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Toads, toads, and more toads....
Wow! My son and I counted over 20 mating toads in the pond! Boy are their
mating calls loud. Was pretty neat to see. Now there are absolutely thousands of eggs in the pond! Anyone know how long before we are going to be overtaken by tadpoles??? Cathy |
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What fun!! ;-)
Toad eggs hatch into toadpoles pretty darn quick. All depends on the temperature of your water. How big is your pond? I would start watching your ammonia levels now. If you start seeing any positive results for ammonia remove some of the eggs/tadpoles to a kiddy pool or large container filled with pond water. You can feed them boiled organic lettuces. Stick a ramp in for them to leave when they turn into infant toads. Or you can transport them to any natural pond/swampy wetland in your area. k30a |
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I WANT TOADS!!! (stomping feet, flailing arms, and acting a fool) On 22 Apr 2003 23:55:30 GMT, (Szpond) wrote: Wow! My son and I counted over 20 mating toads in the pond! Boy are their mating calls loud. Was pretty neat to see. Now there are absolutely thousands of eggs in the pond! Anyone know how long before we are going to be overtaken by tadpoles??? Cathy |
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On Tue, 22 Apr 2003 18:55:30 -0500, Szpond wrote:
Wow! My son and I counted over 20 mating toads in the pond! Boy are their mating calls loud. Was pretty neat to see. Now there are absolutely thousands of eggs in the pond! Anyone know how long before we are going to be overtaken by tadpoles??? Cathy Tadpoles? Plenty! With a good fish load and Mom and Dad frog around (and possibly a snake or two among other creepy-crawlies) you shouldn't have much of a toad load (hey, I like that phrase!) left after a while though. Just watch for an ammonia spike. Cybe R. Wizard -- Unofficial "Wizard of Odds," A.H.P. Original PORG "Water Wizard," R.P. "Wize(ned) Wizard," A.P.F-P-Y. Barely Tolerated Wizard, A.J.L & A.A.L |
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Around here, we get Southern Toads and they sing their little hearts out! I
like the noise, just not what they do. Koi don't eat tad/toadpoles; in fact, I've actually seen mine spit them out when they're eating! You will have a gazillion toadpoles when you leave for work one morning, and when you get home - they're GONE! Poof! My favorite analogy is the 7th Plague of Egypt - you'd think you'd have toads all over the place! But you won't see nary a one . . . it's a mystery! BTW, my grandson thinks the big ones are giving the little ones swimming lessons . . . s Lee "Szpond" wrote in message ... Wow! My son and I counted over 20 mating toads in the pond! Boy are their mating calls loud. Was pretty neat to see. Now there are absolutely thousands of eggs in the pond! Anyone know how long before we are going to be overtaken by tadpoles??? Cathy |
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On Wed, 23 Apr 2003 07:59:26 -0500, Lee Brouillet wrote:
Koi don't eat tad/toadpoles; in fact, I've actually seen mine spit them out when they're eating! Mine seem to slurp them up pretty handily until they (tadpoles) reach a certain stage of development, after which they (koi) won't touch them. It maybe has to do with the 'poison' gland development in toads and frogs? Cybe R. Wizard -- Unofficial "Wizard of Odds," A.H.P. Original PORG "Water Wizard," R.P. "Wize(ned) Wizard," A.P.F-P-Y. Barely Tolerated Wizard, A.J.L & A.A.L |
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Tadpoles, yes. Toadpoles, no. Toads do the "black pearl necklace" thing;
frogs do clumps of eggs. Frogs are fair game and tasty; toads are just plain yucky-poo from the start! Lee "Cybe R. Wizard" wrote in message news:pan.2003.04.23.08.16.25.19671.11529@WizardsTo wer... On Wed, 23 Apr 2003 07:59:26 -0500, Lee Brouillet wrote: Koi don't eat tad/toadpoles; in fact, I've actually seen mine spit them out when they're eating! Mine seem to slurp them up pretty handily until they (tadpoles) reach a certain stage of development, after which they (koi) won't touch them. It maybe has to do with the 'poison' gland development in toads and frogs? Cybe R. Wizard -- Unofficial "Wizard of Odds," A.H.P. Original PORG "Water Wizard," R.P. "Wize(ned) Wizard," A.P.F-P-Y. Barely Tolerated Wizard, A.J.L & A.A.L |
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In , on 04/22/03
at 09:07 PM, jammer said: I WANT TOADS!!! (stomping feet, flailing arms, and acting a fool) Me, too!!!! Alan -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- **** Please use address to reply via e-mail. **** Posted using registered MR/2 ICE Newsreader #564 --------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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"Lee Brouillet" wrote: Frogs are fair game and tasty; toads are just plain yucky-poo from the start! Lee: I assume you learned this by talking to the koi and not through actual culinary experience. Michael Fermanis New Orleans, Louisiana USA (Remove the RICE to reply) ================================================== =========== |
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What's that quote?: You're just jealous 'cause the voices are talkin' to ME!
Of *course* the fish told me! At least that's who I *thought* it was G! Going on the assumption that all eggs are caviar to the fish (they eat their own eggs, frog eggs, other fish eggs, snail eggs, etc.) and the fact that strings of toad eggs survive with impunity; add that tadpoles get gulped and toadpoles get spit out, I figure they just plain don't LIKE 'em! Now I admit to having tried frog legs at a restaurant (ONCE! then I kept having dreams of little froggy amputees in tiny wheelchairs!), but I've left the toad culinary experiences to the fish! Lee "MLF" wrote in message ... "Lee Brouillet" wrote: Frogs are fair game and tasty; toads are just plain yucky-poo from the start! Lee: I assume you learned this by talking to the koi and not through actual culinary experience. Michael Fermanis New Orleans, Louisiana USA (Remove the RICE to reply) ================================================== =========== |
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What's the quote? "You're just jealous because the voices are talking to
ME!" But of COURSE the koi told me!!! Going on the assumption that my pond piggies will eat their own eggs, frog eggs, snail eggs, chicken egg (mashed and hard boiled, of course), I *assumed* that they'd eat ANY egg (provided it was edible). Those nasty little black pearl necklaces are SAFE. I admit to eating frog legs once (but I got nightmares, dreaming of little froggy double amputees riding in tiny wheelchairs!), so I haven't done it again. Lee "MLF" wrote in message ... "Lee Brouillet" wrote: Frogs are fair game and tasty; toads are just plain yucky-poo from the start! Lee: I assume you learned this by talking to the koi and not through actual culinary experience. Michael Fermanis New Orleans, Louisiana USA (Remove the RICE to reply) ================================================== =========== |
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Wow, that sounds like my socks!
"Lee Brouillet" wrote in message ... Around here, we get Southern Toads and they sing their little hearts out! I like the noise, just not what they do. Koi don't eat tad/toadpoles; in fact, I've actually seen mine spit them out when they're eating! You will have a gazillion toadpoles when you leave for work one morning, and when you get home - they're GONE! Poof! My favorite analogy is the 7th Plague of Egypt - you'd think you'd have toads all over the place! But you won't see nary a one . . . it's a mystery! BTW, my grandson thinks the big ones are giving the little ones swimming lessons . . . s Lee "Szpond" wrote in message ... Wow! My son and I counted over 20 mating toads in the pond! Boy are their mating calls loud. Was pretty neat to see. Now there are absolutely thousands of eggs in the pond! Anyone know how long before we are going to be overtaken by tadpoles??? Cathy |
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Went out this morning and i have some little toadlets sitting out of
the water. They are so little and cute! |
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jammer wrote:
Went out this morning and i have some little toadlets sitting out of the water. They are so little and cute! So glad you had the chance to see them before they hop away. -- Bonnie NJ http://home.earthlink.net/~maebe43/ |
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On Wed, 18 Jun 2003 15:13:54 GMT, Bonnie Espenshade
wrote: jammer wrote: Went out this morning and i have some little toadlets sitting out of the water. They are so little and cute! So glad you had the chance to see them before they hop away. Yes, thank you. I need to get more things (sticks) for them to climb out on. Before i do that, I am going to dig the dirt up real lose in some places around the pond hoping they will decide to stay around. In 2 yrs, the males should be back and in 3, the females. (To the pond to mate) We will see then if i upped the population any. I think we have 5 resident toads as it is now. I can see where those little babies would make good and exotic bird food, but i have to let nature take it's course and hope to see some of them again next year. |
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On Wed, 18 Jun 2003 14:38:48 -0500, jammer wrote:
mate) We will see then if i upped the population any. I think we have 5 resident toads as it is now. I can see where those little babies We have 5 or 6 here. We named each one "Mr. Toad". They hop to my garage when the light is on, and snap up june bugs and moths by the hundreds. When we were kids, we would play "leadbelly" by rolling #00 buckshot down a board toward them. They would glump down the shot until they could hardly hop. Kids can be mean. I try to make up for it by being nice to toads. I even stop mowing when the toadlets are swarming over my yard. Only down side to toads is when they get really big. You know what they say. "Big toad, big poop". Bob |
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In , on 06/19/03
at 06:24 AM, Bob Adkins said: mate) We will see then if i upped the population any. I think we have 5 resident toads as it is now. I can see where those little babies We have 5 or 6 here. We named each one "Mr. Toad". They hop to my garage when the light is on, and snap up june bugs and moths by the hundreds. When we were kids, we would play "leadbelly" by rolling #00 buckshot down a board toward them. They would glump down the shot until they could hardly hop. Kids can be mean. I try to make up for it by being nice to toads. I even stop mowing when the toadlets are swarming over my yard. Waaaaaaa! I still want toads! Six years with a pond, living adjacent to about the last woods in the area, and no toads! Deer, yes. Toads, no. Alan -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- **** Please use address ) to reply via e-mail. **** Posted using registered MR/2 ICE Newsreader #564 --------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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When I had my small 125 gallon pond I had 9 toads that
would hang out every morning after the party the night before. So funny, yet cute, to see them hanging with their "elbows" on the side of the pond. Heads would turn this way and that. Just like they were talkin' ... Shoulda got a picture of it. Nedra http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836 http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118 "Bonnie Espenshade" wrote in message ... wrote: In , on 06/19/03 at 06:24 AM, Bob Adkins said: mate) We will see then if i upped the population any. I think we have 5 resident toads as it is now. I can see where those little babies We have 5 or 6 here. We named each one "Mr. Toad". They hop to my garage when the light is on, and snap up june bugs and moths by the hundreds. When we were kids, we would play "leadbelly" by rolling #00 buckshot down a board toward them. They would glump down the shot until they could hardly hop. Kids can be mean. I try to make up for it by being nice to toads. I even stop mowing when the toadlets are swarming over my yard. Waaaaaaa! I still want toads! Six years with a pond, living adjacent to about the last woods in the area, and no toads! Deer, yes. Toads, no. Alan I had toads spawn the first year I put in my pond. They have never returned. :-( -- Bonnie NJ http://home.earthlink.net/~maebe43/ |
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