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i was looking in my pond this afternoon, and noticed, a small tadpole, with half of its tail missing. :o
i fished it out and put it in its own little jar to recover.. is this right?
No idea. I do not think it would have been a problem to leave him in the pond since frogs do nog have tails. I think they grow their little hind legs from underneath their bodies.
Have you given it some food and put in water from the pond ??
i have done both those things. :)
im just worried some of the bigger ones might harm it even more.. i know its just one tadpole but im a bit of a softy.. :P
I would be tempted to put him/her with the older ones. Tadpoles will grow rather quickly if you feed them well ::) ;D
But then I am a softy and would hate anything to happen to the little thing. Take a chance and put him with the elders. ;D :D
izzy,
sorry izzy tadpoles when they are about to grow their legs become carnivorous :o
i did find a site which sugggested putting a piece of liver on a wire in the water at the edge of the pond for them to eat
just think of it as a cycle in mother natures ways not all of the other tadpoles will reach maturity if they did we'd have hundreds of frogs in our gardens