Frog-a-palooza!

[addy1]

We had a huge bull frog show up once, I very nicely caught it and took it to a very nice bull frog happy pond. I have not seen any since. I am sure some move in and move out, but we still have tons of small frogs.

I like my small frogs, no desire to let a monster eat them up.

 

[Lisak1]

Whenever we get a big bully, all of the smaller frogs disappear - yet eaten maybe, or just head for safer hunting grounds. Then the big guy will leave and slowly we'll get the littler ones back. Just the ebb and tide of life in the pond.

 

[addy1]

At least the little ones come back. I have a ton of little ones right now, the tads from last year are growing their legs. And we just always have a ton of small frogs.

 

[Lisak1]

We have frogs by the million here in our neighborhood. We are surrounded by natural ponds - we will never run out, of that I am confident!

 

[Xtopher3]

how long did it take for frogs to show up when your ponds were first built?

Is it best to let nature take its course rather than catch some from local pond and transplant them?

Odd that I have a garden full of bugs and worms but no toads...hoping frogs and toads will start showing up soon...

 

[rubyduby]

Do you have snakes? The garter snakes here eat a lot of my frogs. Be careful what you wish for though...I get hundreds of toads mating in my pond every spring and it is a full time job keeping them out of the skimmers. Also, the males mount the females and drown many of them when two or more jump on them. Eggs everywhere...I would let nature decide when and how many.

 

[Xtopher3]

Do you have snakes? The garter snakes here eat a lot of my frogs. Be careful what you wish for though...I get hundreds of toads mating in my pond every spring and it is a full time job keeping them out of the skimmers. Also, the males mount the females and drown many of them when two or more jump on them. Eggs everywhere...I would let nature decide when and how many.

@rubyduby no snakes...gardens galore...absolutely loaded with worms and bugs...really shocking that I've never seen a toad...

I'm told the frogs will come eventually...

I hear you though about being careful what you wish for...my neighbour has had a mink in his small pond...eats the fish but likely takes care of his rat problem too.

 

[Andrew]

how long did it take for frogs to show up when your ponds were first built?

Is it best to let nature take its course rather than catch some from local pond and transplant them?

Odd that I have a garden full of bugs and worms but no toads...hoping frogs and toads will start showing up soon...

When I built my pond last July I had a half-dozen frogs show up within 3-4 weeks and hang out the rest of the summer.

This year I had one hanging around for a week or two in early June and now there's none - just a single toad that swims laps after dark. Hopefully some frogs show up in July again. I enjoy having them.

 

[Mmathis]

One of the things we miss right now, being between ponds....frogs & toads! We have a few that we hear every once in a while, and have spotted a couple, but it’s just not the same.

 

[addy1]

My frogs showed up even before we had water in the pond. I had to keep chasing them out from under the liner.

 

[BlueShoe]

The frogs knew what was coming and were just trying to be first in line . . .

Seriously, I would love to have some frogs show up. I'm calling my pond "Frogmore" in aspiration of the day when I have more frogs than I do now—which is none. Pond is only two months old, however, so I know I need to be patient.

 

[mrsclem]

We usually have dozens of frogs everywhere. Now with hawks nesting nearby, no frogs!

 

[rubyduby]

We usually have dozens of frogs everywhere. Now with hawks nesting nearby, no frogs!

Same here...hawks moved in and frogs are becoming scarce...snakes are also the culprits....

 

[mrsclem]

Yes! We have several black rat snakes as well. No frogs, no mice.

 

[addy1]

We have snakes, hawks and frogs! Oh and chipmunks again, they disappeared for awhile