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Help!!! Toad Rescue!!!: |
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toad_holio Member Joined: 02 Sep 2006 No. of posts: 5  View other posts by toad_holio |
Posted: 02 Sep 2006 Hi there While walking back from work today i noticed two toads (one baby and on adult) in the sewer grid by my house. Will they die or can i rescue them somehow!?!?!?!  |
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Robert V Senior Member Joined: 06 Aug 2004 No. of posts: 717 View other posts by Robert V |
Posted: 02 Sep 2006
You can, and if you would that would be great. If you have a pair of heavy duty gloves, I would advise that you wear them. You can lift the grates, courtesy of a crow bar, but they are heavy to lift, so maybe someone could help. Then, all you need is a long net that kids sometimes use at ponds etc. If you haven't got a net, you could rig up a device using a mop handle or similar with a plastic carrier bag tied tightly by one handle, but you'll have to piece the bottom with quite a lot of pencil sized holes to let the water flow through but not the toads. remember to put the grate back down after your rescue job is finished. Cheers R RobV |
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toad_holio Member Joined: 02 Sep 2006 No. of posts: 5 View other posts by toad_holio |
Posted: 02 Sep 2006 Will i get arrested for moving the grid? Crikey im panicking now. I got my mop pole but i think the grid will be way too heavy. Its the one with the strips of metal going across and small rectangular gaps in between. |
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toad_holio Member Joined: 02 Sep 2006 No. of posts: 5 View other posts by toad_holio |
Posted: 02 Sep 2006 I'm Back!!!!!!!!  Right.....I rescued four Frogs!!!!  And the grid has no more left so i covered it with some fine mesh and put the grid back on. There where three adults and one baby. I released them into my backyard as i couldnt see where they came from, plus i have quie a big garden with overgrown part, pond etc...Is this ok? Anything i can do for my new found friends? |
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Donny Senior Member Joined: 11 May 2004 No. of posts: 53 View other posts by Donny |
Posted: 02 Sep 2006 Well done. Please take pics next time... *picture someone brandishing crowbar and mop handle in middle of suburban street* Yes, officer, i am just rescuing these frogs you see... |
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toad_holio Member Joined: 02 Sep 2006 No. of posts: 5 View other posts by toad_holio |
Posted: 02 Sep 2006 That was going through my mind.... Worse thing was i seen my friend as i was walking along the road, not to mention the strange looks of passers by.... Unfortunateley there was one dead one in there. Poor sap must have drowned.  What i done in the end was tie an asda bag to a mop handle and wait for the frogs to jump in it. I got some pictures but will have to wait for them to be devloped....One looked very colourful, a lot like this one.....  |
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John Newton Senior Member Joined: 19 May 2005 No. of posts: 151 View other posts by John Newton |
Posted: 03 Sep 2006 Hello toad_holio Interesting record for Liverpool?, since the animal in your photo is not a common toad, but a European 'Green frog' species - possibly edible/pool frog. Obviously, full ID will depend on the outcome of your developed piccies!
John Newton South Yorkshire ARG |
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lalchitri Senior Member Joined: 06 Jun 2006 No. of posts: 132  View other posts by lalchitri |
Posted: 07 Sep 2006 [QUOTE=toad_holio]I'm Back!!!!!!!! Right.....I rescued four Frogs!!!! And the grid has no more left so i covered it with some fine mesh and put the grid back on. There where three adults and one baby. I released them into my backyard as i couldnt see where they came from, plus i have quie a big garden with overgrown part, pond etc...Is this ok? Anything i can do for my new found friends? [/QUOTE] good show.  as a schoolkid i used to regularly see frogs in the drain in the street outside my house (our street used to get flooded at the slightest hint of rain). most of these used to die, and in hindsight only wish i was of the age and resources i am now to attempt a rescue rather than worrying about tomorrows geography homework! Reformed Teetotaller |
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