"Space" wrote in message
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this is probably a daft question, but I will ask anyway.

my cat just found a frog in the garden and not for the first time.

the cat is indoors now and the frog is outdoors.

our garden is surrounded by fencing, and I assume that the frog somehow
came
in through the fencing. I am sure a close neighbour has a pond.

question - will the frog find his way back again? should I pick him up
and
ask the neighbour if he wants him back?

Your friend the frog will find his/hers own way back to water, after all it
found its own way into your garden.
We have a frog who regularly on warm evenings hops into the kitchen if we
leave door open, has a look round and hops off again, our dogs ignore it .We
know its the same one because of the markings on its back, we can identify
at least three regular visitors.
We have a small pond only about 12 inches deep at most shelving up to a pile
of logs with plants in between them, this is made of liner and is only about
6 foot long by 3 foot wide, it is the first to get spawn in spring out of
the 5 ponds we have. NO pump we rely on plants including the dreaded duck
weed to keep it clear. This year we have had about 12 newts in there with 4
of them being the palmate newt.

Dont pick the frog up the sweat on your hands could injure him/her at least
wet your hands in soft/rain water first if you must pick them up.
regards
Cineman