Posted by bob on May 28, 2011, 7:02 am
I've had a frog in my garden for 3 years or so and I wonder if anyone
might have some insights?
It seems to be a bachelor, I've never seen 2 frogs. How does it cope
with the boredom?
Can they survive drought? I've been watering regularly round its
favourite spot but I'm going to have to leave the garden for a couple
of weeks and the forecast doesn't look wet. I was thinking of sinking
a plastic container with water into the soil underneath a heather
thereby reducing loss through evaporation. Or will he (she) just dig
herself down till it gets damp enough.
Posted by Ian B on May 28, 2011, 7:40 am
bob wrote:
> I've had a frog in my garden for 3 years or so and I wonder if anyone
> might have some insights?
> It seems to be a bachelor, I've never seen 2 frogs. How does it cope
> with the boredom?
> Can they survive drought? I've been watering regularly round its
> favourite spot but I'm going to have to leave the garden for a couple
> of weeks and the forecast doesn't look wet. I was thinking of sinking
> a plastic container with water into the soil underneath a heather
> thereby reducing loss through evaporation. Or will he (she) just dig
> herself down till it gets damp enough.
Are there any frog ponds nearby? I found one in my compost heap last year (a
frog, not a pond) and after some investigation I found he had gone
a-wandering from the pond of my neighbour four gardens down, which I hadn't
known existed (the pond, not the neighbour).
Ian
Posted by bob on May 28, 2011, 8:54 am
wrote:
>Are there any frog ponds nearby? I found one in my compost heap last year (a
>frog, not a pond) and after some investigation I found he had gone
>a-wandering from the pond of my neighbour four gardens down, which I hadn't
>known existed (the pond, not the neighbour).
>Ian
...no ponds that I know of. Also, I'm surrounded by old walls at
least 2m high. I suppose it might have climbed up a shrub...
Posted by Janet on May 28, 2011, 8:27 am
>
> I've had a frog in my garden for 3 years or so and I wonder if anyone
> might have some insights?
>
> It seems to be a bachelor, I've never seen 2 frogs. How does it cope
> with the boredom?
>
> Can they survive drought? I've been watering regularly round its
> favourite spot but I'm going to have to leave the garden for a couple
> of weeks and the forecast doesn't look wet. I was thinking of sinking
> a plastic container with water into the soil underneath a heather
> thereby reducing loss through evaporation. Or will he (she) just dig
> herself down till it gets damp enough.
Are you sure it's a frog not a toad? iirc toads are more often solitary
(and longlived)
http://www.arc-trust.org/animals/
Janet
Posted by bob on May 28, 2011, 8:52 am
>>
>> I've had a frog in my garden for 3 years or so and I wonder if anyone
>> might have some insights?
>>
>> It seems to be a bachelor, I've never seen 2 frogs. How does it cope
>> with the boredom?
>>
>> Can they survive drought? I've been watering regularly round its
>> favourite spot but I'm going to have to leave the garden for a couple
>> of weeks and the forecast doesn't look wet. I was thinking of sinking
>> a plastic container with water into the soil underneath a heather
>> thereby reducing loss through evaporation. Or will he (she) just dig
>> herself down till it gets damp enough.
> Are you sure it's a frog not a toad? iirc toads are more often solitary
>(and longlived)
not certain but...la voici
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10508583/IMG_0158%20ps.jpg
> Janet
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> might have some insights?
> It seems to be a bachelor, I've never seen 2 frogs. How does it cope
> with the boredom?
> Can they survive drought? I've been watering regularly round its
> favourite spot but I'm going to have to leave the garden for a couple
> of weeks and the forecast doesn't look wet. I was thinking of sinking
> a plastic container with water into the soil underneath a heather
> thereby reducing loss through evaporation. Or will he (she) just dig
> herself down till it gets damp enough.