Back at the end of February P collected some of the frogspawn from the pond and brought it indoors in a plastic tub, which now resides on our kitchen windowsill.
It has been quite entertaining watching the tadpoles hatch out and slowly develop over the past few months.
Recently, their appetite has grown and we are feeding them on thin slices of courgette every day.
Over the past week two of them have developed arms and legs and tried to climb out of the tub, so P carefully scooped them out into a jam jar and returned them to the pond. They are so tiny though, I hope they can survive.
Their siblings, although quite lively, are still to develop any limbs and are happy to stay in the kitchen eating their courgettes...
Great idea to make a video JayCee.
ReplyDeleteIt was difficult to get a sense of their feeding frenzy with just a photo.
DeleteIt reminds me of when I was a twinkle in my mum's eye.
DeleteNaughty northsider.
DeleteThey are your amphibious babies! Have you told your sister that she is now an auntie to several nephews and nieces? I wonder what Christmas gifts she will buy them? The way that Lord Peregrine scoops up his children proves that he is a caring daddy with a big heart.
ReplyDeleteI am still trying to work out whether they look most like mummy or daddy.
DeleteIt's hard to tell when they are little. You will have to wait until they turn into frogs.
DeleteO wow. I don't get to see anything like that here in the London suburbs although there must be frogs about.
ReplyDeleteWell, I suppose anywhere you have a pond of some sort you may find small frogs. Even in the London suburbs!
DeleteReminds me of when I was at school ..... we watched the tadpoles turn into tiny frogs. We used to have lots in our pond and newts but, we had the pond filled in as there were more leaves than water as the pond was under lots of trees .... daft place for a pond !!! XXXX
ReplyDeleteI hope that some of ours survive but there are probably lots of predators waiting to turn them all into lunch once we release them back into the pond!
DeleteYou've spurred me on to check our little pond at the local nature reserve. I may even see a newt!
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That would be good. Nature doing its stuff!
DeleteHow did you know to feed them on courgette?
ReplyDeleteA quick Google search and, would you believe, I found a whole website about tadpoles and frogs!
DeleteI have a pond full of tadpoles every year but I rarely see them turn into frogs! I'm not sure why. I assumed they just ate what was available in the pond but someone said I should maybe feed them, but then I have a dilemma - I don't want a garden full of frogs! I think I'll just leave things alone and let nature take her usual course! x
ReplyDeleteWe never usually see our frogs either but they obviously return each year as we always have frogspawn in the pond.
DeleteThis year P wanted to collect some of it so that he could watch them develop. It has been fascinating and we like to think that at least some of them will survive after we release them.