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Originally Posted by Wynter  Hey,
We have a wild pond in our garden and its about a year old. We have always kept tadpoles in containers though outside and most have grew into successful frogs. And this year the adult frogs have laid eggs and the tadpoles have hatched in the pond. But we have noticed that while most of them have grown into froglets by now. But their are a few stragglers left! Most of them have stunted tails and are light & dark in colour, but some are molted with black stripes on the sides, and some with black heads like hoods. The stripes also come from the corner of their eyes and along their backs. I haven't seen this before in any tadpoles we have had and I was wondering if its a diesease?.
We have minnows in our pond too and they are fine. Help please! |
It doesnt sound like a disease, can you get a photo? could be malnourished, is it the first year of tadpoles in this pond? is there lots of invertibrates in the pond and is there also alot of decayed matter in the pond?