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The other day, I cleaned the bullfrog-tadpoles habitat and added fresh pond water. They are continuing to grow and develop, although slowly, when you consider that their whole cycle takes 14 months. This big guy below has developed quite the pair of legs since I have had him.(Or her! I am not sure yet.) You can see the front leg bump too!

The picture below shows where the habitat is kept. It is in the window well that has a convenient observatory window from Mama’s studio. I’ve used it as a habitat to observe other reptiles and amphibians over the years, and once there was even a mole in there.

See all those papers? One of them I use to record their growth and behavior in the sun and shade. The rest are guides to caring for my tadpoles. I feed them boiled lettuce and tropical fish food.

This is one of the little ones I have. Doesn’t he camouflage in with the water very well? The water is a little more murky than usual, because the sediment was trying to settle after I changed the water. I have mud in the bottom of the habitat, because the tadpoles like to hide in mud when it is cold out.

I hope you enjoyed this tadpole report!!!

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You may have seen the plans I drew up earlier, for a bullfrog tadpole breeder. Yes, we did thengo bullfrog tadpole hunting! Some good old homeschooling, nature study, field trip, FUN! We could see into the water well, because of the bright sun. So we started scoopin’ some out right away.

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Got another one!

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As we caught some, I would put my hand in the net gently, and scoop them out, and put them into the water jar. Our hands were covered in mud! Three of the bullfrog tadpoles looked probably almost a year old, and the rest were kind of small, like they were newer.

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My little brothers and sister helped me spot the biggest ones, and said that the smaller ones were ‘fish’.

Here’s a look at one of the bigger bullfrog tadpoles we caught.

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And in case you’d like a bit closer of a look!…..

Here’s a couple jar shots with a some of the bullfrog tadpoles all in there. Isn’t the little one cute? Notice how he has a pink belly.

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Dad and I made a habitat for them, but Mama didn’t get photos of that. It looks like my plan I had on paper, with pond water, rocks, gravel, dirt and mud, and pond weeds to oxygenate the water. It is all set up in an open below ground level window well we have, which conveniently has a nice observation window for me and the triplets on the inside as well! Over the years, I have raised 3 snakes, 4 toads (‘Ugly’, ‘Stinky’, ‘Yucky’ and ‘Gross’), and one bullfrog named Goliath, in that window well. It’s a nice natural habitat for all kinds of creatures.

I have researched a lot on how to best raise and care for these little aquatic sea-monkeys. : ) I hope to have a wonderful learning experience by being able to observe them daily, and watch them develop into bullfrogs. But if at any point they seem to not be doing well, I am going to release them back to their original home.

I’ll keep you posted!

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