As I had released the tadpoles with the arms and legs before I went on holiday a few weeks ago I thought I would never see them back. But this little guy was waiting for me next to the waterhole, every day he's there to say hello. He is so tiny, smaller than my little toe and hard to spot when in the water. Luckily he is often waiting on the brick which is on top of the waterhole to hold the metal oven rack so he can escape from the cats and chooks in our garden! Isn't he beautiful?
It's going very fast now, their legs are growing fast, but still seem to be extra bits which they don't use yet.
And here are the first bits of legs, if you can find them between all the turds hanging from their backs. I need to clean the bowl much more often than before because of the amount they poo in the water.
I have the little rascals now for four weeks and they've grown big. Although they still vary in size, I suppose some are a bit younger than others. But they seem to do fine. There are 9 in the bowl (there were 12 but I've given away a few to a friend) and they become really tame. The taddies in the pond are much more shy but also still happy swimming around.
One week later; the tadpoles are still happily swimming in the glass bowl I've put them in 10 days ago. There are about twelve little taddies in it in different sizes, the smallest is very tiny and still transparent while the biggest is as big as a pea with a tail. Look at the little mouths, they almost look like drawn on their faces... I keep them in water from the pond in the front yard complete with algae and I feed them some extra fish food which they like to eat apparently.
A few days ago a friend appeared with a bucket full of taddies which I've devided into several watery places in the garden as well as a few in a glass bowl to look at. They are great little things to watch when you are a bit bored. I'll keep you updated how they turn into Motorbike Frogs!
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