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| stuart t |
Posted - 15/11/2009 : 19:43:03
Most of the spawn in my pond this spring developed into frogs & departed over the summer as usual, but a number are still happily swimming around now - fat but legless. How is this, and will they survive the winter?
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| punkman |
Posted - 19/11/2009 : 12:21:42
When I just had frogs in my garden ponds, I had tadpoles overwintering every year.
Now that I also have newts in the ponds, most tadpoles are eaten so I never end up with overwintering tads,now I get overwintering newt larvae |
| lewy |
Posted - 16/11/2009 : 14:11:34
Welcome to the forum Stuart,
To be honest we've had a very very mild start to the winter, apart from the odd cold spell and nasty rain - this could be the reason, most frogs should have started to go into aestivation (hibernating) by now. Although the ones in my mothers pond are still hoping about as if it's summer. I think mother nature has confused them a little this year, whether they survive or not will all depend on how bad and when the weather gets as cold as it should normally be.
If it does drop really cold all of a sudden and it looks like they won't make it you could always put them in a heated greenhouse (if you have one or know someone with one) for the winter. feed them woodlice, worms, crickets, moths, spiders etc every few days... not something I'd usually recommend - only do this if they seem to be suffering in the cold and not going into hibernation, they are usually quite hardy and will bury down at the first sign of cold.
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