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Tadpoles don't need heated water, room temperature is fine. Feeding them shouldn't be too expensive, leafy greens is the best thing for them, but carrot will work too. Good luck with them, hope you can save as many as possible!

No. Bread won't give them the right kind of nutrients. Stick to green leafy food.

That sounds wonderful!

Yes, it is. It's also known as Gout weed and Jump-about. It's botanical name is Aegopodium podagraria.

@@GregsWildlife Thanks 😊

Yes, spinach is still my top recommended food.

It is really sad seeing how vulnerable they are. I absolutely hate it every time I see a hedgehog roadkill. All our walls and fences and concrete gardens are making their lives so difficult. It really is upsetting.

Yeah, I've had crickets just chilling on top of a frog before. They will eat the crickets eventually, I'm sure.

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That doesn't sound like a very good idea...

They like to swim in the curry sauce,is this normal to do and they like the rice

Thank you!

I've used brine shrimp and bloodworm plenty of times and they've always been very popular, with no problems. But if you want alternatives, a bit of boiled white fish is very good. Or simply fish flakes will get the job done.

That's a tricky one. On one hand, that sounds like a good idea, on the other, it's possible you'd just be fattening up some tasty turtle food. But if the turtles are going to eat the spawn anyway, there doesn't seem much harm in trying.

@@GregsWildlife ah unfortunately I was thinking I'd possibly be just giving them more food too. What do you think about if I were to locate them to different ponds in the area that are occupied with the same species ? Thank you.

Unfortunately, it's not usually recommend to transfer spawn from one pond to another. There's the risk of transferring diseases and other invasive microorganisms that my be in the water. The best way of helping would ideally be to remove the invasive turtles, but that sounds like a very difficult job. It's one of those no-win situations Unfortunately.

@@GregsWildlife well alright there's not much I can really do. I'll just have to let nature run it's course with no interference. I don't have it in my heart to shoot those turtles and there's far too many to try and catch. It is what it is 🤷‍♂️ I suppose playing God wouldn't be ideal. Anyways thank you for your feedback I do appreciate it

@kx1260 yeah, it really is one of those situations. Good on you for wanting to try though.

Great! I hope you've had fun looking after them.

Glad I could help :-)

It's not really stalking. They're being tracked for scientific research and conservation efforts. We're just looking at that data.

Eye roll.. Has to be kidding... How are you stalking an animal..

I've had that happen too! I don't know how they do it. They are escape artists sometimes. Or they may hide really well. I searched through the entire tank really carefully and not seen it and then there it is a few hours later sitting in the tank. But there's been times where they're never seen again.

I don't know much about orchids, but as far as I know, they should be the same thing, so I'd say you were good to go. As long as the top for your tank has enough ventilation to let the air circulate without having gaps big enough for the frogs to escape from, it should be fine.

@@GregsWildlife thanks, I will be moving two of my tadpole/frogs into their new home soon. I saw one of your next videos and will use the soil instead of the bark.

@@cosmo9362 Great. Just make sure the soil is wet enough. I can't remember if it was in this series that I made the mistake of only misting the soil. It ended up too dry and caused a couple of the frogs to die. So make sure not to do that!

Thanks. I just think it's better to have the correct information out there rather than to try and save face.

Ah, okay. That's why you don't have frogs in your pond. Yeah, unfortunately you'll never get frogs while you have fish. I would be cautious about putting them in there even when they are bigger as the fish could easily eat them. On the plus side, frogs don't actually live in water, so you could just release them in some shady vegetation near by and they should be okay.

I think since you are neighbours there shouldn't be a problem if you put them in your pond. It's close enough that you shouldn't upset the local ecosystem. Did you get any spawn in your pond? It might be issue if you already have a pond full of tadpoles since the pond might not support a load extra. But if not, you should be okay. On the other hand if you didn't get frogs spawning in your pond, there might be a reason for that also. Obviously don't put them in if you have fish.

I've never tried dubias, but I don't see a reason why they wouldn't be fine. You'll be able to tell if the frogs spit them out or not. I think ingesting a small amount of substrate is to be expected. If it's a soil based substrate I don't think it's much of a problem. But if you have gravel you'd probably be best to make sure the stones are too big for them to accidentally swallow.

@@GregsWildlife thanks

Thank you!

I did as well! Love your video dude! 😃😃🦋

Thanks! I appreciate that

Thanks for your tips! I should maybe try eating it again, because I have way more ground elder in my garden now than when I made this video, it has continued to spread everywhere!

I'm glad it was useful

I don't use any one specific kind of plant. I will just get whatever happens to be available in my local pet store. I go for cold water aquarium plants, so anything suitable for your goldfish tank will be suitable for tadpoles. If you want, you can take some samples from the pond you get your tadpoles from.

It's a common comment. Many people find they don't eat at first. I wouldn't worry about it too much to start with. If they're hungry, they'll eat. It may be that they're getting enough food from algae in the water. This will quickly change as they get bigger though, so just keep giving them food, always make sure it's there fir when they need it. They'll find it eventually, I'm sure. Good luck!

Just make sure you have plenty of plants, try not to have much movement in the water, so avoid waterfalls and fountains. Don't have fish. Try not to have concrete surrounding the pond without shade, as on a hot summer day when the baby frogs leave the pond, they can cook themselves before reaching safety.

Hi, Yes, once their tail has gone they will need to start feeding. They will eat many crickets in one day, so I usually tip in quite a few and let the frogs hunt. You probably shouldn't touch them too much as it will stress them, but if you do touch them, make sure your hands are wet. Their skin is very absorbant so if you have anything on your hands like chemicals from washing, they can absorb it and it could make them ill.

I've never had toadpoles before, but I'm confident spinach would be a great food for them too. They are very similar in their requirements.

@@GregsWildlife thanks mate ! I keep loads of exotics but yeah ended up with ten toad tadpoles so I will get them some spinach ! How often should I change the water itself out?

@@user-li5tw6uc7l With only 10 tadpoles, they shouldn't get dirty very fast. It depends on the size of the tank and if you have plants in there too. I only used to do a partial water change maybe once a week, sometimes less. I'd usually play it by ear and see how the water looked.

@@GregsWildlife awesome thank you ! What plants work well? Tried to find hornwort

@user-li5tw6uc7l yeah, hornwort would be good. I've used various plants. I usually just go for some random cold water aquarium plants sold in the fish department of my local pet shop. I think as long as it's suitable for a goldfish tank, it will do the job for tadpoles.

Sounds lovely!

@@GregsWildlife yeah I actually took a few adults in as pets,their wings are all tattered and torn,so I decided to give them a good last few weeks.

I found in previous years when I did have rocks and islands for them, they would still drown. So I stopped using them and now put them in a separate terrarium.

They're wild animals. All we're doing here is giving them a start out in life. But also, they do not make good pets as adults. There have been reports of them jumping into the glass of their tank and breaking bones. They never learn that the glass is a barrier. If you want a pet frog, there are other species that are more suitable. You shouldn't take animals from the wild and keep them, only go for captive-bred species.

Are you worried about it falling in? I never really had an issue with that, it's pretty sturdy. But I do have a cover that I put on once the tadpoles start getting legs and think about leaving the water, just to stop them climbing out before I can transfer them to the terrarium.

@@GregsWildlife Having anything electrical near water always worries me. 😁

Other organisms that I've had in tanks before are things like snails and water louse. These both eat algae and other detritus and are fun to watch in their own right. I remember one year I had what may have been flatworms or maybe leeches, they came in with the pond weed!

It can take around 16 weeks for their legs to form. However, there are many factors that can affect this. It usually happens much quicker in an indoor tank than in an outside pond, generally the warmer the faster.

It spreads voraciously and out competes anything else growing. It's fine in a small area, as you say when it flowers it attracts many pollinators. However you'll never be able to grow anything else if this gets a foothold. This video is years old, and I'll tell you now, I have more ground elder now than I did in this video. I can't get rid of it, no matter how much I might want to.

@@GregsWildlife True enough.Love what youre doing.I'm a wildlife friendly gardener too.Its gone from a wee hobby to an all encompassing passion.But wouldnt have it any other way

Absolutely, it will hatch if you give it the right conditions. Check my longform videos on my channel. If you go back a few years I have several videos on how to look after tadpoles and showing all the growth stages.

Cucumber can be put straight in, although I did find it made the water dirty as it gets very soggy, so it wasn't my favourite thing to give them. I don't think I personally tried giving them celery, but since that is a bit harder, you could boil it for just a few seconds, like the spinach, just to soften it a bit.

@@GregsWildlife thank you so much :)

I still think we have a long way to go, unfortunately.

Thank you! It is a lovely location, so if you get the chance, you should definitely go.

Unfortunately, not many of those seeds I planted grew into anything. I do however, have a really thriving population of yellow rattle. So I am hoping that will help other wildflowers establish themselves in future seasons.