Eastern narrow mouthed toad

[Boomsloth]

Hey everyone new to this site and wanted to share my little guys. I normally wouldn't take them out of their habitat but their habitat was being developed so I thought why not. Then later I found some tadpoles of these guys outside of chipotle in a puddle that eventually dried up yesterday. The adults eat fruit flies like champs and the males have even begun to call out for the ladies (at 5am!). My question is once the tadpoles begun to turn into little toadlets would they be able to go for fruit flies or will I need to find another food option? I have a few weeks to prepare.



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[TrymNois]

Fruit flies will work as long as you get flightless ones. Also pinhead crickets are good too

[Boomsloth]

Fruit flies will work as long as you get flightless ones. Also pinhead crickets are good too

Well that's good since I already have cultures set up thanks!


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[TrymNois]

No problem, glad to be of some use

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[Tongue Flicker]

Aww good job saving the tads

[Boomsloth]

Thanks! Honestly if I hadn't found the adults (it started when one jumped on my foot) I wouldn't have even looked them up. I know the tadpoles eat phytoplankton and seem to be doing great in a breeder box in my planted tank but I'll have to move them once they start growing legs.


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[TrymNois]

Hope things work out

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[Boomsloth]

Update*
I have to leave town for a little over a week on business. The little guys are doing great but now I'm worried about them turning while I'm gone. I set them up in their own tank with an area for them to climb out just in case I'm not back in time. I used the same tank water they were in and will leave the lights on so the phytoplankton keeps multiplying. I'll give another update when I'm back.


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[Boomsloth]

Here's a pic of the little guys now who have grown a lot and I expect legs to bud out any day now.

[Boomsloth]

Out of all the tadpoles only two have morphed into little frogs. The biggest challenge was providing enough phytoplankton to meet their needs. The two survivors are thriving and growing.


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