Wow how the tads have grown attn:B.T.

[charlamanda]

Hello all. I took in 96 Gray Treefrog tadpoles in after I scooped them out of my closed pool in the fall, right before the water froze solid. Two tads died within the first few days, but they didn't look well when I took them out of the pool. Since then they all have been doing well. I've been keeping them in containers in the quietest warmest room in the house for the last few months and they have slowly been growing. None of them have gotten thier legs yet, but they are fairly large and I expect to see them soon. It's been a really wonderful experience caring for them, but since this is my second go around with raising Gray Treefrog tads I think I've had my fill. So to the Adult gray's NO MORE MATING IN MY POOL!
Here are a few pics of the largest of the bunch.

[killerecho]

Wow indeed! Somehow I kept thinking of them as these tiny inch-long creatures. But they are beautiful and full of character. You've obviously been a good mom to them

I'm sort of kicking myself that I can't make it Monday. I imagine by March, at least some of these tads would be ready to leave the water.

Just out of curiosity, if they were to produce another batch next fall, what would you do? Could they possibly survive the freezing? Perhaps you could put a tarp over your pool come mating time?

Hello all. I took in 96 Gray Treefrog tadpoles in after I scooped them out of my closed pool in the fall, right before the water froze solid. Two tads died within the first few days, but they didn't look well when I took them out of the pool. Since then they all have been doing well. I've been keeping them in containers in the quietest warmest room in the house for the last few months and they have slowly been growing. None of them have gotten thier legs yet, but they are fairly large and I expect to see them soon. It's been a really wonderful experience caring for them, but since this is my second go around with raising Gray Treefrog tads I think I've had my fill. So to the Adult gray's NO MORE MATING IN MY POOL!
Here are a few pics of the largest of the bunch.