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Old 26-05-2007, 05:18 PM
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hey i have a bunch of froglets!

just common frogs (i kept some frog spawn)

any ways ive been feeding them on fish food
and have started to give them some blood worm that i rigionaly have for mi fish any ways alot of them are duying now maybe due to them just duying but i wasnt sure weather they need somehing else now other than fish food??

thye have jsut sarted loosing there tails

help would be awesome!!

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Old 26-05-2007, 05:31 PM
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flightless fruitflies, and pinhead crickets. thats the way to go i reckon!

have you set up a morph tank (i.e. half water, with some land a very slow slope from water-land)
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Old 26-05-2007, 05:33 PM
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froglets are carnivorous and need bloodworm and small 'water' bugs.
I'm not sure if it's illegal to take frog spawn from the wild.
If they are tiny then it is difficult to find small enough bugs. If it's warm enough I would release them in an appropriate area.
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i didnt take them from the wild.

i got them from mi boyfriends pond,for the past few yrs all the frogspawn has died! so i thort id help them out! and we are jsut refurbishing the pond so i have to keep them a wile longer or i would have already put them back! (:

they have water and then they have rocks that alow them to sit out of the water and i also have a couple of plants in there for them to sit on (:

i have blood worm already and ill go get some pin head crix tomoro! do i just sprincle the crix in to the water then?
and will they eat the fish flakes? cuz i still have a small ammoutn of tad poles that havent changed yet or will they just eat the blood worm and crix too?


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Old 26-05-2007, 06:00 PM
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i saw a froggie last night, im gonna set up some frog paradise in my garden, all natural, and make it so they can get out if they want to.
a small pond with large hiding places. il go catch a few and see what happens.

stick a box of pinheads in there, they eat so much when young. perhaps a box every 3-4-5 days depending on how many you have.

also its very important that they can get out of water, young drown so easily

get some little slugs too, look under rocks and things.

aww i know how exciting it is!!!!
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Old 26-05-2007, 06:24 PM
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they are so small at the mo,only just bigger than your pinky finger nail!!

thye are adorable!! ive just put some blood worm in there and rearanged it so theres now 2 rocks in there with small slopes for them to be able to climb up! they look nice and happy now!! (:

is it usual for some of them to die any way?

and yeah defo get a frog paridise set up!! (:

we are refurbing the pond in the garden cuz wen it gets hot outside the water goes all green and smelly so by the time there are tadpoles its all horrible and they die ):

so we ar emaking it better and hopefully i wont have to save any of the froggies nxt yr! (: and some of mi little babys weill come bak to see me! haahaha!

i didnt relise they eat so much!! beter stock up on the crix! (:

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I feed live daphnia and live bloodworm which is small at this time of year. You could also use well rinsed brine shrimp.

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OH!!! good I like to see frogs in garden ponds. We're meant to be going to build one this year.
What water are you using? It makes a great difference.
Apparently there are a lot of froglets dying lately in the wild. I think it's down a disease called redleg. I may be wrong but I'm sure that's what it was.
I use fresh spring water form the spring on the moor near my home and I've never had any problems.

Good luck in rearing them.
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yeah dont use tap water. 17p for a big bottle in tesco. every little helps
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i havent ever tried keeping tadpoles, i might try it next year. Could they possibly be dying due to the water quality? If theyre eating an awful lot, theyre gonna be pooing and peeing alot as well. Are you doing partial water changes to dilute their ammonia? I'm guessing there isnt a filter in the tank.

Can tadpoles live in poor water quality? i dont know, i'd be interesred to know how hardy these little guys are and what they can handle? I'm presuming the better the conditions the more likely they will survive.

I know there was a virus or 2 that was going round about 4 or so yrs ago, i thought it only affected the adults, if i recal red sores would appear on the body mainly of the legs, i'm more than likely going way off the mark here and most likely u must expect a few losses with the young.

just bouncing ideas ya way
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