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Distressed Toad

  • 06-11-2015 8:57pm
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,798 ✭✭✭


    Hi,
    as the title says I found a distressed toad in my back yard.
    He looks healthy enough.I have him in a perforated plastic box.
    What should I do?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,277 ✭✭✭aonb


    How do you know it is distressed?
    We have always had frogs in our garden. They live happily with the wet we have here - there isnt a stream/pond here. I would put it back in the garden - under some rocks or in a hedge/flowerbed that has plenty of cover from birds/cats/terriers.


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 9,790 Mod ✭✭✭✭DBB


    And unless you live in a remote part of Kerry, or are not in Ireland, it's a frog, not a toad!
    I'm also curious to know how it appears distressed? The mild weather has hibernation delayed this year, it is probably trying to find somewhere safe to bed down for winter. They often bury themselves in the soft mud near ponds.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,277 ✭✭✭aonb


    I was out gardening (1 hour slot of no rain!) yesterday. My dog was going insane rooting for frogs where I worked. Even the cat got in on the game. There were plenty about, so as DBB says, hibernation is definately late this year. Even the squirrels are over active - they have started stripping the bark off our Red Oaks, and there isnt a pine cone or conker left on the ground!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,062 ✭✭✭✭tk123


    I can't believe nobody suggesting kissing the toad!? :pac: :p;)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,763 ✭✭✭Knine


    tk123 wrote: »
    I can't believe nobody suggesting kissing the toad!? :pac: :p;)

    No thanks I have kissed enough Toads over the years.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,277 ✭✭✭aonb


    tk123 wrote: »
    I can't believe nobody suggesting kissing the toad!? :pac: :p;)

    Thats brilliant! Im ashamed to say that I never even thought of it :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,420 ✭✭✭✭the beer revolu


    tk123 wrote: »
    I can't believe nobody suggesting kissing the toad!? :pac: :p;)
    Maybe the OP did - hence the distress!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 423 ✭✭Clampdown


    Distressed Toad is a brilliant band name.


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