How can you get rid of frogs, toads & snails in your garden?

-I have a phobia of frogs, toads & snails, im moving to a house which I think will have alot as it has a pond and it is near a lake. How can I get rid of them?, or discourage them from coming in the first place?... I was considering encouraging birds to come so they would eat the snails but dont know if that would work. Does anyone have any ideas?It's their garden as well. You can't get rid of them unless you build a brick wall around the property and drain the pond. Draining the pond alone will not totally get rid of the frogs and toads because they use it to lay their eggs and will keep coming back for ages even if you've drained it. Snail pellets kill the snails but are also not very good for the birds. You should encourage hedgehogs and birds, they are natural predators.
whatever you do don't use pellets. not only will you find beautiful frogs slowly dying in pain you will also kill other wildlife around, e.g. birds, foxes, frogs etc. i know it states on the packet the dye on the pellets make them unattractive to birds etc, but sadly they do still eat them. i seen many a bird in my neighbours garden dying from them slowly with green dye coming from their beak. again, as stated below, when the slugs eat the pellets the birds will eat the poisoned slugs and slowly die.

the frogs and toads natural food is in fact insects including snails. if you must kill the snails go onto the 'defenders' website and buy some nematodes for the snails. completely safe for everyone. as for the frogs, leave them, they do nothing except jump, that's all. i love my frogs and if one strays from the pond i pick it up gently & put it in the pond. they're beautiful things, if a cat goes for them, they cover their heads with their front legs to protect themselves and you can hear them screaming from fear. don't harm them, in fact its a very sad thing when you have to go round killing things just cause you don't like them. they were there before you, its their home. enjoy them!
Do you realise frogs and toads are endangered? If they eat snails etc killed or dying owing to pellets they will die a horrible, painful death. Use sunken dishes with some cheap beer in them to get rid of the slugs and snails. Your pond is the main reason you have amphibians.
Not easy as part of their natural habitat. So either lose the pond, or get help with your phobia.



Snails you can use pellets but as other answer says if frogs eat them they will die, which is awful. Do you want to swap your frog phobia for my spider one!!
I suppose litter your lawn with standard snail poison that you can buy anywhere that sells gardening gear.



A cat may help with the frogs, but don't get one solely for this.
frogs and toads will eat the snails