My sister gave me some tadpoles and i've put them into a small tank that I have. My question is, once they are frogs what should I feed them?
got me some tadpoles!
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I had success with treefrogs using aphids until they grew large enough pinhead crickets or 1 week old crickets. I turned them loose after that point. Not sure if you've got aphids, but I used to find tons of them on dandelion heads, so I'd just snip one off and put the whole thing in their enclosure.
galaga-girl said:
Where they collected from the wild? How large are they? Do they show any indication of limb buds? [Be aware that some anurans remain larvae for quite some time.]
When they metamorphose, it would be best to feed them pinhead crickets (kits for culturing them are commercially available) dusted with an amphibian-specific multi-vitamin supplement.
I may be wrong but one thing to keep in mind is whether or not they will be aquatic after completeing the cycle of tadpole. I have a wet marshy area in my back yard and every year frog's lay eggs. If I am not mistaken once these frogs reach maturity they leave the water and start living on land. At least I think they do. It is very rare they complete the cycle before the water dries up. One year I actually kept a water hose running for them and that year I saw some of them hopping away from the puddle. They were only about as big as you pinky fingernail.
Ok, 3 of my sisters tadpoles have turned into frogs, they are the size of fingernails, mine has just started to sprout back legs.
They were collected from the wild and I have mine in a "puddle" and there is land and rocks, wood etc for the frog when it is a frog.
They were collected from the wild and I have mine in a "puddle" and there is land and rocks, wood etc for the frog when it is a frog.