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Help with ill frog please!: |
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tadpole Member Joined: 05 Feb 2004 No. of posts: 2 ![]() View other posts by tadpole |
Posted: 05 Feb 2004 Hello everyone, I'm new here but have joined in the hope that you may be able to help me. Yesterday when inspecting our pond and freshly laid frog spawn I found a common frog strangled in the pond weed ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Thank you. |
GemmaJF Admin Group Joined: 25 Jan 2003 No. of posts: 2090 ![]() View other posts by GemmaJF |
Posted: 05 Feb 2004 Hi Tadpole, It sounds like your frog may have been exhausted, often females get the attention of lots of males and simply get tired out by it all. Those injuries sound nasty, though often the stress of keeping a wild frog in captivity is worse than trying to help them, common frogs in particular are very nervous animals and are likely to injure themselves more in captivity. If you do opt for keeping the frog a little longer, keep it somewhere dark and cool to lower the stress levels, and help recovery, but release it as soon as you think it is able to cope on its own. My thoughts are you have already done the right thing, and hopefully soon you will be able to release the frog.
Gemma Fairchild, Independent Ecological Consultant |
tadpole Member Joined: 05 Feb 2004 No. of posts: 2 ![]() View other posts by tadpole |
Posted: 05 Feb 2004 Thank you for your reply Gemma and how pleased I am that I found someone in the know. I have always adored frogs and raised spawn releasing many froglets very successfully as a child. As a teenager I rescued an adult common frog with a terrible leg injury (flattened by a car) I cared for him for many weeks feeding him hand collected bugs (very hard work!!!)and daily cleaning his tank and adding some medication a caring vet supplied (can't remember what it was) but he made an amazing recovery and I was chuffed the day I was able to release him. His incredible recovery made me think it's always worth trying. As an adult I was delighted to move into a property with an already resident population of frogs,toads,newts and sloworms! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Well back to my frog, I'll keep you updated as to how she is and thanks again! |
dave n dogs Member Joined: 17 Jan 2004 No. of posts: 13 ![]() View other posts by dave n dogs |
Posted: 07 Feb 2004 Hiya Tadpole, Administrators words are very good. A bit of r&r, then release. As soon as possible. This time of year they are getting over hibernation, need to find food. Then the spawning orgy, give the wee frog what you can, a damp place in your garden afterwards. |
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