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What do froglets eat?:

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soniav
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Posted: 12 Jun 2004

In March we got some tadpoles and happily, we're now the proud "owners" of loads of little froglets!!
Now I keep wondering what tiny froglets actually eat. Does anybody know? I hope they can all find enough food.
(I also get a bit worried because if they hop in the wrong direction from the pond they fall down a step on to some concrete where there's nothing but some garden junk and a drain. I keep catching them and chucking them back in the pond...)
Thanks for any info!


Gemma Fairchild
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Posted: 12 Jun 2004

Hi

They will eat what they can fit in their mouths that moves, little flies, bugs and tiny worms if they find any. The margins of ponds are usually just the place for them to find this kind of food.


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soniav
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Posted: 15 Jun 2004
Yes, I think they need to catch their own food now, so they'll just have to look after themselves now and go catch buglets...

I am getting worried though - I actually found 2 dead ones today in a jamjar lid of water that I'd put out on the concrete in case they were getting dry there. I also put lots of plant cuttings around for them to hide in and bridge the gap back up the step. So now they tend to sit in this area, which may be lacking in buglets. Maybe I should have a rounding up session and just put them in the flower beds...

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Posted: 16 Jun 2004

Hi Sonia,

Tiny frogs will drown in water, it sounds odd for a creature that starts life in a pond and needs them to breed, but young froglets are very weak swimmers.

Perhaps moving them to the flower borders is the best thing.


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soniav
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Posted: 16 Jun 2004

Thanks Gemma, I hope that was it - although I had seen them climbing in and out of the jam jar lid so I thought it would be ok.  I've removed it now.

Anyway I caught a load and put them in the flower bed but I think there's lots more hiding under stones and in the wood pile.

I've also picked some leaves off the plum tree that are covered in green aphids.  But the froggies don't seem to go for them - maybe they're still too big for them.

I should have posted this in the frog forum really - I only just noticed it...  What a brilliant site!  And how nice to find other people equally doting on their emerging froggies!!  (The only thing is, most of the pictures that people have posted don't display for me.  Any ideas why?)


Gemma Fairchild
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Posted: 16 Jun 2004

Hi again Sonia,

We are in a bit of a limbo at the moment regarding pictures because they were using so much of our monthly bandwidth allowance that I had to keep closing the forum, hopefully the majority will be restored soon.

It might be worth putting some logs close by to the flower borders to provide hiding places, froglets love damp shady areas to hide especially in this hot weather. I'm suprised they didn't eat the aphids, toadlets certainly do!


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Donny
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Posted: 17 Jun 2004
Half of our garden pond backs on to an overgrown rockery...the other half onto a large, bare, paved area. Today I found my first froglet, not taking the easy, sloping route out of the back of the pond and into cover, but instead struggling out at the other side onto the bare concrete...hope too many more aren't as dumb as him!
soniav
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Posted: 17 Jun 2004

Oh they are stupid aren't they!?  But soooooo cute...

I'm pleased to report that some of ours have started hunting aphids now with a vengence.  Not that it's very hard to catch an aphid sitting on a leaf, but they arch their backs and really concentrate before zapping them double quick.  I saw one eat five in a row last night.

I hope you can get the bandwidth sorted out Gemma.  It's a really nice feature that people can post pictures in the forums but a bit expensive... especially when everyone's baby froglets are so photogenic!


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Posted: 18 Jun 2004
Hi Sonia, http://photobucket.com/ will allow you to post pictures to the forum without eating our bandwidth, restoring the older pictures is more down to me finding the time. I'm glad to hear your froglets have learnt the art of sneaking up on aphids :0)
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Woosal
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Posted: 27 Apr 2009
I have some froglets in a tank, 28 to be exact and I have been feeding them fish food but I havent seen them eating it, is it the right thing to be feeding them?   
herpetologic2
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Posted: 27 Apr 2009
They wont eat non moving food - if you have any black
fly or green fly on roses etc you can cut the rose buds
off and place them in the tank.

I used to feed froglets with green fly when I was
younger. The best advice would be to let them go into
the garden

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herpetologic2
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Posted: 27 Apr 2009
Ah hang on I notice that you are in the IOM - I dont
think that frogs are native there are they>?

I think that they may be so releasing would be okay -

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Woosal
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Posted: 27 Apr 2009
Frogs are native on the island, but the froglets are only 1 cm big, i think they are still very dependant on me.
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Posted: 27 Apr 2009

also will they be able to survive if there is misty green stuff in your pond?

 


Woosal
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Posted: 27 Apr 2009
there are no moles, snakes, or foxes but there are frogs
Donny
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Posted: 27 Apr 2009
Are they actually 'froglets' yet, or still 'tadpoles' Woosal? Seems a bit early for froglets already.
Woosal
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Posted: 28 Apr 2009
they are froglets, about 1 cm long.
Woosal
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Posted: 28 Apr 2009

exactly like the one on your picture of a froglet.

 


herpetologic2
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Posted: 28 Apr 2009
That would be algae - and should not be a problem for
tadpoles or frogs.

When did you collect the spawn? or when did you first
see the spawn?


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Woosal
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Posted: 28 Apr 2009
I collected the spawn about halfway through march. I dont know exactly.

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