Moving frog spawn!

galanthophile · #11 (**permalink**) 05-06-2011, 06:41 AM

My tadpoles were feasting on a snail which had fallen into the pond the other day. They are fascinating creatures. Good luck with your sandpit pond.

toadpole · #12 (**permalink**) 08-06-2011, 05:20 PM

one of my daughters dogs came in with a squashed slug attached to his foot the other day

..so i grabbed it and popped it in one of my belfast sinks (where i am growing on some tads )and within 10 minutes they were swarming on it ....i cannot purposely kill anything so have to look out for anything ''accidently'' killed by the dogs each day and with the rain and the amount of slugs we get in the garden the tads are eating very well

Marion

GCN lova · #13 (**permalink**) 09-06-2011, 12:54 PM

i had a dream about them eating one of my pond snails

Bumderess · #14 (**permalink**) 03-07-2011, 05:48 PM

Mine are also enjoying the snails!!!

Does anybody know how long it will take my tadpoles to grow into frogs? They haven't developed legs yet, i imagine they are about 13 weeks old.

toadpole · #15 (**permalink**) 03-07-2011, 07:31 PM

well mine are all at different stages even tho they are from the same blob of spawn

i have had about 20 froglets the rest have just back legs with about 30 or so still with nothing ....but usually by august they will have all turned ...Marion

Bumderess · #16 (**permalink**) 03-07-2011, 08:23 PM

Thanks for the information Marion, i'll look forward to lots of changes in them in the coming weeks

toadpole · #17 (**permalink**) 05-07-2011, 05:49 PM

you are welcome

but loads of other people have had all their's change ages ago

...mine are allways late ...depends on amount of sunshine and the warmth of the water ....and also when spawn hatched .....my frogs seem to leave it all till the last minute

...plus my pond only gets sun in the afternoon ....but many of my froglets are very big !!! all the extra time in the pond means more time to eat

Marion

Bumderess · #18 (**permalink**) 05-07-2011, 10:10 PM

All the changes are exciting as we've never watched or looked after tadpoles before. They are having a lovely varied diet of fish food, lettuce, snails and chicken plus all the little creatures they find in their pond! It's all good fun and i find they are developing at different rates which is a little bit strange but obviously natures way.