce papers being issued shei.

[Kayleigh]

Originally Posted by shei111

Hello kayleigh as ive said its HIS pond so I not be aloud to plant anything in HIS pond let alone a lilac bush, but with all HIS fish removed from MY wildlife pond there may be room for a lilac bush in MINE, I can forsee divorce papers being issued shei.

As long as all the wildlife know who's pond to avoid then they will be fine..Let the grass snake eat HIS fish.

[shei111]

Originally Posted by Kayleigh

As long as all the wildlife know who's pond to avoid then they will be fine..Let the grass snake eat HIS fish.

Oh dear me I didnt think of the grass snake I can see repercussions shei.

[Kayleigh]

Originally Posted by shei111

Oh dear me I didnt think of the grass snake I can see repercussions shei.

Don't tell him

[shei111]

I had to laugh tonight while watering the shrubs and trees with a hose pipe out of a lot of bushes out pop another frog then another then another they were hopping about everywhere, ive never seen so many frogs in one watering session, alot of them were more than 4 inches long so they couldnt have been the ones that hatched indoors in march which I put in the wildlife pond in may. . shei

[galanthus]

Originally Posted by kayleigh

don't Tell Him

:d :d