mhwc56
05-15-2006, 12:24 PM
Hi. Our son was emptying out his backyard pond and so I caught what tadpoles I could and have been raising them. We noticed this morning that there is a tiny little froglet just out of the water and more getting close...it seemed to happen over night ! Anyway. I am wondering what to do now. I have 2 different size flightless fruitfly cultures and 2 week size crix avilable to feed them but I'm not quite sure how to go about it. Should I put the food in a little dish?
The "tank" they are all in right now is a Sterlite container but it's not real large. There is some small gravel on the bottom that I sloped up so they could get out when they morphed . I am not sure what species of frog these are yet. We thought they might be Spring Peepers but they were too small. They are a light brown with darker speckles.The one that is out of the water is about 3/4 of a cm long.There is a near black strip from it's eye to toward it's nose but isn't all the way to the nose. The speckle pattern on the back is random . The tadpoles are only 1 1/2 cm at most.
The species that our son has seen are pickerel frogs , leopard frogs , assorted toads ,spring peepers and some other kind of tree frog. They live in a wooded area in NE West Virginia. They are near a lake, streams and the Shenandoah River as well as the Potomac River.
Any one have any ideas as to what they are ? Most important though I need to know how to care for these tiny little frogs. Thanks in advance for your help and input !!!
The "tank" they are all in right now is a Sterlite container but it's not real large. There is some small gravel on the bottom that I sloped up so they could get out when they morphed . I am not sure what species of frog these are yet. We thought they might be Spring Peepers but they were too small. They are a light brown with darker speckles.The one that is out of the water is about 3/4 of a cm long.There is a near black strip from it's eye to toward it's nose but isn't all the way to the nose. The speckle pattern on the back is random . The tadpoles are only 1 1/2 cm at most.
The species that our son has seen are pickerel frogs , leopard frogs , assorted toads ,spring peepers and some other kind of tree frog. They live in a wooded area in NE West Virginia. They are near a lake, streams and the Shenandoah River as well as the Potomac River.
Any one have any ideas as to what they are ? Most important though I need to know how to care for these tiny little frogs. Thanks in advance for your help and input !!!