Ran over a toad

[phantoms]

so in all my yrs of cutting grass i have never run over a toad or garter snake. ive always spotted them before and moved them to where i wasnt cutting the grass. been a couple that i looked at and thought man i must have run over it but they were fine. well today i was cutting the grass and i ran over a little fellow with the blades. looks like i cut off one of its toes on the rear leg and that leg might be messed up. i'll have to keep him and keep ya'll updated.

on a side note, do you guys ever take any guilty pleasure when cutting the grass? mine is that with the riding mower i like to run over ant houses. lol i stop the mower on top and let it sit there with the blades going for a couple minutes.

 

[crenipterus svenagalus]

so in all my yrs of cutting grass i have never run over a toad or garter snake. ive always spotted them before and moved them to where i wasnt cutting the grass. been a couple that i looked at and thought man i must have run over it but they were fine. well today i was cutting the grass and i ran over a little fellow with the blades. looks like i cut off one of its toes on the rear leg and that leg might be messed up. i'll have to keep him and keep ya'll updated.

on a side note, do you guys ever take any guilty pleasure when cutting the grass? mine is that with the riding mower i like to run over ant houses. lol i stop the mower on top and let it sit there with the blades going for a couple minutes.

yeah... definately . haha. what ever you say.

 

[phantoms]

well yesterday the little guy died. i thought he had a chance. when i went to bed he was alret and seemed to be ok. damn man made machines!

 

[Mad About Cichlids]

It's weird how I had never ever touched a toad before, I'm fine with frogs though lol.

 

[Fishermoe14]

lol we live near a swamp so i run over frogs all the time... not in mass amounts... but like 1 every 2-3 times i mow the lawn...

 

[phantoms]

mad, why have you never touched a toad? you wont get warts, thats an old wives tale!

 

[bearsher]

poor little fella......at least u tried to save him.we have lots of toads that mate in our ponds every year.we always have millions of tadpole but i've only seen 2 babies come out of there.weird.........

 

[phantoms]

thanks, i thought for sure he would pull through since he didnt look to bad! check out the window wells around your house. im sure you'll find some in there!

 

[bearsher]

whats a window wells?

 

[phantoms]

like your basement windows... usually they are lower then ground level. 2-3 feet deep surrounded by a metal guard. death traps to a lot of animals. good places to go herping. toads are pretty good at climbing so i think they are able to get out. lots of bugs in them so good places for toads to get food too.