Slow Worm

[Neal 1,854]

We had one last summer which had young too. As you say...very pretty little things. Unfortunately we discovered a few days later that they can be cannibalistic so we had to split them up!

 

It was a good feeling, releasing some of the young, after previously only looking after them temporarily and then releasing them with the adults we've had.

 

But the toads win hands down every time as pets...not quite as good as dogs but...hang on...toad x whippet...now that sounds interesting.

[forest of dean redneck 11,524]

Here you go Neal wifes pet African bullfrog ,only a youngster

[krawnden 1,036]

Great photos malt

[Neal 1,854]

Thanks forest of dean redneck; he'll love that.

 

We saw one at a recent reptiles and amphibians event in Portsmouth. It was the one thing he really wanted to stroke but they wouldn't let him as they tend to bite and have a vice like grip. This one was about the size of a dinner plate!

[forest of dean redneck 11,524]

Yeah they get big,I seen that one eat 2 crickets at same time,eats about 6-8 a night.

[Greyman 27,973]

Yeah they get big,I seen that one eat 2 crickets at same time,eats about 6-8 a night.

when my son was younger I got him a pair of African clawed frogs, not the biggest frog by a long way, but what they could shove down there throat would have put your average porn star to shame, they live in water and never get out, there diet is fish, but when you see a 3" frog eating a 2" fish it looked like a sword swallower, I,m quite happy to be past the pet stage now, it can turn into a full time job

[Neal 1,854]

I've never known a summer like it for amphibians (and reptiles to a certain extent too). Apart from the frogs I see every February spawning in my local wood, we've only seen maybe a handful of frogs and palmate newts over the last ten years or so but this year we see at least one amphibian every trip out.

 

Maybe it's a particularly good year for them but I'm more inclined to think it's because my son, Oscar, and I are spending a lot more time actively searching for them.

 

Under one single piece of wood alongside a local school we've found common frogs, common toads, short-tailed field voles and wood mice. I'm loving it...it's like being a kid again!