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Distressed Toad

  • 06-11-2015 9:15pm
    #1
    Sir Osis of Liver.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,798 ✭✭✭Sir Osis of Liver.


    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.
    Is it ok to leave him free in the garden or is there a toad sanctuary or something.

    What should I do?
    I posted in the Animal and Pet section but didn't get an answer.


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  • #2
    El Weirdo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,647 ✭✭✭✭El Weirdo


    Stick it up your hole.


  • #3
    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,500 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    How do you mean distressed? Is he injured or something?


  • #4
    LeTickler
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 46 ✭LeTickler


    Lick it.

    Into shape.


  • #5
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    I assume you are in the UK, as we only have the natterjack toad in Kerry and it's rare.

    Put it back outside in an area with dense cover. It will be fine.


  • #6
    Sir Osis of Liver.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,798 ✭✭✭Sir Osis of Liver.


    DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »
    How do you mean distressed? Is he injured or something?
    Not injured but more pissed off at my two dogs who had him cornered.


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  • #7
    Aint Eazy Being Cheezy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,632 ✭✭✭Aint Eazy Being Cheezy


    Ribbeting.


  • #8
    Sir Osis of Liver.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,798 ✭✭✭Sir Osis of Liver.


    Malcolm Blue Crayfish wrote: »
    I assume you are in the UK, as we only have the natterjack toad in Kerry and it's rare.

    Put it back outside in an area with dense cover. It will be fine.
    Im in Tipp.


  • #9
    Fleawuss
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,681 ✭✭✭Fleawuss


    They know you too well in the animal and pet section.


  • #10
    Dozen Wicked Words
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,325 ✭✭✭✭Dozen Wicked Words


    The answer to all your questions, and more:

    http://www.froglife.org/info-advice/frogs-toads-in-my-garden/


  • #11
    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,500 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    Sir Osis of Liver. wrote: »
    Not injured but more pissed off at my two dogs who had him cornered.

    He's probably just in a state of shock. Maybe keep him in for the night, and try and release him in the morning when he's calmed down.


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  • #12
    Princess Consuela Bananahammock
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,763 ✭✭✭✭Princess Consuela Bananahammock


    i saw a toad in the garden today,
    lying on it's belly
    i wondered if it'd like to come inside
    and see what's on the telly...

    Everything I don't like is either woke or fascist - possibly both - pick one.



  • #13
    Charlie19
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,819 ✭✭✭✭Charlie19


    I heard they're very fond of a straw.


  • #14
    jamesbere
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,022 ✭✭✭jamesbere


    Probably distressed because you have it in a box


  • #15
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Sir Osis of Liver. wrote: »
    Im in Tipp.

    Then it's a Frog and not a Toad. Just release it in a quite part of the garden.


  • #16
    dirtyden
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,740 ✭✭✭dirtyden


    Free him somewhere quiet and a bit boggy/swampy.

    He is going to only get more distressed in a box inside a house.

    Frogs and toads are great, glad you were able look after him.


  • #17
    Medusa22
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,400 ✭✭✭Medusa22


    Ah I think it's very nice that you took him in OP, unfortunately I don't know anything about frogs/toads. Maybe keep him in the box overnight and see how he is in the morning? You could look up what frogs eat and put a little bit in the box for him and if he's grand tomorrow them maybe release him and keep your dogs inside for a bit. Otherwise I'd say you could bring him to a vet if you think he's injured.


  • #18
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,096 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    Let it go, put it somewhere where the dogs can't get at it.


  • #19
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Medusa22 wrote: »
    Ah I think it's very nice that you took him in OP, unfortunately I don't know anything about frogs/toads. Maybe keep him in the box overnight and see how he is in the morning? You could look up what frogs eat and put a little bit in the box for him and if he's grand tomorrow them maybe release him and keep your dogs inside for a bit. Otherwise I'd say you could bring him to a vet if you think he's injured.

    Do not keep him in a box overnight. Let him out asap.

    Technically, as they are a protected species, you are committing an offence by not releasing it, unless sanctioned by NPWS.


  • #20
    Buona Fortuna
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,507 ✭✭✭Buona Fortuna


    Have you tried kissing it?


  • #21
    eternal
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 8,867 ✭✭✭eternal


    Fleawuss wrote: »
    They know you too well in the animal and pet section.

    You'd want to be some kind of sick to be cautioned there tbh.


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  • #22
    Noodles81
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 296 ✭✭Noodles81


    He may die over night if you leave him in a box. Put him out in the garden and let nature look after him...at least he'll be free even if an owl does swoop on him! But hey that's life!!


  • #23
    Buona Fortuna
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,507 ✭✭✭Buona Fortuna


    eternal wrote: »
    You'd want to be some kind of sick to be cautioned there tbh.

    They're a bit different that's all :)


  • #24
    The Sun King
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 488 ✭✭The Sun King


    So I says to the guy, that's not a distressed toad. Thats my wife!!


  • #25
    Sir Osis of Liver.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,798 ✭✭✭Sir Osis of Liver.


    This is it. It's about the size of a fist.
    I'm living in a housing estate so I wouldn't feel right releasing back into the garden.
    Sorry for the sideways pics.

    Photo0303.jpg

    Photo0304.jpg


  • #26
    eternal
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 8,867 ✭✭✭eternal


    Leave him out, he's pretty cute actually.


  • #27
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Sir Osis of Liver. wrote: »
    This is it. It's about the size of a fist.
    I'm living in a housing estate so I wouldn't feel right releasing back into the garden.
    Sorry for the sideways pics.

    Photo0303.jpg

    Photo0304.jpg

    Def a frog. Put it in the garden now for goodness sake.


  • #28
    Fleawuss
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,681 ✭✭✭Fleawuss


    Sir Osis of Liver. wrote: »
    This is it. It's about the size of a fist.
    I'm living in a housing estate so I wouldn't feel right releasing back into the garden.
    Sorry for the sideways pics.

    Photo0303.jpg

    Photo0304.jpg

    Release Brendan O 'Connor now!


  • #29
    Dozen Wicked Words
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,325 ✭✭✭✭Dozen Wicked Words


    From the link
    Amphibians spend the majority of their life on land and are often found in gardens, sometimes hundreds of metres from the nearest waterbody. Common Frogs are frequently found in urban areas and gardens are an important amphibian habitat in their own right.

    If the animal is trapped or in danger e.g. youve found it near a road or in a part of the garden youre working on release it into a nearby suitable habitat or another part of the garden. Choose somewhere that provides cover from predators and extreme weather, such as in a compost heap, underneath a garden shed or near/underneath dense foliage; it does not need to be in a pond.

    If your garden does not seem amphibian-friendly you could move the animal to your neighbours garden (with permission) or to the nearest suitable habitat. Try not to move the animal more than a mile from where you found it. You may like to think about making your garden more beneficial for amphibians.


  • #30
    Sir Osis of Liver.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,798 ✭✭✭Sir Osis of Liver.


    Right,I've released him in a quiet part of the garden.

    I'd swear I heard him ribbit FREEDOM as he sprung from the box.

    God speed sweet prince.

    .


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  • #31
    corner of hells
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,420 ✭✭✭corner of hells


    Sir Osis of Liver. wrote: »
    This is it. It's about the size of a fist.
    I'm living in a housing estate so I wouldn't feel right releasing back into the garden.
    Sorry for the sideways pics.

    Photo0303.jpg

    Photo0304.jpg

    I'll give you thirty euro for the table.


  • #32
    Sir Osis of Liver.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,798 ✭✭✭Sir Osis of Liver.


    corner of hells wrote: »
    I'll give you thirty euro for the table.
    Deal.
    I'll throw in a perforated tupperware box aswell.


  • #33
    corner of hells
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,420 ✭✭✭corner of hells


    Sir Osis of Liver. wrote: »
    Deal.
    I'll throw in a perforated tupperware box aswell.

    Does it smell of frog or toad ?


  • #34
    Noodles81
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 296 ✭✭Noodles81


    He is a cutie!! Well done for caring for him. He even looked quite pleased with himself in his little Tupperware Kingdom!

    Glad he's free now though. Was probably missing his wee family!!


  • #35
    Very Bored
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,467 ✭✭✭Very Bored


    Kiss him. He'll probably turn into a handsome prince. Its usually most effective if you pucker up on their a**ehole.


  • #36
    jimgoose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,195 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    "Distressed Toad" is what Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark would have been called if I was their manager. This is a perennial and deep regret of mine.


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  • #37
    timthumbni
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    Buona Fortuna wrote: »
    Have you tried kissing it?

    You are only allowed to kiss horny toads. Don't think you get them in Ireland.


  • #38
    Buona Fortuna
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,507 ✭✭✭Buona Fortuna


    timthumbni wrote: »
    You are only allowed to kiss horny toads. Don't think you get them in Ireland.

    How do you find out if its horny without kissing?


  • #39
    timthumbni
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,845 ✭✭✭timthumbni


    Buona Fortuna wrote: »
    How do you find out if its horny without kissing?

    Just ask it..


  • #40
    timthumbni
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,845 ✭✭✭timthumbni


    Malcolm Blue Crayfish wrote: »
    Def a frog. Put it in the garden now for goodness sake.

    Out of interest how are you so sure that's a frog. It's a bad photo anyway but it looks a lot deeper bodied and fatter than any frog I've ever seen.


  • #41
    LeTickler
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 46 ✭LeTickler


    Buy a camera and some editing software. Prod him with something and film him jumping.
    Over the next few days make a compilation and edit it to jump jump by kriss kross.
    Then put it on youtube and post the link here so that i may be mildly amuzed for a few seconds.
    Get to it.


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  • #42
    Lucy8080
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,980 ✭✭✭Lucy8080


    Celtic tiger 2 is on the way. You have secured yourself a distressed property for no outlay. You sir, are now only a year, maybe two, from attaining life-time financial security. Well done.

    What's that ,now? You released it? oh. FFS! School boy error!

    All joking aside, well done for taking a little time out to look after the little fella.

    Nice one.


  • #43
    eternal
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    Buona Fortuna wrote: »
    How do you find out if its horny without kissing?

    If it's croaking one out you'll guess.


    Hehe.


  • #44
    Kailyn Fit Track-and-field
    Posts: 0 CMod ✭✭✭✭ Kailyn Fit Track-and-field


    jimgoose wrote: »
    "Distressed Toad" is what Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark would have been called if I was their manager. This is a perennial and deep regret of mine.

    Great music though :D


  • #45
    Sir Osis of Liver.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,798 ✭✭✭Sir Osis of Liver.


    timthumbni wrote: »
    Out of interest how are you so sure that's a frog. It's a bad photo anyway but it looks a lot deeper bodied and fatter than any frog I've ever seen.
    Thats what I thought.
    He wasn't slimey like the frogs I remember of yesteryear and was about the size of an Amber Leaf box.


  • #46
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    timthumbni wrote: »
    Out of interest how are you so sure that's a frog. It's a bad photo anyway but it looks a lot deeper bodied and fatter than any frog I've ever seen.

    For many reasons. It looks like a frog in all respects (you mustn't see many). It certainly does not look like a toad. We don't have toads anyway.


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