Tadpoles

SunaseIPs · 9 Mar 2007 at 10:30

Its that season when the frogs hump anything that move and subsequently the local duck pond is filled with the stuff. I've rescued some from being ditched down the drains as the frogs seem to breed a lot.

Anyhow I've got some in a milk carton in the window of my dorm, without the milk. Anyone got any tips on keeping Tadpoles. It makes me feel young again and I class them as cheap Goldfish.

iCraig · 9 Mar 2007 at 10:34

That's asking for a disaster.

I can see you coming home drunk, fancying a swig of milk and having a slurp of frog babies.

SunaseIPs · 9 Mar 2007 at 10:37

iCraig said:
That's asking for a disaster.

I can see you coming home drunk, fancying a swig of milk and having a slurp of frog babies.

If my burps come out as ribbets in the morning, I know I will be guilty. Its starting to hatch already so will see. May feed them bread once they start getting mobile.

Messiah Khan · 9 Mar 2007 at 10:38

Make sure they stay fairly cool. Ie don't leave them in direct sunlight. Also get a handfull of grime from th fishpond for them to shelter under and feed from. Im not sure quite what they feed on, but im sure a bit of fishfood couldn't do any harm. We've just had a large blob of frogspawn appear in our pond the other day. For some reason not many of them lasted to full tadpole stage last year. Probably due to my stickle-backs eating them all.

Edit; Not sure if they eat bread, but stickle-backs sure do.

Bill101 · 9 Mar 2007 at 11:51

they will need something bigger and better than a milk carton.As has been said keep them out of direct sunlight, when they hatch you can feed then on crumbled (low sugar) cornflakes but they are much better off in a pond. We have an old plastic sandpit which filled with water and it turned into a frog orgy one year :eek:

. quite a few survived into full frogs with no help from us at all.

SunaseIPs · 9 Mar 2007 at 11:54

I plan to transfer them to the a public pond which I don't think has any.

MeatLoaf · 9 Mar 2007 at 11:59

Im fairly sure its illegal to remove frogs, frogspawn or tadpoles from where you find it.

Messiah Khan · 9 Mar 2007 at 12:05

MeatLoaf said:
Im fairly sure its illegal to remove frogs, frogspawn or tadpoles from where you find it.

Surely not? Well im guilty as charged then.

happytechie · 9 Mar 2007 at 12:17

they need a pond. nip down to B&Q, get a small pond liner and dig a pond in the garden, add some plants and a bit of cover and put the tadpoles in there. A large bucket or old washing up bowl will be OK for the time being.

make sure that the tadpoles (and little frogs) have some cover from the sun and cats etc. they will hoover up most of the slugs in your garden as a bonus

SunaseIPs · 9 Mar 2007 at 12:17

MeatLoaf said:
Im fairly sure its illegal to remove frogs, frogspawn or tadpoles from where you find it.

Endangered yes unless the Tadpolice say otherwise.

Fireskull · 9 Mar 2007 at 12:27

MeatLoaf said:
Im fairly sure its illegal to remove frogs, frogspawn or tadpoles from where you find it.

oops lol well there in our pond so theres now way they could say otherwise

also is that a new law or somthing lol? because when i was in primary school the teachers encouraged it lol but that was in wales

SunaseIPs · 12 Mar 2007 at 07:51