My big bullfrog

[bugmankeith]

Hey, depending on how much space she has, mabye she can keep an extra bullfrog or two, so that means if you give her yours, mabye you can go buy a bullfrog tadpole or another bullfrog to raise for a while, then give it to her once you rehabilitated it to perfect health again.

But I guess she would have to keep them seperate otherwise the bigger frog will eat the small frog.

If she can care for your frog properly and she has the room, then that's great for your frog if you decide you cant care for her, and i'm sure you'll be able to visit the frog.

 

[Galapoheros]

That's great! When I was a teenager, I saw a huge one in the road. I stopped and picked it up. It didn't even try to hop away. My parents were in their bedroom. I brought it into their room and said, "Look what I found!" They just smiled a little and said where'd you find that....blabla" I wondered why they were so calm about it. Then I realized they thought it was a big stuffed frog I found in the road! They didn't know it was real. Theeen I got the freak out reaction I had expected. Anybody see that doc show where they filmed that Bullfrog sneaking up very slowly on that sparrow at the waters edge? It was several years ago when I saw it. He missed once or twice but the last time it tried, it snuck up reeeeaal slow like a cat with only it's eyes out of the water and WHAM! I was surprised to see that they had the instinct to do that. That was pretty cool.

 

[bugmankeith]

In case you wanted to see, here is a page with an indoor turtle pond, pics included.

If you wanted to keep a bullfrog, you would have to surround the pond with mesh fencing to prevent escape.

http://www.fishpondinfo.com/indoor.htm

 

[Ant Worker]

Gosh, I got a bullfrog tadpole from petco for free, what size tank is that? I wanna get one a little bigger than that..

 

[myrmecophile]

It is illegal in California to sell any Ca. native reptiles... unless you have a breeders permit for a select few species. However I believe BFs are non native here as well and I suspect not regulated in that way with regard to sales, although they should be. I would have to check the current fishing regs. They are however a tremendously destructive species and should be eliminated from areas they have overrun.

 

[Ant Worker]

CA is so strict, I would never live there in my life! lol

 

[arachnocat]

Yeah it's pretty lame. California is also the only state where glo fish are illegal. That really makes me mad. Just because they are genetically engineered.
Anyways, I am happy to say froggy is now living in a big indoor pond with a waterfall and a few friends.
Now I'm going to work on planting my tank for some waterbugs.

 

[bugmankeith]

Anyways, I am happy to say froggy is now living in a big indoor pond with a waterfall and a few friends.
Now I'm going to work on planting my tank for some waterbugs


Cool!

 

[Ant Worker]

Hmm... Gotta find a place to put my frog when he gets big, I really wanna keep him though, but don't have space/money for a pond! lol.

 

[Frogsarethapoop]

Hmm... Gotta find a place to put my frog when he gets big, I really wanna keep him though, but don't have space/money for a pond! lol.

Thats why you should do some research BEFORE you aquire a new pet.

 

[Ant Worker]

First of all, before you make yourself look like a retard by not asking questions FIRST, and imediatly thinking it was just an impulse buy. The 2 tadpoles I have came in with a shipment of goldfish, they weren't supposed to be there, I asked the staff about them and they gave them to me. I saved them from dieing, they were very very near death. I figured he was a bullfrog at the store, and I have a friend with a very large outdoor pond, that has frogs. I knew that if all else fails and I can't keep it if it requires too much, I can release it there (its a wild frog, just managed to make its way in with goldfish, no harm done). The other is looking to be a smaller species of frog, one thats more manageable, although I'm not 100% sure.

So please Frogsarethapoop, don't speak without thinking again.

 

[Frogsarethapoop]

I worked in a petstore for 4 years, and out of the 100 or so tadpoles that came in with the feeder goldfish shipments, every one of them was a bullfrog tadpole. That is reason number one why feeder goldfish are so nasty, BECAUSE THEY ARE FARMED OUTSIDE AND ARE OFTEN FULL OF PARASITES.

I did not assume it was an impulse buy, and in fact I read from your previous post exactly that you had taken them from work. However, that doesn't give you the right to be ignorant about an animal in your cares needs!

And you might want to take calling me a retard out of your post. That is how I got a suspension.

 

[Ant Worker]

I worked in a petstore for 4 years, and out of the 100 or so tadpoles that came in with the feeder goldfish shipments, every one of them was a bullfrog tadpole. That is reason number one why feeder goldfish are so nasty, BECAUSE THEY ARE FARMED OUTSIDE AND ARE OFTEN FULL OF PARASITES.

I did not assume it was an impulse buy, and in fact I read from your previous post exactly that you had taken them from work. However, that doesn't give you the right to be ignorant about an animal in your cares needs!

And you might want to take calling me a retard out of your post. That is how I got a suspension.

I'm aware that goldfish are full of parasites? I'm a fish keeper and I have a garter snake I know about fish parasites. Actually, what you may call " ignorance in my animal care needs ", is incorrect. I've provided them with food, bubbler, tank space, rocks to climb on when they have their legs coming in etc. I have done everything for these tadpoles, so you saying that was out of place. I had the plan of releasing them in my friends pond when I first got them, if they get too big and I can't keep them. How am I not caring for my animals? Tell me if you think you seem to know.

I didn't call you a retard either, I said you were making yourself look retarded, big difference. A person may not be retarded, but at time they can act like it.

 

[nickbachman]

ahem. do you guys know how big bullfrog tadpoles are??

EVERY tadpole that i've seen in the goldfish shipments of the many, many pet stores i've been to in my lifetime has been about the size of my thumb, NOT palm sized, like bullfrog tadpoles.

 

[Frogsarethapoop]

I had the plan of releasing them in my friends pond when I first got them, if they get too big and I can't keep them.

They are bullfrogs. Of course they are going to get big!!!

 

[bugmankeith]

I've seen both those tad's in the same tank. The bullfrog tads weren't as big as yours (1st pic), BUT, they were bullfrogs, just not extra large like in the wild.

Is the 2nd a Green Frog, or is that a bullfrog too?

 

[dtknow]

Bullfrog tads vary alot in size. I've seen froglets of bullfrogs come out of the water at an inch or so in poor conditions...and at 3.5 or so in good conditions(that'd be that big tadpole). Average is about 2 inches. The amount of food they get and the size of the pond partly controls that. I had a spawn of tadpoles in my pond...and as they are not native to CA tried killing them all(tough, as they lay 1000's of eggs). It was made easier when they all came out of the water at different sizes and eventually merged into fewer and fewer frogs.