Feeding tadpoles (1 Viewer)

[mrpjdavis]

This year the most of the spawn in our local pond was killed off by frost, but I managed to take some beforehand and put it into my newly restored pond. Result - about a thousand tadpoles in a pond two metres square! I want the maximum number to survive, so I've been feeding them on fish pellets (the ones about 1 cm round). However, now they are carnivorous and have lost interest in the pellets, so I'm feeding them on best lean mince - they love it. They are eating about a quarter of a pound day! it is working really well - they are over two inches long and just starting to get their front legs.

Looking forward to restoring frog numbers in our area.

Pete

 

[mrpjdavis]

The vast majority of the froglets left last week (overnight, during a thunderstorm). I spent the best part of a day rescuing about 100 from various unsuitable places. Mortality was impressively low in the pond; about three found dead from unknown causes and another half dozen or so with malformed back legs. Definitely worth the effort!

Pete