homeYour Grow-A-Frog tadpole will need a little time to adjust to its new habitat. The 'normal' tadpole swimming position is 'head down - tail up' . It normally takes up to 24 hours for tadpoles to become adjusted to their new ecosystem and any changes in temperature.
Your Grow-a-Frog tadpole(s) leave our facility in optimal health. It is normal for them to become lethargic during metamorphosis, as many metabolic changes are taking place. If your tadpole is a little listless but seems otherwise O.K., its probably just a normal function of metamorphosis. If it is clearly lying on the side, however, there is problem. Please immediately change 1/4 of the water in the habitat with bottled spring water. If you KNOW that there is a problem, such as if someone has either put soap or sprayed insecticide in the room, then place your tadpole into the spring water bottle.
First of all, do NOT use tap water for tadpoles. It is a much better idea to leave your tadpole in the water that it came with than to use any kind of tap water. If you notice that the bottle says 'purified water', or even distilled water, it is in MOST cases O.K. to use that water until you can get some spring water. Purified water may, and distilled water does lack ions necessay for your tadpoles health and well being... however, a few hours in this water will not be harmful in most cases. Replace the purified or distilled water with spring water at your earliest convenience.
Use only bottled Spring Water to grow tadpoles. NEVER use tap water. Make sure source of the spring appears on the label of the bottled water as labeling may be otherwise confusing. Fill the Tad-pool with spring water. Leave an inch or so airspace at the top so your tadpole can breathe. Feed one LEVEL spoon of Stage One Food every day. Change 1/4 of the water once a week with bottled spring water. STOP feeding Stage One Food when the front arms emerge. START feeding STAGE TWO Food when your tadpole has about a 1/2 inch tail and looks very much like a frog.
The clear gallon, half gallon, or litre plastic bottle your spring water comes in makes an excellent emergency tadpole home.
Just cut the top off with a safety scissors if your Tad-pool (which is the clear, plex-aquarium that comes with the Original Growafrog Kit ) becomes lost, misplaced, broken, contaminated, or just plain unavailable.
Feed your tadpole one level spoon of Stage One Food daily. You may even put the Nutri-rocks and Deco-plant in there. If your Tad-pool has just been misplaced (and it is NOT contaminated by aerosol air fresheners or pesticides ), then just pour the water AND the tadpole back into the Tad-pool.
Please call the Gilly Hotline at 352 544 0333 before 4 pm Eastern Time, and we will make every effort to "get it there tomorrow". Please note that due to the very expensive cost of overnight, we must charge an additional $35.00 to the cost of your order. Overnight delivery in the Continental U.S. only. We deeply regret that since, at present time, there are no longer Sunday deliveries by any major service, any "NEXT DAY AIR" packages ordered on Saturday will arrive Monday morning. Also, there is a $15.00 additional surcharge for Friday orders requesting Saturday morning delivery.
First of all, please look in your mailbox to see if there is a small piece of paper that says "NOTICE OF ATTEMPTED DELIVERY". In many cases, your letter carrier has attempted to deliver the package and it is at your local Post Office.
Food orders, unless received on Sunday, are ALWAYS sent the same day we receive them. Tadpole and frog orders are sent at the beginning of the week. If you cannot find your shipment , please either call the Gilly Hotline at 352 544 0333 or E-mail us, and we will tell you the status of delivery.
Grow-a-Frogs are very friendly. Although it may look as if one frog (the boy) is trying to hurt the other frog, they are actually just holding eachother. Sometimes, this behavior can be an indication that the female is ready to lay eggs. Don't worry at all... this looks like it an "emergency", but it certainly is not.
Growafrogs are aquatic animals and need to remain moist. If your Growafrog it allowed to leave it's water habitat, it will attempt to seek dampness and water. Time is definitely of the essence. Look for your Growafrog in the bathroom 'behind the commode'. It will also likely end up in a corner of the room, or under a piece of furniture.
The amount of moisture in the air plays an vital role in determining how long they can remain out of water and not suffer any harm. In very hot, dry weather they may only survive for minutes. On the other hand, in damp, muggy, somewhat cool weather, they may survive for days...especially if the find some kind of water. Please keep looking for your frog ! When you find it, put it back in its aquatic habitat.
Growafrogs should be fed Stage Two Food twice daily, once in the morning and once in the evening. If they are hungry, they will eat. It's lots of fun to watch your frog enjoy its food !
If you don't observe it eating, in 99% of the cases it just means that your frog is not hungry at the moment you are observing it. Your frog WILL eat when it gets hungry.
We ALWAYS send food the day we receive your order. However, sometimes the morph occurs quickly, and people become surprised by how fast it occurs. In the event that your tad has morphed into a little frog with a long tail, it is very important that it eats. An excellent "emergency food" is raw, uncooked chicken liver. It is very bloody and the frogs are attracted to it. PLEASE feed the ABSOLUTE smallest piece possible ( we are talking pin head size ) to your frog, twice a day, until your Stage Two Food arrives. Caution: if the piece of liver is too big your newly morphed frog will not be able to eat it, or worse, choke on it...please use the absolute smallest piece you can slice.