frogs.

I HAVE A FROG IN MY POND. I ALSO HAVE A CAT WHO IS A YEAR OLD. THE CAT KEEPS PESTERING, CATCHING,AND INJURING THE FROG. I HAVE PUT MORE PLANTS IN, COVERED IT WITH NETTING, BUT STILL SOMEHOW THE CAT GETS TO IT.
CAN I TAKE THE FROG OUT TO ANOTHER POND,SOMEWHERE/ANYWHERE WITH OTHER FROGS IN, AND WILL HE SETTLE OK?

 

Hi Time, I am not an expert on frogs, but my kids (well you cant say grow frogs)at school from tadpoles and they watch and learn about them in the process anyway when they turn into frogs they take them down to river and release them, there are lots of other frogs there, my oldest asked the same question as you and he was told they would be fine and even better off being with other wildlife, so in my opinion he should settle but dont take my word for it see what others have to say first. Hope this has helped

 

Thanks. I had hoped that might be the case.

 

okay its nice to be helpful even if it is the first time :D :D :D :eek: :eek:

 

Hello Time,

www.froglife.org/frogwatch.htm

You may find this useful. Did the frog occur naturally in your water area as grown ups tend to return to the area they were spawned in to lay their spawn. In that case you may have a few frogs in a wee while to discourage your cat. Building up the area around so that the frogs have nooks to hide in also helps. This can be a pile of logs or stones for them to hide in. They can hide from predators and they will also use it to hibernate in during winter.

I'm afraid I don't agree with the other post of collecting tadpoles and then releasing them unless it is in the same area due to the spread of disease. I do, however, very much support teaching kids early on about nature.

TO