My above ground pool cover has water in it (we actually want it there as it keeps the cover from blowing off). But now I have a problem... I have a million tree frog tadpoles in the pool cover. Seriously, there are a LOT of tadpoles. They are getting bigger, but I don't see any legs yet. I will be busy for a couple weeks and won't have time to open the pool, so I figure they have a couple weeks to grow some little legs and hop on out of there.
If they are still there when I am ready to open the pool, what do I do with them? Can I put them in a creek on our land? (I'm in Iowa.) It would make sense that that would be ok, but I know that isn't always how the laws work. They are native tree frogs and could just as well have laid eggs in the creek. Should I move them now, rather than wait? There is no way that my yard will be able to support that many little froglets. However it is supposed to be a bad mosquito year, so maybe I do need quite a few of the little guys to hang around...
wren
If they are still there when I am ready to open the pool, what do I do with them? Can I put them in a creek on our land? (I'm in Iowa.) It would make sense that that would be ok, but I know that isn't always how the laws work. They are native tree frogs and could just as well have laid eggs in the creek. Should I move them now, rather than wait? There is no way that my yard will be able to support that many little froglets. However it is supposed to be a bad mosquito year, so maybe I do need quite a few of the little guys to hang around...
wren