Bombina orientalis egg numbers

[ajfr0ggy]

I have 3 female oriental firebellies in my group, the first two are adults(one CB, one 4 years LTC), and the other is a CB sub adult.
On saturday, about 120 eggs were laid, i'm not sure who laid them, but i presume, by the numbers, it was 2 of the females.
This morning, i found another clutch of eggs laid, i know which female laid them. Question is, could she have had another clutch of eggs just 3 days after the last? or did my sub adult lay some eggs?

Also, i wont realistically be able to rear 200 eggs. With other frog species, any weak ones would become food for my little musk turtle, although im not sure whether the tadpoles have the toxins? anyone know?
Other than that, what will eat the tadpoles, or are there any other ways of getting rid of the weaker ones?

thanks

AJfr0ggy

(Message edited by ajfr0ggy on April 26, 2005)

 

[joshua]

Sell them to people locally. Or take them to a pet shop, maybe get some store credit.

 

[william]

you could think of euthanasia, or you could leave the eggs/tadpole with the adults and see how they get on, only keeping the number you want, but it all depends on your ethical beliefs. i personally only use euthanasia for weak specimens.

http://www.caudata.org/cc/articles/euthanasia.shtml

 

[mary]

My toads just laid eggs, too. There weren't too many, so I'm okay with them. But if there were to many, I would leave any eggs that I couldn't care for in the tank with the adults. Any that hid well enough and were strong enough to grow their legs and lose their tails, I would then rescue from the tank. The others would probably get eaten, but I wouldn't feel too horrid because I would know they had a least had a chance, if a small one. Personally, I would never use euthanasia unless my toad was 100% un-rescuable, but, as said, it is a very personal matter.

Good luck with the new additions!

 

[ajfr0ggy]

I wouldn't want to let a deformed tadpole develop, they would have almost no chance in the wild, as do a large percentage of the healthy tadpoles

Ajfr0ggy

 

[andrew]

how do you go about euthanizing them? I wanted to do this with guppy fry, but couldnt cause I couldnt think of a humane way to do it. They all ended up deing from overpopulation of the tank. I dont want this to happend one day with my firebellies, if they so decide to make babies.

 

[william]

look at the link i posted:

http://www.caudata.org/cc/articles/euthanasia.shtml