hello all. as some of you may have seen on one of my recent posts i recently made a pond for the green frogs in my yard. we have 2 big frogs, turtle (the biggest)
and goose (still big but not as big) a few days ago i saw that turtle was acting "slow" he just wasnt his normal self. he wasnt swiming fast and just making little single kicks to swim. same with goose. i decided today to get in there with them and pull them out to look at them and see if they were attacked or broke a bone ect. i saw these large open sores on there legs and on turtles tympanum. is this water blisters, early signs of ranavirus or red leg disease. i cant find them right now so i will post pics later


another question i have is on mosqueto larvas, they have been breeding like wildfire in the cracks of the rocks where the water is still. we are planning on getting a type of goldfish that will take care of the larva called comet goldfish. we are also looking at another called the black moor. i have kept one in first grade or something and i remember that he was pretty cool so we are looking at him. i read that gold fish dont eat tadpoles. is this true or should i wait to bring them back out for the winter to let the american toad tadpoles get bigger to let the fish back out in the spring.

also the frogs, all exept for turtle who leaves the pond every night and hunts are getting rather skinny. the small frogs are doing great as they eat mosquito and other bugs its probally goose who is the skinniesthe doensnt have the courage i dont think to go anywhere exept the pond at night. goose is also quite skiddish, i cant feed him earthworms like the others because he will limp off and sit at the bottom of the pond for 15 minuets. how should i get him fed or comfortable leaving the pond. ive used a floating tray with mealworms before as an exparament with the frogs but this was before and they seemed to like it. problem being i dont have a tray large enough to support the wheight of a frog with his size

also are these two color variations rare in northern green frogs
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i ask because i have one lad who is usually a pretty metallic lime but ive seen him turn almost blue on nice days with a good temp/humidity