As a child I remember our pets were often not the norm. We would go to the town park where their was a big pond and collect gallon canning jars full of tadpoles, bringing them home to keep as pets, watching them turn from tadpoles into frogs.
There were kept in the cellar and fed fish food until after their legs developed, then were put in a large glass container that allow a place with land and water. It was always quite interesting watching as the back legs developed before the front legs and then as they grew into adult bullfrogs. I must say that our parent's were not really happy with our collection of tadpoles, and usually most of them were returned to the pond, allowing us to keep only a few. And even a few can become quite nerve-racking when the crocking starts.
It always seemed that we were happy to give most of them up because it is hard to keep up with supplying enough food for a few bullfrogs. In the wild bullfrogs eat anything they can catch. This includes birds and mice, snakes and small fish, and crayfish. We fed them earthworms and crickets, and grasshoppers. As they grew larger we were instructed to return them to the wild so they could mate and lay masses of eggs, and live happily ever after. Besides being kept awake all night was not something our parents enjoyed. If you have never heard the crocking of a bullfrog your in for a real treat by following this link.
If you would like more information about bullfrogs as pets then follow this link to learn more about them.
http://allaboutfrogs.org/info/species/bullfrog.html
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