Guest guest Posted June 4, 2001 Report Share Posted June 4, 2001 I seem to remember that the bigger ones will eat the little ones. Try a little bit of mince. Will ask elsewhere Caroline Jersey > > Does anyone know what tadpoles eat? I'd like to see the 6 I have left > turn into frogs! > > I don't have a good track record, last year all our tadpoles were > inadvertently boiled as they lived in a bowl on the > windowsill......and the sun came out. > > phine > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 4, 2001 Report Share Posted June 4, 2001 > Does anyone know what tadpoles eat? I'd like to see the 6 I have left > turn into frogs! They love cat food as they are meat eaters and yes they will eat eachother. Dare I ask where you got the frogspawn from as it is illegal to take it from the wild. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 4, 2001 Report Share Posted June 4, 2001 > Does anyone know what tadpoles eat? I'd like to see the 6 I have left > turn into frogs! They love cat food as they are meat eaters and yes they will eat eachother. Dare I ask where you got the frogspawn from as it is illegal to take it from the wild. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 4, 2001 Report Share Posted June 4, 2001 > Does anyone know what tadpoles eat? I'd like to see the 6 I have left > turn into frogs! They love cat food as they are meat eaters and yes they will eat eachother. Dare I ask where you got the frogspawn from as it is illegal to take it from the wild. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 4, 2001 Report Share Posted June 4, 2001 The frogspawn is from the pond in our garden. I thought I was doing them a favour protecting them from the fish! > > Dare I ask where you got the frogspawn from as it is illegal to take it from > the wild. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 4, 2001 Report Share Posted June 4, 2001 The frogspawn is from the pond in our garden. I thought I was doing them a favour protecting them from the fish! > > Dare I ask where you got the frogspawn from as it is illegal to take it from > the wild. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 4, 2001 Report Share Posted June 4, 2001 The frogspawn is from the pond in our garden. I thought I was doing them a favour protecting them from the fish! > > Dare I ask where you got the frogspawn from as it is illegal to take it from > the wild. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 4, 2001 Report Share Posted June 4, 2001 DH says that if they eat each other they don't have enough room and will fight for territory!! I Learn something new every day! HTH. Kirsten Mum to (21 months) Step-mom to Shelby (6yrs) Trainee ANT, and Memb-sec Woking and Knaphill Branches. re: Tadpoles >I seem to remember that the bigger ones will eat the little ones. Try a little bit of mince. Will ask elsewhere >Caroline >Jersey > > >> >> Does anyone know what tadpoles eat? I'd like to see the 6 I have left >> turn into frogs! >> >> I don't have a good track record, last year all our tadpoles were >> inadvertently boiled as they lived in a bowl on the >> windowsill......and the sun came out. >> >> phine >> > > > >*** NCT enquiry line - 0 *** > >Live chat http://www.yahoogroups.com/chat/nct-coffee > >Have you found out about all the other groups for the NCT online? > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 4, 2001 Report Share Posted June 4, 2001 DH says that if they eat each other they don't have enough room and will fight for territory!! I Learn something new every day! HTH. Kirsten Mum to (21 months) Step-mom to Shelby (6yrs) Trainee ANT, and Memb-sec Woking and Knaphill Branches. re: Tadpoles >I seem to remember that the bigger ones will eat the little ones. Try a little bit of mince. Will ask elsewhere >Caroline >Jersey > > >> >> Does anyone know what tadpoles eat? I'd like to see the 6 I have left >> turn into frogs! >> >> I don't have a good track record, last year all our tadpoles were >> inadvertently boiled as they lived in a bowl on the >> windowsill......and the sun came out. >> >> phine >> > > > >*** NCT enquiry line - 0 *** > >Live chat http://www.yahoogroups.com/chat/nct-coffee > >Have you found out about all the other groups for the NCT online? > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 4, 2001 Report Share Posted June 4, 2001 DH says that if they eat each other they don't have enough room and will fight for territory!! I Learn something new every day! HTH. Kirsten Mum to (21 months) Step-mom to Shelby (6yrs) Trainee ANT, and Memb-sec Woking and Knaphill Branches. re: Tadpoles >I seem to remember that the bigger ones will eat the little ones. Try a little bit of mince. Will ask elsewhere >Caroline >Jersey > > >> >> Does anyone know what tadpoles eat? I'd like to see the 6 I have left >> turn into frogs! >> >> I don't have a good track record, last year all our tadpoles were >> inadvertently boiled as they lived in a bowl on the >> windowsill......and the sun came out. >> >> phine >> > > > >*** NCT enquiry line - 0 *** > >Live chat http://www.yahoogroups.com/chat/nct-coffee > >Have you found out about all the other groups for the NCT online? > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 4, 2001 Report Share Posted June 4, 2001 > The frogspawn is from the pond in our garden. I thought I was doing > them a favour protecting them from the fish! Not if you boil them like last year My parents had a " leaking " pond which the frogs came back to spawn in after it rained. They had to keep a hose topping it up all the while the tadpoles were growing. They fed them on meat of all kinds and the froglets were such an amazing sight when they left the pond in all different directions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 4, 2001 Report Share Posted June 4, 2001 > The frogspawn is from the pond in our garden. I thought I was doing > them a favour protecting them from the fish! Not if you boil them like last year My parents had a " leaking " pond which the frogs came back to spawn in after it rained. They had to keep a hose topping it up all the while the tadpoles were growing. They fed them on meat of all kinds and the froglets were such an amazing sight when they left the pond in all different directions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 5, 2001 Report Share Posted June 5, 2001 I agree, my faher in law breeds toads and frogs, and has 4-5 ponds in his garden full of spawn. They do eat each other to a certain extent, its just the 'survival of the fitest' thing, otherwise they would not all get enough to eat, then they would all die! The biggest threat is birds eating them. You can buy food for them from aquatic shops. Mine all died last year, so this year my FIL came and took my frog spawn, sod it if it is illegal, at least some might actually live! SAHM to Rohan (3 mths) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 5, 2001 Report Share Posted June 5, 2001 > > I have got some tadpoles in a bowl which have been reared (!) from > frogspawn. However, their numbers seem to be reducing and I have > concluded that they must be eating each other! I thought they just > ate pond weed, which I have provided, though I have now been > supplementing their diet with fish food. > > Does anyone know what tadpoles eat? I'd like to see the 6 I have left > turn into frogs!<< I did raise tadpoles once and fed them totally on fish food. They were fine until they started to turn into frogs, at which stage they did start eating each other. It was then that I released them into a pond to fend for themselves. Guess this isn't very helpful really, although at the time a neighbour did tell me that they were eating each other not because they were hungry, but because the tank wasn't big enough for them all. Lorraine Mum to 10, Natasha 8, 5, ph 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 5, 2001 Report Share Posted June 5, 2001 > phine asked: > Does anyone know what tadpoles eat? I'd like to see the 6 I have left > turn into frogs! When at infants school many moons ago we used to put a couple of pieces of mince into the water on a thread, and change it every day (important or it stinks to high heaven and makes the water go bad), once the tadpoles had back legs. Fiddly though! And assumes you're eating mince every day ;-) Caro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 5, 2001 Report Share Posted June 5, 2001 >The frogspawn is from the pond in our garden. I thought I was doing >them a favour protecting them from the fish! > >> > Dare I ask where you got the frogspawn from as it is illegal >to take it from >> the wild. I'm not sure it *is* illegal to take it from the wild (unless it is an endangered species of frog) - though I seem to remember that there is a recommendation you don't move spawn from area to area (that wouldn't include bringing it in from a garden pond) because of the spread of diseases - something called Red Leg springs to mind. Your local Wildlife Trust would be able to tell you if it is a problem where you are. -- jennifer@... Vaudin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 5, 2001 Report Share Posted June 5, 2001 I remember watching with fascination tadpoles grow into frogs as a child at school, and it seemed easy then. I took a small clump of frogspawn inside for *my* children to watch, and " released " more than three quarters of the tadpoles back into the pond when they had hatched. (There is no sign of any now). The six surviving tadpoles I have inside now have some cat food to nibble on, and I'll remember to change the water. Thanks for all your input! phine (Mum to 3.5 & Ben 2.5, Cambridge NCT) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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