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    Wellll went to the fish store to check out their plants and visit the frogs and ended up bringing another home. I really can't be trusted in that place. I just can't resist the cuteness of those babies! I've bought 2 froglets from them in the past and they have both grown into really large and beautiful ladies. I'm still hoping to get a borealis or some other interesting type in the near future, but I just couldn't pass this girl up. I've never see a frog quite this color before. She is a very pale green, almost yellow, with dark eyes and blueish gray stripes and spots. She is gorgeous in person, I just wish the photos would do her some justice. Since she is a pretty good size I decided to offer her some guppies (I had picked up a dozen tiny feeders for my adults). She downed FOUR of them!! I love her voracious appetite. She is going to be a beast, I can already tell. I named her Pip, for Pipidae (original lol, i know). After a month in quarentine with lots of food I'm hoping that she'll be big enough to move in with the colony. Right now though she would make a tastey morsel for my big female. New Xenopus laevis froglet-swimminsteve-albums-pip-picture30958-img-2859.jpgNew Xenopus laevis froglet-swimminsteve-albums-pip-picture30960-img-2870.jpgNew Xenopus laevis froglet-swimminsteve-albums-pip-picture30959-img-2868.jpg I took a video of her handfeeding guppies. I'll post it later if I can figure out how to.

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    Default Re: New Xenopus laevis froglet

    Very cute! How do you know that she is a female? Or are you just guessing

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    Default Re: New Xenopus laevis froglet

    Nice frog, looks like a very light wildtype or something.

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    Default Re: New Xenopus laevis froglet

    Thanks guys! I can already see a very small "tail". It is easier to see when the frog is a light color. I was able to tell on an albino female when she was even smaller than this one! There is always the chance that I could be wrong, but right now it looks female.

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    Very cute! I'll be interested to see if her color changes as she matures. My froglet looked very similar when I first brought him home, but has gotten slightly darker as he has grown.

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    Yes, I'd be more surprised if it didn't change. Apart from the regular albinos, most froglets' color changes quite a bit as the grow. However, I've never had a froglet her color, so I'll have to see how much she darkens. I'm hoping she'll stay lighter than my other wild-types. You never know though, she could just be temporarily pale from a poor diet. Only time will tell.

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    Pip eats a guppy.
    ...And my cat says hello lol.


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    Cute frog! Very neat that you can hand feed it. Your kitty is too cute too! S/he just wanted to pet Pip. lol!
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    Default Re: New Xenopus laevis froglet

    She is already darkening in colour.

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    Quote Originally Posted by toxxxickitten View Post
    Cute frog! Very neat that you can hand feed it. Your kitty is too cute too! S/he just wanted to pet Pip. lol!
    Thanks! And yes, the kitty is a big fan of my frogs lol.

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    Default Re: New Xenopus laevis froglet

    Quote Originally Posted by SanderB View Post
    She is already darkening in colour.
    That video is actually from the first day I had her. She wasn't quite as dark as it made her look.

    Here is a photo of her from today. She is getting much rounder. She is a hardy little thing. She is also darker, definitely a pale green still, but without the yellow hue.
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    Default Re: New Xenopus laevis froglet

    what a cutie! I had one about that shade several years ago (of course, she was the one who figured out how to get out of the tank while I was gone, and really didn't enjoy playing with the cat either!) I am hoping one of my new babies will be of a lighter shade, but can't tell quite yet. Good luck!

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