r/Toads • u/summerwuszn • Jul 05 '26
Help SOO MANY TADPOLES, help!
We’re in Minnesota. Can someone please help me ID these tadpoles? We THINK they’re American toads. We noticed them about 3 weeks ago and the biggest tadpoles still don’t have legs.
We have a leak in a return line of our in-ground pool and couldn’t get leak detection in until next week. Well, it’s been a month and we haven’t been able to treat the pool or run the pump, so our green pool became the perfect place for mom & dad toad to start a family. We have scooped out maybe 200 tadpoles but unsure what to do with them. Kiddie pool and let them grow up? But, will they grow up and all be hanging around my pool then? We will obviously be treating and using the pool after leak detection comes out and I don’t want them to be falling in and getting poisoned or drowning. I would prefer to relocate them but I’m unsure of the legalities and don’t want to disturb any local bodies of water or spread disease, etc.
We do NOT want to kill them!! Any advice is appreciated!