How do I stop a frog from laying its eggs under my wheelie bin?

[giggles321]

Sorry but I do not like frogs! one has come from nowhere and has decided to live under the wheelie bins and is laying its eggs under there. What can I do?? There is no way I can go near it!!

[Lie-in King]

A cork?

[dazna]

Weird, I wonder if there used to be a pond where your wheelie bins are now? Frogs only lay their eggs (frogspawn) in or very near water, at the very same place they were hatched themselves, but if the pond or whatever has been filled in, they will get confused, and spawn as close as they can to the spot. In any event, please dont hurt the poor thing, it is only doing what comes naturally, and spawning is a once a year thing, so as soon as it has finished it will hop away and continue doing a wonderful job of eating all the slugs and other nasties in your garden! Hope this helps.

[giggles321]

The 6 wheelie bins are next to a wall that has been there for years. There are no ponds in the area. I guess its wet/damp under the bins so thats where he/she wants to stop. I have been here for approx 5 years and have never seen any frogs round here before.

[RATTER15]

Scatter sand an inch deep all around and under your bin, I don't think a frog would like dry sand.

[boxtops]

If you don't want to move the spawn then all you can do is leave it - without water it will surely shrivel up. Tadpoles can only live in water so you won't have a proliferation of baby frogs by your bins. Or, if you know any small children, get them to scoop the spawn into a jamjar filled with water (no lid) and they can watch the tadpoles grow.

[pusskin]

scoop up the frogspawn if possible, and put them in a bowl , an old bowl with water, and try to find some one nearby who will happily take them off of your hands?

[giggles321]

Thats ok scooping up the spawn but what about the frog??

[boxtops]

The frog will go away again - they don't look after the spawn, they just lay and go.

[giggles321]

Thats reassuring news that he/she wont come back, I just cant go near them! Many thanks.

[snags]

''what about the frog?''

Put the grill on, grab yourself a skewer, and some garlic ;-p

[boxtops]

when you've lifted the spawn, scrub the area and disinfect it - the smell should put the frog off coming back.

[NazNomad]

Why, when I saw that snags had posted, did I not actually need to look here to know he'd eat it? :-((

[boxtops]

Eeeuw, not nice, snags.

[DaveBH]

A cork??

[Robinia]

Are you sure it's frog spawn & not snail eggs?

[boxtops]

Ah, good thought robinia - snail eggs will be round and white, frogspawn is like cooked tapioca, clear and goopy.

[Robinia]

I just find it odd that a frog would do that boxtops. I have lots of them in my garden...I love them so it's ok. They usually spawn in surrounding ponds.

[RATTER15]

Frogs legs are really nice, but you need a lot of them!!

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'Frogs legs are really nice, but you need a lot of them'

I tried 'em once but they kicked all the peas off the plate.