It was extremely interesting for me to read the post. Thanks the author for it. I like such topics and everything that is connected to them. I definitely want to read a bit more soon.
Hi Julia, I would leave well alone but make sure it can enter and leave at its own will. I had a similar experience the other week and now leave the lid slightly off the compost bin so frogs find it easier to enter and exit. Hope this helps
It is so annoying. We live in a peaceful neighbourhood. I live at one end these other people live the other end. It is annoying because we have a grassy playing area that is shared land with me and my neighbour. this means that they are not allowed on it. It has many habitats there but the children of this family scare the wildlife away. They have killed a young bird with a go-kart and squashed a frog with a bike. This I think is horrible. Please tell me how I can stop wildlife getting killed outside my house and put a fullstop to this animal cruelty
I found a fish laid gasping under ice, so I got him out. I've put him in a temp tank with stress tonic and oygenating tablets, to see if can save him. I'm watching him lying on bottom gasping and it's breaking my heart. I've read this info and waded out all the leaf litter including a dead bloated frog. I'm keeping everything crossed for the other 3 fishes, going to rush out and get lots of oxygenating plants asap, so if the ice hits again they have every chance. Water is black and so done a partial change as well. Thanks for the posting, I'll defo do everything I can.
I have found at least ten dead frogs in my pond, under the ice, which has now melted for the first time in 2 weeks. I did make sure that there was a hole in the ice every day, but obviously that was not enough. It's really upsetting ...
Our pond was frozen to the bottom, killing at least 7 frogs. We tried in vein to smash and melt it. We made the pond to help wildlife, I feel we have killed them. How do we stop it forming into a solid block of ice in future?
Talisker - smashing the pond will harm the wildlife in the pond, it's mush better to float a plastic ball in the pond and remove it when the ice has formed, and try to keep that open every day. Make sure you have lots of oxygenating plants in the pond (you can buy these at most garden centres). But if your pond froze to the bottom it could be that the pond isn't deep enough. If you are able to make it deeper then this may prevent it from freezing solid in future.
I've just found this big pond thaw survey by Pond Conservation/Froglife, which makes interesting reading.
scooped out 22 dead frogs this morning, probably more at the bottom ? very sad ! the majority of them were huddled at the base/roots of reeds, i asume they died of asphixiation. never happend before in last 20 years, but we had about 6 weeks of ice [north west] this winter. next winter i will build a temporary cloche out of some old double glazing units i have to cover the pond.
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We tried in vein to smash and melt it.
We made the pond to help wildlife, I feel we have killed them.
How do we stop it forming into a solid block of ice in future?
I've just found this big pond thaw survey by Pond Conservation/Froglife, which makes interesting reading.
Kate