Alex
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Post by Alex on Sept 26, 2006 17:53:19 GMT
Anyone else keep these outdoors? I've had mine in for a couple of years and they always come through the winter ok. I had the idea after hearing about the colony that lives/lived and bred on the Isle of Wight. The only problem i've encountered was this summer when a young Grass Snake pinched a couple of the sub-adults (the Xenopus are enclosed, but the young Natrix crawled through the 'protective' (!) netting. Just as a matter of interest i regularly see Grass Snakes, Slow-Worms and Common lizards in my garden, as well as Great Crested Newts and Common Toads .
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Post by Killian on Sept 26, 2006 19:18:01 GMT
I have heard about them breeding in the UK in the wild but I have never tried it. mine live in a heated tank in my room but I do live quite far north. do yours breed ok outside?
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Alex
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Post by Alex on Sept 26, 2006 21:40:32 GMT
No, haven't bred them yet but fingers crossed, when more have reached maturity, i'll have some luck next summer
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Post by brimstonefox on Apr 3, 2007 10:27:43 GMT
Hi, I don't wish to be a party-pooper but where xenopus have escaped to breed in the wild in this country, they have caused serious problems for the indigenous species, upseting the local ecology. I don't think its something you really want to encourage.
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Post by Killian on Apr 6, 2007 1:15:56 GMT
This site does not condone the release of any non native amphibians into the wild and promotes amphibians being kept in secure enclosures that the animals cannot escape from!
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Alex
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Post by Alex on Jun 1, 2007 9:43:31 GMT
Hi, I don't wish to be a party-pooper but where xenopus have escaped to breed in the wild in this country, they have caused serious problems for the indigenous species, upseting the local ecology. I don't think its something you really want to encourage. Give me a break! I doubt any member of this forum would have any intention of releasing non-native animals into the wild. I'm fully involved with the conservation of our native herpetofauna, and over the years have put many hours into local conservation tasks. As far as I know, Xenopus have not caused 'serious' problems in the wild, the IOW colony actually got washed away in a landslip some years ago.
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mickp
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Post by mickp on Apr 22, 2010 19:41:51 GMT
Cleaned some weed out of a small pool that I have in the back garden and discovered three albino clawed frogs that I put outside last summer and failed to recapture before winter. They looked extremely plump and healthy. These are animals that I bred myself, the shop bought adults did not survive. Interestingly, this small pool stays green and full of daphnia possibly because the xenopus keep churning over the bottom.
Mike
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Post by Killian on Apr 26, 2010 12:09:23 GMT
That is very interesting I would have thought they would have perished especially this year with such a hard winter!
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