This is now one of those "reblog the miscellaneous animal for luck with this that or another thing" posts for me 😂
I reblogged this on my other account with a tag about how I hope my toad crop is bountiful too as I'd not seen any yet this year. But then the other day I came outside to have breakfast to find a toad just basking in the sun outside my door!
Not a safe spot really considering that's in the direct path of Oy bounding out the door, so I scooped the little guy up (with my gloves on cause I was about to eat and didn't want to have to go back inside and wash my hands cause I'm laaaaazy 🤣)
Tried to move him over by the ferns, but apparently, he wanted nothing to do with that and wouldn't hop off my hand. So we settled on a log behind the shed.
Except after setting him down and going back to the deck to eat, I watched him rotate around, hop down a bit from the log slab, then yeet himself I to my lavender. Apparently I picked a bad spot 😅
Or maybe not, because after I was finished and going to head back inside, I went over to see if he'd happened to stick around. In fact he did! For I think it's been 4 days now? He'd nestled himself into the dirt and mulch under the lavender. I'd expected him to move along later that day but even after 3 more days he's still nestled in the dirt there. I admit, I've lightly poked him a couple times because he didn't leave, and I worried he might have died but nope, still good!
I haven't been outside to check my garden yet today, but we'll see if he's still there later!
Also, where do toads lay eggs..? cause I'm now thinking maybe he's not a he and might be a she and she might be laying eggs? I should look that up 🤣