Raising tadpoles

[mshine1217]

It looks like you could put 6 of them on the quarter! Babies are sooo darn cute! They are lucky that you rescued them. More people should rescue and release.

[Heatheranne]

Lol! They are really little. I still have two lingering runts. Hopefully they'll catch up.

[Bruce]

I'm sure they will with how well you feed them. If not well you can't release runts, guess you'd have to keep them!

[mshine1217]

I'm sure they will with how well you feed them. If not well you can't release runts, guess you'd have to keep them!

Oh darn! Wouldn't that be a shame

[Murray of the Deep]

it looks like its a common brown toad , cant really identify it till its adult , and also what do you feed to your small toads?, and also how you take care of toads, please tell me because im raising frog tadpoles and also what water can you use??

[Heatheranne]

I'll get back to you later today. Currently at work. Quick reply...I use dechlorinated tap water and a aquarium filter. I feed mine flightless fruit flies and outdoor bugs since the tads were wild caught. I use a smooth coffee cup and scoop the grass. I remove any spiders, red bugs, and anything too big. Mostly feed gnats, aphids, and tiny roley lilies/wood lice/potato bugs. The ff's were too big before. They are getting bigger now .

They're so cute, it's tempting to keep them .

[Heatheranne]

Unfortunately, I lost a runt today. Came home to find he had flipped over and must not have been able to turn back. No other signs of ailment. Poor little guy .

I have one slow runt left. He eats but grows very little. The others are growing like crazy now...

[Heatheranne]

Here is a link to the toad care sheet here...
http://www.frogforum.net/content/toa...pelobates-125/

[Bruce]

I'm sorry you lost one.. That's never a food feeling when you do all you can and still lose some :/

Glad to hear the rest are ok though!

[Heatheranne]

Thanks Bruce! They're so tiny at that size I'm not surprised. Still sad though.

Here is a pic of the seaweed I used to feed my tads...

[Murray of the Deep]

Arent those great plains toad i saw it in your picture search it on internet if it really looks like that

[Heatheranne]

I think they are American toads. There are also fowlers toads here, but as they grow their markings look more like Americans.

[Heatheranne]

I set the babies free today. They are great hunters and are more agile. They even prefer the wild bugs to the bought fruit flies. It was hard letting them go. I want to give them time to adjust to the temperature change.

We'll miss them!

[Heatheranne]

They ended up being Americanus bufo, just as we had thought . Cute little guys!

[Pluke]

Ahh, that must have been quite the experience. I'm sure they did a LOT better in your care than they would have done in the wild. You did a good thing, even if you lost one you shouldn't feel bad cause there'd be much more casualties in the wild. Even though it still does hurt to lose one when you care for them so much.

This makes me want to go out and catch, raise some tadpoles next spring.. it'd be cool to find some Gray Tree frog tads, even though toads are quite awesome. They've always been a favorite of mine they have such cool personalities.

[Heatheranne]

It was quite rewarding to see them grow and change. It's a bit tough letting them go though. We really enjoyed raising them .

[Heatheranne]

Gray's are really cute. It's a great experience and a great learning experience for kids. Though my daughter never got to touch them, she learned a bunch about them. It gave her a new appreciation for tadpoles .