TADPOLES

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Re: TADPOLES

Post by Jacksparrow » Sat Apr 07, 2018 8:38 pm

No free swimming Tadders thus far as they are busing consuming their birth jelly.
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Re: TADPOLES

Post by Placido » Sun Apr 08, 2018 10:10 am

Lovely. We almost have independent tadlets :).
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Re: TADPOLES

Post by Jacksparrow » Tue Apr 10, 2018 8:00 pm

The Tadders are now free swimming. :)
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Post by nuthatch » Tue Apr 10, 2018 8:32 pm

Hoorah! :bunny:
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Re: TADPOLES

Post by Jacksparrow » Fri Apr 20, 2018 8:24 pm

The tadpoles are growing well. The newts are still eating them but having little impact on the numbers. :)
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Re: TADPOLES

Post by Jacksparrow » Thu May 10, 2018 8:02 pm

I am having to feed the Tadders now. Cheap and cheerful pond fish food has proved very acceptable and disappears rapidly. :)
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Re: TADPOLES

Post by Placido » Fri May 11, 2018 10:05 am

:yummy: :munch: Great news, Jacksparrow. (Just make sure there's no 'wheat' in the food :(.)
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Re: TADPOLES

Post by Jacksparrow » Thu May 31, 2018 8:19 pm

While trawling for duckweed in the small pond I accidently caught the first four legged tadpole for this year. It still had it's tail but the conversion from tadpole to froglet is nearly complete. :)
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Re: TADPOLES

Post by Placido » Fri Jun 01, 2018 10:09 am

:yes: :frog: :frog: :frog:
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Re: TADPOLES

Post by Jacksparrow » Thu Jun 21, 2018 8:20 pm

I still have plenty of tadpoles some of which seem to have remained small but today I have seen three Froglets in the garden. I am delighted that we have a result after the "beast from the east" came very close to killing all the spawn. The little frogs have a long battle to survive to adulthood but they have got past the most dangerous stage. :frog: :frog: :frog: :woohoo:
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