Experiment - Feeding Tadpoles In Your Wildlife Garden Pond

[@drekpaprika]

Great stuff. I am so happy that somebody else is doing experiments like this :) My pond is made of steinless steal that used to part of a giant wine press. Yesterday the first dragonfly adult emerged :)

[@tjs5960]

Ypu nailed it humans ruined everything world wide. Very sad. Thanks for great tips and new ideas. Thank you. Its snowing in Michigan

[@mothballjim]

Great video as always

[@michellejones-thewonkygard452]

This is wonderful, I knew that you had to feed them meat later on in their development, but I didn't realize that they need more food during the initial growth phase. Thank you so much for this experiment!

[@Calastein]

My pleasure….I’ve discovered that they are essentially all pigs and will eat almost anything, I bet they’d even have a nibble on me if I fell in! 😂🤣😂

[@MarkyBigSmoke]

Brilliant! Thanks so much for this info. I had no idea! I’ll store it for future use if I ever get any in my pond! All the best

[@Calastein]

My pleasure my wildlife friend x

[@wildlifegardener-tracey6206]

I’ll definitely try more for the captive tadpoles I gave to my local nursery to observe, we have them back for the Easter holiday never would have thought to add fruit. Very interesting. Mason wasp Ancistrocerus species I think at the end, hard to identify which one as there are so many and I couldn’t see clearly.

[@jameswest6085]

Just chuck some ham in and watch them swarm😂 Good video

[@Calastein]

I’ve been trying pieces of cat food from early on but I think they only eat ‘meat’ from a certain point in their metamorphosis as they weren’t interested. I’ll try some later though, perhaps they’ve become carnivorous?

[@jameswest6085]

@@Calastein true that Mine grew up early so they are pretty ravenous now

[@mothballjim]

Look at the video I just uploaded. It’s doing really well 🐝

[@scotchcrofter9964]

Awesome

[@hermanhale9258]

Thank you! First year tending some tadpoles. They don't seem interested much in anything I try to feed them.

[@Calastein]

if all else fails, fish food!

[@hermanhale9258]

@@Calastein Today, I noticed they went for the fish flakes. I also gave them some boiled green pepper, they liked that. Thank you for this video. I have thrown various leaves that people say are edible for humans in with them, but the only one they seemed to be interested in was the plantain - the kind that grows in cracks in concrete. They appeared to be nibbling holes in the unboiled leaves.