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Those of you that live in a suitable places (i.e not in mid town or in apartments or even the suburbs) can probably do it if the opportunity is there.
My sweetie and I were out walking in our area last week, when we spotted a small roadside ditch filled with water. Sure enough, it was full of tadpoles. This much we knew: unless it rained, soon, they were all going to die. “We have to rescue them” she said.
Sure They didn’t woke up one morning and decided to raise tadpoles, but such a rescue mission is possible, and can even be fun.
The plan was finalized, and preparations were thorough; by mid-week, we had about 40 tadpoles in a new and fully outfitted 5 gallon tank that sat in the kitchen
If you are ever in a situation like this, Joe gives a thorough instruction about all whole process.
Just remember that the toads and the frogs are to be set free in a suitable environment after the rescue stage is complete.
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Actually, I did not write this blog. My name got attached by accident. After reading the blog I feel compelled to say that in many places it’s against the law to keep aquatic creatures taken from the the wild. In addition, once they have been in an aquarium they can contract diseases or parasites that are nor native to local waters. Releasing these animals back into the wild can, thus, spread exotic diseases and parasites.
I’ve tried to save tadpoles. I was hiking in the woods and there was this big white blob of eggs on the side of the path, so I took it home and put it in one of my extra tanks and the little guys started hatching. they are pretty cool, the hard part was taking them back to the woods when they turned into frogs… Picture getting 40-50 frogs in a little cardboard box while they’re all jumping around. It’s no easy task but I think I earned some karma points.