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EL Kadstrom
1954
Growth Bufo hybrids
Oct. 7 complete diet for young amphibia, since Dyula
never survived well on flies alone (personal
communication)
Oct. 8 10:10 A.M. 3 young of group force fed have
died. One had received heavy injection of liver mash,
and I suspect its digestive tract may have been
ruptured.
Added vestigial-winged fruit-flies today. No
signs of feeding. One of eldest, living toads
(3 mm. tail bud) is bloated as if it did
receive the liver mash. The water at one end of
aquarium had particles of the mash this A.M.
Some of the injected mash must have been later
regurgitated by the toad.
Oct. 10 Another recently metamorphosed toad dead. Small meal
worms placed in aquarium untouched. I added
a few more Drosophila.
Oct 12 another dead this morning. 3 remaining are their
but active.
Oct 14 3 still alive. I now on trying the insect
"funnel technique" using a long to sieve
tiny insects from leaf litter. Water gotten from
edge of Strawberry Creek W side of MU2. Poor
yield first 8 hours, but few ants & mites (?)
added to food aquarium.