I Caught a FROG

used to get tadpoles but no frog. seems like my wild life here has left my yard I dont even see all the birds that used to come around to drinkwater or just to sing on the power lines behind my house!

I used to catch frogs when I was younger, but I haven't caught one recently. Mark (my husband) is the catcher of all creatures big and small. He is forever catching all types of little creatures. He and Meghan always are outside with the wildlife. LOL They did catch a frog about a week ago. They didn't keep it, they just played with it for a while and let it go. I know Ryan must have been excited when you showed him the frog! Good for you for catching that frog! I could just picture me trying to run around catching a hopping frog...lol Have a great day Jo! Oh, and by the way, went "junking" this weekend. I actually bought nothing :-( However, Mark did find a bunch of goodies.

Haven't caught any frogs, but saw a little milk snake the other night on my front walk. First time ever I saw a snake here.

Can't say that I have caught a frog lately though. My nephews did though. They moved in to a new house (well not new, but new to them) that is across from a field and they found a few little frogs in their basement window wells. Of course they had to grab them up and wanted to keep them but their Dad made them let them go.

Hi ya ANTIQUELADY I have had a few frogs turn up in my garden but not this year funnily enough. Last year I took the boys out for a walk and we walked through this field that was full of baby frogs. We were able to catch them quite easily but let them go soon after. I have a feeling we might have trod on a fair few of them as every step we took we would see one or two it was really weird.

Why do I need to catch a frog, when I can see it anytime in the mirror? I always loved animals in my childhood. The only creature that I don't like is snake. Oh, did I mention? I hate spiders. They are hairy. I don't like hairy people. When I seat at my desk and write something in my computer a pair of sparrows come chirping in the balcony. They are never afraid of me. Probably they know that I don't hate them. Hate begets hate. I once yelled at a dog and the dog barked at me. Since then I haven't hated any animal, except of course the snakes and the spiders. I am trying to be kind even to the dogs that steal shoes from downstairs. I am becoming an animal-rights-activist. Thanks. God bless you.

Lol Jo the last time we saw one was in my Daughters Shoe which was about 6 years ago she got a big scare so did the Frog lol I did try not to laugh

little kids here catch frog (like how to catch fish using a bait) almost everyday and try to sell them to folks who eat or like to eat frog legs (it is a common delicacy here to eat bullfrog.

Hi Antique, No I haven't caught a frog lately but your discussion does make me think of my grandson. This summer, well...spring actually, he came up to my place with a container of lizards. His mom...my daughter was upset. She said, "mom, shouldn't we release them into the wilderness where they belong?" I was like yes, we should but only after we enjoy them. we kept them captive for the day and then we went on a walk and released them back into their own habitat where they belong.

next door had a pond in his front garden, (unfortunately all filled in now) and the frogs would come over to us, they seem to 'smell ' water and i used to find them in plant pots or containers with water in. i always set them free, especially if my cats are about. the funniest time, was one summer very late at night. i was out watering the plants in the dark, ( i had worked late) i had a torch and was shining it on the plants, and suddenly there was this reflective shine. i looked more closely and there was this large frog looking back at me from a plant pot. i know they have no expression but his eyes looked terrified, so i left him alone and in the morning he had hopped it. another time during the day this time, i was sorting out the pots round my greenhouse, it had been raining quite hard, so i tipped out this very long pot and 3 frogs came out. they hid round the greenhouse all afternoon, but it was fascinating to watch them, i also had to guard them from my cats !! i am glad to hear your grandson is gentle and kind with animals, very sweet.

I have not seen any frogs around here in years. We used to see toads but haven't seen any of them recently, either. Maybe that is because we have been so diligent about emptying anything holding water to keep down the mosquitoes.

not for years. but i used to be such a tomboy and soon found out you really cant keep them. sorry to say, on dry land they are usually toads. my cousins used to warn me they would cause warts. no idea where this came from but i never got warts from holding and playing with a toad for a while.

How nice of you to do that for Ryan! It is obvious how much you love him! “Did he pee in the jar?” I love that! Your little grandson sounds so darn cute! I have never managed to catch a frog although I did spot a little one and managed to show it to my daughter when she was around four but we had no luck in catching it which is just as well because she probably would have been way too rough with it!

Oh that boy...you know me and my girls Jo..there is always a frog in the mix somewhere...lol.

I have not tried catching frogs. Your grandson must be overjoyed that bobo has caught a frog for him.

First reaction "eeeww" do you usually catch frogs. Cause I really don't, I'm a little not so good with animals specially frogs...

No, I haven't caught a frog lately, but most nights I put out some catfood just outside my kitchen door here in rural Wiltshire, England, and I have a hedgehog that comes around for a meal. They eat snails and slugs (like a shell-less snail)and if I put the food out early enough it gets covered with the snails and slugs and the hedgehog gets two meals for one trip. When he first showed up he was a young thing, rather small, and I know he lives under the neighbour's shed and comes in through a gap in the fence. He's lovely. I've named him Spiny Norman after the hedgehog from Monty Python, and I've often just stood in the doorway and watched him clean his plate. I think it's wonderful that you do things like that for your grandson. It's only by experiencing nature while they're young that children learn to appreciate the world around us and all the wonderful little things that so many never notice at all.