morphyrichards
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We have a relative who will soon be leaving her premises. She has a pond in her garden, the future of which is now uncertain. There is a possibility it might get filled in. My daughter and I rescued some toadspawn from this pond which is now in a small tank in her bedroom.
The spawn has hatched into small black tadpoles but unexpectedily we have some other tadpoles which are brown and very small, about 5mm long.
I have a few questions - could these smaller tadpoles be newt tadpoles? Should I put them in a separate container to the toad tadpoles in case they end up being dinner?
The toad spawn we collected was in single strands, my research on google suggested that this is natterjack toad spawn and is rare. Is this correct?
Also - when should we add food and what type? We do have some pond weed in the tank and there are various small creatures in there. We have been putting a single flake of fish food in the tank per day.
Finally, as these are toads not frogs, at what point should we change the tank to a terrarium and is there an established procedure for doing so?
Many thanks in advance.
The spawn has hatched into small black tadpoles but unexpectedily we have some other tadpoles which are brown and very small, about 5mm long.
I have a few questions - could these smaller tadpoles be newt tadpoles? Should I put them in a separate container to the toad tadpoles in case they end up being dinner?
The toad spawn we collected was in single strands, my research on google suggested that this is natterjack toad spawn and is rare. Is this correct?
Also - when should we add food and what type? We do have some pond weed in the tank and there are various small creatures in there. We have been putting a single flake of fish food in the tank per day.
Finally, as these are toads not frogs, at what point should we change the tank to a terrarium and is there an established procedure for doing so?
Many thanks in advance.