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Nyxie
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A question about frogs in Michigan 
Hello everyone. My sister in law has some tadpoles that she is raising in her home. We found the eggs in a pond on my parents property in Michigan. She has about 11 tadpoles currently, but she only wants to keep 1 or 2 as pets as she doesn’t have the space in her home for 11. Here is the problem: she’s not sure if it’s legal to even have these tadpoles, so she’s hesitant to take them into a pet store. Since we live in Michigan and it’s the end of October she absolutely doesn’t want to put them outside to freeze to death. Does anyone here have any information about what course of action to take with these frogs? Unfortunately we have no idea what type of frogs they are. Thank you so much in advance for any and all help & advice.
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10/29/09 03:03pm
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Sh0e
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Message To: Nyxie In reference to Message Id: 2089734
A question about frogs in Michigan
I would see if you have a local herp society. There are usually state Herpetological societies in each state. They might be able to put you in contact with someone who can take care of the extra tadpoles. How bit are they? If you hurry and release them depending on temperatures they might be able to hibernate, but it is really late in Michigan for that. You can ask a pet store, even if they won’t take them, they might have information on state legislation.
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10/29/09 07:22pm
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#2089841
Nyxie
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Message To: Sh0e In reference to Message Id: 2089819
A question about frogs in Michigan
Thanks!
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10/29/09 08:39pm
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FroggerMI
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Message To: Nyxie In reference to Message Id: 2089841
A question about frogs in Michigan
There are no issues with keeping local species tadpoles, or frogs in MI. You don’t have to worry about them freezing to death as the late summer/fall clutches are well adapted to spending a winter in hibernation. Many species take a couple to a few years to actually mature with the tads hibernating and then they morph the next year and then hibernate another winter before even loosing their tails.
Depending on the species they are adapted to completely freezing or they swim to the very bottom or water beds and hibernating in the cold waters.
Do you have any photos of your tads? Given the time of the hatch and that they are in your pond my guess is they are Green Frogs (Rana clamitans melanota). They are one of the few that continue breeding into the late summer early fall, they prefer ponds and they are very quickly taking over the state :)
Have fun with them they are fun to watch.
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11/06/09 12:04pm
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