Hello everyone, I'm new to the Frog Forum. I joined to hopefully get some help from people with more knowledge than I have. So here's the story:
I work at a pet store and we got a shipment of goldfish a couple of days ago. One of my coworkers saw a large tadpole in the goldfish tank and had no idea what to do about it. Apparently this happens often but they must be taken out immediately and I didn't want to know what would happen to the poor tadpole after that. So, I offered to take the tadpole home with me. At first, my intentions were to just take it to a pond some where and let it go. Then, I came to my senses and realized I couldn't just let a frog out into the environment if it's not a native species. So, it's here at my house in a child-sized kiddie pool filled with water and rocks for him to climb onto if he needs to get out of the water. Oh, and he is almost done with his metamorphous. He's been with me for 3 days and his tail has already shrank quite a bit, he's climbing out of the water to dry off and bask, breathing air etc. I plan on keeping him for his lifetime, but I need to know what he is to help me give him a good life! I'm not sure where are goldfish come from though. Hopefully I'll be able to post a picture of him and someone can help me. Thanks!!