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Polliwogs help please kayla 08-05-2008
Posted by kayla on August 5, 2008, 9:42 am
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 I was going to change the water in the dog kennel when I noticed
movement in the water. Polliwogs were swimming around so now I'm
wondering what to do with them. Should I put the contents of the dish
in a shallow container since the dish is deep, leave them alone or
what?

Lori

Posted by Phisherman on August 5, 2008, 1:31 pm
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>I was going to change the water in the dog kennel when I noticed
>movement in the water. Polliwogs were swimming around so now I'm
>wondering what to do with them. Should I put the contents of the dish
>in a shallow container since the dish is deep, leave them alone or
>what?
>
>Lori


Change the water more often.

Posted by kayla on August 5, 2008, 7:59 pm
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>Change the water more often.

I was thinking I might get this answer. Actually my dog hasn't been
in the kennel for ages and when she uses it I change the water daily.
Glad you brought that up.


Posted by paghat on August 5, 2008, 1:52 pm
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> I was going to change the water in the dog kennel when I noticed
> movement in the water. Polliwogs were swimming around so now I'm
> wondering what to do with them. Should I put the contents of the dish
> in a shallow container since the dish is deep, leave them alone or
> what?
>
> Lori



Put a big water bowl (two or three feet across, six inches to a foot deep
-- like a crockery "forest bowl") somewhere in the garden where you'd like
some frogs, and let them finish their life cycle in the garden. Most of
the frogs will just leave immediately after ceasing to be tadpoles --
depending on species they can head off for MILES -- but a few are apt to
stay if there's good pickins for bug-eatin. The tads are vegetarian and
like algae best; a vegetarian tropical fish food or just a tiny bit of
well-cooked spinach can be fed to them if there's not enough algae in the
bowl.

-paghat the ratgirl
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Posted by David E. Ross on August 5, 2008, 6:11 pm
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On 8/5/2008 6:42 AM, kayla wrote:
> I was going to change the water in the dog kennel when I noticed
> movement in the water. Polliwogs were swimming around so now I'm
> wondering what to do with them. Should I put the contents of the dish
> in a shallow container since the dish is deep, leave them alone or
> what?
>
> Lori

Are you sure they are polywogs and not moquito larvae?

Questions about reptiles and amphibians are better directed to
rec.pets.herp. You are more likely to get expert advice there.

--
David E. Ross
Climate: California Mediterranean
Sunset Zone: 21 -- interior Santa Monica Mountains with some ocean
influence (USDA 10a, very close to Sunset Zone 19)
Gardening pages at <http://www.rossde.com/garden/>


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