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I've just counted about 30 frogs in our pond and about the same mass of spawn. You can even hear them above the noise of the A34 making a loud "ribbet, ribbet" noise. It's 11.4deg C and blowing a gale out there too.
Last year they started spawning on 17th February.
Anyone else got active frogs in the garden ?
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Hi Grizzly, Yep. I've just been out there and they're doing my head in. I have a phobia about frogs and worms..... Their spawn isn't there yet though. Last year it was so thick it was difficult for the fish to swim it was so dense and I ended up bucketing (what I thought was ALL but it wasn't) the stuff and taking it to the local park pond.
Mine is only a goldfish pond but last year I bought two koi (small) and put them in with a view to transferring them to a friend's pond this year .. they are already quite large now .. and I have been told to watch out for the frogs and toads as they try and mate with the fish, grip them on their backs closing their gills and kill them. So the sooner I can catch them the better. ... after they will have knocked the pump over several times!!!! Rrrrrr abbit.
Joy
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Was at a garden centre in Southport at weekend and noticed a fish like my drawing below, where its tail stuck up at right angles (like it had a broken back). The man said they kill deformed fish so I asked could I have it. I have named it Periscope. Question: Do fish have intestines like we do and hence it may not be able to go to the toilet because its food can't pass down?
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Second question: two mating frogs have fallen down my gutter, which is only 4" x 4". I have a phobia about them but don't want them stuck down there. It is too narrow to get a net down and scoop. Any suggestions? Thank you.
Hope I havn't sidetracked your thread Grizzly, it just seemed the same topic. Joy
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Question: Do fish have intestines like we do and hence it may not be able to go to the toilet because its food can't pass down?
Yes, fish do have intestines but I don't know enough about their ailments to be able to say what is wrong with this one or what can be done about it. I hope someone might come along who does but suggest you ring a specialist aquarium shop. There is a very good one in Oxford if you don't have a local one. I'll look it up.
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Second question: two mating frogs have fallen down my gutter, which is only 4" x 4". I have a phobia about them but don't want them stuck down there. It is too narrow to get a net down and scoop. Any suggestions? Thank you.
You'll have to bite the bullet Joy. Put a pair of gloves on - not slippery rubber ones but cloth ones, and go for it ! You'll be surprised at how easy it is if you think that you have just saved two lives - and, at this time of year - possibly several dozen other potential lives.
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