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13-Feb-08, 04:14 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-08 Location: Sydney Age/Gender: 18  | | |
Hey All
I'm very interested in purchasing a male and female frogs.. i dont know what type yet.. the green tree frogs are very nice but i still dont know what i want.. i was just wondering if you guy and gals could help me out. 
1. What would be a good pair of frogs to start with?
2.Are they easy to keep?
3.What type of Enclosure do you need? Heating,lights stuff like that?
4.Whats The Best Food For Them?.
5.When Are Breeding Seasons?
6.Pricing range of a pair?
I think thats about it.. if i've left anything out please do so i'd like to gather as much infomation i can!
Cheers,
C.J |
13-Feb-08, 06:16 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Nov-05 Location: melbourne | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by SyKeD  1. What would be a good pair of frogs to start with? | Litoria caerulea, Green Tree Frog are the frog we recommend for starting out, they are the most forgiving of mistakes, more likely to let you handle them etc. (a bit like the bearded dragon of the lizard world.)
But they are not the easiest to breed. Although as you are in Sydney you could set up an outdoor enclosure for breeding season which may help. Quote:
Originally Posted by SyKeD .Are they easy to keep? | I think so. I have a dozen different frogs and 6 more on the way. Quote:
Originally Posted by SyKeD .What type of Enclosure do you need? Heating,lights stuff like that? | It will depend on what frog you decide to get, but basically a water tight enclosure, mesh lid, u.v, and a aquarium heater in the water section. They are known as brilliant escape artists as well. You can visit www.frogs.org.au/community/ for a variety of care sheet links. Quote:
Originally Posted by SyKeD .Whats The Best Food For Them?. | Crickets, roaches, flies, moths (Insects). Calcium supplements. Quote:
Originally Posted by SyKeD .When Are Breeding Seasons? | Spring through summer Quote:
Originally Posted by SyKeD .Pricing range of a pair? | It will depend on age and type. You can get morphs from $10, adults around $50. Sometimes there aren’t many around, it takes patience. |
13-Feb-08, 08:20 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Jun-06 Age: 34 | | | | I look after frogs at the park I do volunteer work with. The green tree frogs are the easiest - one of them swallowed my finger today. He missed the meat and had my whole finger in his mouth. Lucky they don't have teeth but boy he hung on - lol, it was so cute. We also have bells tree frogs - they require higher humidity than the GTFs - they have a fogger in with the bells for maintaining the humidity and heat - both enclosures have UV lights. Hope that helps a bit.
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13-Feb-08, 08:21 PM
| | Subscriber | Join Date: Jun-06 Age: 34 | | | | Skye on the 16th (I think) there is a expo in Newcastle - there will be frogs there for you to see - I can't go, but would love to see how many different varieties of frogs there are
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13-Feb-08, 08:32 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-08 Location: Cairns QLD Gender: | | | There is a good (and cheap) book on keeping Australian frogs, go to... http://www.reptilepublications.com.a...2&pgid=4&rec=0
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13-Feb-08, 08:36 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-08 Location: Sydney Age/Gender: 18 | | | thanks for your information guys, keep it coming !.
Meshe1969 - I'm looking into a Amphibian License as we speak!. And the site you gave me I'll register to it and see what there opinions are on the what i am asking and if they could give me ideas on how to build a nice comfortable enclosure for my new pets (when i get them)
mysnakesau - oh really? could you pm with some details I'd love to go up there and check it out if i can get some time during the day |
14-Feb-08, 08:34 AM
|  | Jellybean Club Subscriber | Join Date: Feb-06 Location: Hobbiton, Middle Earth. Gender: | | | | Join the Frog and Tadpole Study Group, they meet at homebush on the 4th? Friday of the month, they sell cheap homeless frogs at the meeting. Go with the Common Green tree frog, easy to look after due to their variable tolerances to temps and humidity. Rainforest Sp's can be a bit tricky, keeping the temps low and the humidity high, Northern Sp's will need higher temps. Common GTF's only need a warm room (around 25), as they are naturally found in Sydney. I have never bothered with UV and havn't had any problems keeping and breeding frogs. GTF's live for a very long time, I had one that I caught as an adult when I was a kid, it died a few year ago, I had it for 17 years. Breeding frogs is a whole different ball game, depending on the Sp's can be hard, costly, and time consuming. | |
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