Toads in window wells

[Froglover3]

I have open window wells around my house that are less than a foot deep and have rocks in the bottom over sand. Every year toads move in and I have in the past moved them thinking they wouldn't be able to get out. I have found some dead in them before. I looked today and there are at least three of them huddled down in the sand under and between the rocks like they are in little caves. I know this has been discussed before but by someone who had a deep window well, not like my shallow one, so I was wondering if they should be left there or moved somewhere. If I can leave them, is there anything I can do to help them live better in there?

[daybr4ke]

First off I had no idea what a window well was until I looked it up on Google just now! The ones I saw looked very vertical, so you might want to add a ramp, since it sounds like if you move them more will just end up there. You may wish to place a clay pot with a hole in it down there, perhaps with a water dish inside or next to it, if you're trying to make their lives more comfy. Hope this helps.

[Herpin Man]

They are not going into the window wells intentionally.
When a toad encounters a wall, it travels along the wall, until it falls into a window well. Once there, it is generally trapped until it dies.
The toads should be removed. A better solution would be to install window well covers, so they cannot fall in them in the first place.