What happens if you flush a frog?

If your frogs were killed by a disease, flushing them will just send their bodies to other waters, where wild local amphibians can catch the disease. Instead, simply roll them up in a paper towel and put them in the trash. Since these frogs are 100% aquatic, they will dry out and shrivel up after a day, destroying whatever disease they had.

What causes a frog to float?

This type of shed is often the result of high ammonia/nitrite levels or the dreaded chytrid fungus, a very contagious, deadly amphibian disease that is not uncommon in the pet trade. If it's the latter, the frog will die unless you can treat your frog for chytrid immediately. (Hours Before Death) Frogs float from time to time.

Why do frogs overwinter at the bottom of a pond?

Any found away from water could have been caught out by a sudden drop in temperature or attacked by a predator. Further information Some amphibians, primarily frogs, will choose to overwinter at the bottom of ponds because the water temperature there stays fairly constant (whilst doing so they breathe through their skin).