Tadpoles for pets
@transcendtranquil (39)
April 30, 2017 9:48am CST
I found out that one puddle in our neighborhood is going to be dried out because of a hot weather; a problem that is a problem only to me.
That puddle is completely 'infected' with the tadpoles, but they won't have time enough to develop into the adult frogs.
Now I am fostering a swarm of a hungry amphibians trying to figure out how to maintain them.
Toads and frogs are as a matter of a fact a very, very useful animals because they eat annoying bugs such as mosquitoes and flies.
If I make it, great. If not, well... I can say I tried my best.
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but i do not kill them and just let them be, since they have a purpose in the ecosystem too
@yukimori (10148)
• United States
30 Apr 17
I used to do that pretty often when I was a kid. We buried half a 5-gallon bucket in the ground and filled it with water, and we'd feed the tadpoles dry oatmeal. You can put plants with the roots still attached into there, and they'll eat the roots. If they're outside, mosquitoes might lay their eggs there and the tadpoles will eat them and/or the larvae. I've also heard that some people boil lettuce until it's soft and feed them small pinches of that. Once they grow legs they don't need to be fed as often, since they'll use the disappearing tail to help meet their nutritional needs.
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@boiboing (13153)
• Northampton, England
30 Apr 17
Good luck with that. Have you scooped them all up and put them in a bowl?
@Mike197602 (15512)
• United Kingdom
30 Apr 17
check this out
By raising and releasing tadpoles, you not only get to witness a remarkable transformation, but you also bring more frogs into the world--frogs that will eat pesky bugs like gnats, flies, mosquitoes and more. To keep them healthy and...
