Shock horror

On Thursday evening I was walking my dog in the woodland area at the end of my street. The woods is on a hill and on the path at the bottom is a spring which forms a large puddle for most of the year only drying up for very long hot spells (so not very often) on this occasion it was full of frogs all spawning together so I thought great my little girl will love this as she is really into nature and animals. So this morning we got up and took a stroll down to the woods to see said frogs. As we were approaching the puddle I noticed their wasn't a lot of movement so I assumed the frogs had moved on, BUT that would have been a nice out come. What we found was a pile of dead frogs at the side of puddle pool that looked like some moronic idiots had smashed their brains in. Needless to say My daughter was devestated!!! And now she wants to rescue some off the "eggs" in case the idiots come back for those next. If I take some frog spawn in a bucket will it survive in the water I collect with it? Obviously as a child I used to collect tadpoles and watch them turn into baby frogs. But never did it with the actual spawn. I was planning on setting up a large container as a small pond. Would this suffice as a sanctuary for the tadpoles. I will be putting some pond plants in. Does the water need to "mature" like a fish tank I could collect water from the spring/pool and also use collected rain water.

 

How awful!!

I'm sure someone will have more experience, but, I'd say go for it!

 

Thats terrible Dan, makes me ashamed to be part of the same species as these thugs.

If you use tapwater, it has to stand for 24 hours to let the chlorine evaporate.

They will need a food source once they've eaten the jelly, usually algae growing on the side of the pond, but as they get bigger use fish flakes or they will eat each other if theres not enough food.

 

I no it's disgusting ain't it. I'd hate to think of my kids growing up to do things like that (which I'm sure they won't) it makes me wonder what their parents are like.
Any how I've decided I'm going to use a gorilla tub for the pond with rocks stacked round it and prob some in to provide access and egress for the frogs and other wildlife. I do still have some sea weed algae strips left over from when I had my fish tank I can try that and also get some flake lol. The things we do. At least I get to rush my mini pond in a bucket and get it off the drawing board.

 

Won't the Gorilla eat them?

 

Ha ha gorilla it's just a building term for one of those big tubs with handles on the sides

 

Hi Dan
Go for it!! You'll be amazed how many micro bugs & insect colonise the water & the taddies will feed off them too - but fish food is good. When they get a bit bigger, if you stick your fingers in they have a nibble !! But beware - they are a bit partial to some fresh taddie, so don't be surprised if they eat some of their siblings!!
Get a clean jam jar & dip in the water & get your little ones to see the water fleas & bugs!! I still do it now without the kiddies..... (I'm easily pleased )
I hope you tell all the locals what you found & word gets back to the culprits - mind you, they probably wouldn't be ashamed.

 

Probably wouldn't be ashamed hb. People like that don't give a second thought to what they do!!

 

I can see the thoughts behind this Dan and I agree there really are some mindless prats out there.
My one thought is that any frogs you might produce will return in later years.

So best get out there and build a nice pond this summer.

 

I'd love a nice pond Pete but we are hoping to move house in the near future so I will wait until I'm in my new house for that. Will the frogs return to my pond in a bucket to spawn?

 

I say that too, Zigs. Ashamed to be part of the same species sometime. (sometime, lot of the time)

 

should be fine just transplanting them into the tapwater that's been stood for a while. maybe chuck a bit of soil in the bottom to get things going too.

 

maybe rainwater would be better