italian pixie owner ;)

[arci90]

guys?

[arci90]

if nobody wants to reply me i make another question

what do u think about use of UVB lamps for pixies? its totally useless? or maybe good?

[GRABibus]

UVB can be useful because with UVB, the frog can fix calcium in a better way (No necessary to add D3 in food).
But, if UVB lamp is too strong, it can be dangerous because their skin is sensitive.
If you add a UVB lamp, you have to be careful that it will not warm the frog.

Just use a normal lamp with UVA, and add calcium + D3 to food.

Calcium => 1 to 2 times a week
Calcium + D3 => 2 times per month

[arci90]

UVB can be useful because with UVB, the frog can fix calcium in a better way (No necessary to add D3 in food).
But, if UVB lamp is too strong, it can be dangerous because their skin is sensitive.
If you add a UVB lamp, you have to be careful that it will not warm the frog.

Just use a normal lamp with UVA, and add calcium + D3 to food.

Calcium => 1 to 2 times a week
Calcium + D3 => 2 times per month

mmm...seriously? cause i have only caclium+D3, i havent single calcium....and my frog has calcium+D3 or 2 or 3 times a week....

[GRABibus]

My reptile vet and "amphibians and reptiles" specialists that I know told me about it.
Too much vitamins for amphibians can damage their kidneys for example.

[GRABibus]

Kidney failure/metabolic bone disease/ vitamin D supplements in reptiles and amphibians (lizard, snake, turtle, tortoise, frog, salamander)

[arci90]

i read that diseaes are fault of phosphorum, but in my calcium+D3 there isnt...

[GRABibus]

Do what you want

[arci90]

hi guys i was scared about take my frog in my hands...but 3 days ago i started try this and i liked it my frog is so sweet and nice

but i want to make a question...our frogs like it too? or we have to take them ONLY IF need?

cause i saw a thing...the frog was usual to defecate in water....always in water...but, after the day i took him in my hands, he started to defecate also in coco substrate...

its a coincidence? or maybe i stressed my frog?

[arci90]

hi guys i was scared about take my frog in my hands...but 3 days ago i started try this and i liked it my frog is so sweet and nice

but i want to make a question...our frogs like it too? or we have to take them ONLY IF need?

cause i saw a thing...the frog was usual to defecate in water....always in water...but, after the day i took him in my hands, he started to defecate also in coco substrate...

its a coincidence? or maybe i stressed my frog?

Please help

[Sublime]

Water helps them defecate, but they will also poop in the dirt if they choose to. There's nothing wrong with a frog pooping on dirt; the water is just easier to clean because then you can change the water and put it back in.

[Sublime]

Don't use a UVB lamp unless you're growing live plants in your terrarium. A lot easier to supplement calcium + d3 in their diet and will leave your frog safer in the long run because not worrying about too much UVB exposure. Get Repashy SuperCal LoD (calcium and with small amounts of d3) and Repashy SuperVite (multivitamin). Very good product, plus it would be very hard to overdose your frog because of the micro-fine powder. I use Repashy SuperCal 2 times a week and SuperVite once a week. Try it out, guarantee you'll stick with it.

[arci90]

Thank you. Another question about living plants: Hedera is dangerous for the frog? maybe he can eat a leaf while hunting a cricket. Someone has experienced something similar?

[Sublime]

Thank you. Another question about living plants: Hedera is dangerous for the frog? maybe he can eat a leaf while hunting a cricket. Someone has experienced something similar?

I have no experience with what live plants are safe for frogs, hopefully someone else can jump into this thread and help you out. Go into the vivarium sub forum to see if anyone is discussing live plants that are safe. Or you can do a quick Google tag search in the following format: "What live plants are safe frogforum".

[GRABibus]

Hedera is toxic.
Hope it will be ok for your frog.

[arci90]

hi guys, im really scared for a thing: yesterday, in my frog feces i saw 2 small white things, like small stones...but when i try to touch these small things, they are really flabby...

my frog doesnt have strange behavior, so i dont know...

what can that be?

ps: my frog just ate croackroaches

[GrifTheGreat]

hi guys, im really scared for a thing: yesterday, in my frog feces i saw 2 small white things, like small stones...but when i try to touch these small things, they are really flabby...

my frog doesnt have strange behavior, so i dont know...

what can that be?

ps: my frog just ate croackroaches

If you are feeding your frog worms like Night Crawlers, sometimes there will be one that doesn't digest all the way and its skin or body will remain in your frogs excrement undigested and appear blobby, Also sometimes their will be mucus around some objects that have been accidentally ingested while hunting and eating. If your frog appears to have normal behavior and the feces were not runny your frog should be fine. Also be sure to look for parasitic worms in your frogs feces. They are not very hard to spot when you break apart the feces. It is always a good idea to examine the frogs feces after every bowel movement to look for parasites and anything out of the ordinary.

[arci90]

really nice answer anyway my frog feces now are normal, and that one was an accidentally episode ihope well

i have another question: can i feed my frog with dendrobaena veneta worms? or they are toxic?

[GrifTheGreat]

really nice answer anyway my frog feces now are normal, and that one was an accidentally episode ihope well

i have another question: can i feed my frog with dendrobaena veneta worms? or they are toxic?

I don't know what those are. Go to the feeder section of the forum and ask there.

http://www.frogforum.net/food-feeder...culturing-etc/

[arci90]

hi guys! my pixie at the moment is 8 months old...today i gave a mouse to my frog: my frog, before attacking, swell and deflate is body...maybe frogs prepare their stomach if they see a large prey?

another question: my frog took the mouse, killed him and started to eat...the mouse was quite entirely eaten, but at the end my frog spitted the mouse and didnt eat him is this normal? i have to leave the dead mouse in terrarium or i have to get off?