poor taddie :(

[izzy]

okey poke.

i was looking in my pond this afternoon, and noticed, a small tadpole, with half of its tail missing.  :o

i fished it out and put it in its own little jar to recover.. is this right?

[izzy]

[Marianne]

No idea.  I do not think it would have been a problem to leave him in the pond since frogs do nog have tails.  I think they grow their little hind legs from underneath their bodies.

Have you given it some food and put in water from the pond ??

[izzy]

i have done both those things. :)

im just worried some of the bigger ones might harm it even more.. i know its just one tadpole but im a bit of a softy..  :P

[Marianne]

I would be tempted to put him/her with the older ones.  Tadpoles will grow rather quickly if you feed them well ::) ;D 
But then I am a softy and would hate anything to happen to the little thing.  Take a chance and put him with the elders.  ;D :D

[sandie]

izzy,
sorry izzy tadpoles when they are about to grow their legs become carnivorous :o

i did find a site which sugggested putting a piece of liver on a wire in the water at the edge of the pond for them to eat

just think of it as a cycle in mother natures ways not all of the other tadpoles will reach maturity if they did we'd have hundreds of frogs in our gardens