Space writes
"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 17/8/06 22:28, in article , "Space"
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oh, I don't mind having a frog in the garden - I would hate for the cat
to
hurt it though. also, daft as I am I worry that the poor little frog
doesn't have a large supply of water in my garden.
Could you make a shallow pond for the toads and frogs? They really do
need
help!
not really, my cat is amazed by them. before now he has brought them into
the house. he carries them in ever so carefully (or so it seems) and
watches them hop around.
however careful he is it must place a hell of alot of stress on the poor
buggers, obviously. hence the question about taking the frog back to his
pond. we had some heavy rain today, we always get frogs after heavy rain.
I love my cats (boo hiss I hear from quarters of the gardening group) but I
don't want them to harm other animals.
They're going to, whatever. All you can do is do your best to give the
other animals more of a chance. Try and keep cats in from before dusk
overnight, provide shelter in the form of bushes for birds and dense
vegetation for amphibians. Aim to make the positive effect of your
garden outweigh the negative effect of the cats.
--
Kay