After our wonderful experience with Butterflies last year I thought a frog habitat would be a better experience for my guys. So I dutifully order the habitat and sent off for the tadpoles. (fine print? I don’t need to read no stinking fine print!!)
So, we shelve the frog habitat and wait for our tadpoles to arrive! And, finally, last Friday they arrived while I was visiting my sister. DH bravely (lol) set up the habitat and introduced the tadpoles to their new home.
We’ve been watching, feeding, watching and recording all their little movements – in fact, today we saw nubs where their legs or arms will soon appear. The freaky thing is that our tadpoles seem bound and determined to commit suicide! They keep jumping out of the water – I’ve become obsessed with keeping these tadpoles IN the water! I do NOT have time for this!!!
Today I decide that I’d better actually read the fine print about these frogs. I guess we’d better name them cause I just read they are going to live for 5 years!!! I naively thought we could just let them go after they became frogs – maybe we’d keep them until next Spring when it would be warmer out – but that was the extent of my charity! Well, it seems they are not equipped to live outside, by themselves. AND, I have to buy and feed them LIVE crickets! Ugh, ugh, ugh!
So, be warned – if you think tadpoles might be a fun little adventure – be sure to read the fine print!!!!
PS J2 just named them – We are pleased (?!?!) to announce the addition of two new pets – Puddles and Friend. I need an aspirin!
