When Lucas and I went for our walk on his half birthday, we saw a huge puddle in our neighborhood. He wanted to know how deep the water was. We didn't actually check that out but we did realize there were tons of tadpoles swimming around. When we got home I basically begged Daddy to let us bring some of them home. The kids and I had so much fun fishing them out with a net and putting them in a bucket. Since then they have been a constant source of wonder. I can't even guess how many we had to begin with!
We found a used aquarium, bought rocks and tadpole food, and got them moved to their temporary home.
(Photo taken on July 17)
(Photo taken on July 17)
We have been feeding them Tadpole food and pieces of cooked, chopped, and frozen romaine lettuce, which they LOVE!
We think they are little tree frogs but aren't exactly sure. They are SO cute!
One jumped into Nathan's slipper the other day!
Lucas letting one jump up his arm
You can see some of them nibbling on a chunk of romaine lettuce
When we got them, some were tiny tadpoles, others were larger, and some had back legs. We have watched them develop, they have grown arms and then their tails have gotten smaller (I read that they eat them- yuk!) When they begin to spend more time out of the water, either on the big rocks we put in or climbing up the sides of the tank, we lift them out and turn them loose in our yard. As of today, we have let 53 frogs go! There are still plenty of tadpoles left in various stages so this little experience will continue for several more weeks!
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