Getting my frog today!!

[ejh805]

I'm so excited!
I'll be getting my frog today!
The pet store is about a 45 minute drive away, so I'll just be sitting here impatiently until they open at 12pm. Ugh!!

I'll be posting pictures when I bring him/her home

[deranged chipmunk]

ok, so let's see.....45 minutes there, an hour in the store and 45 minutes back, there should be pics up by now!! where are the pics??? LOL

[ejh805]

Haha had to wait up for my ol' man to get ready, then we got lost, and then we stopped for ice cream on the way home.
So HERE are the pictures! Isn't s/he pretty?
Not scared of me at all, either.


That little critter keeper is what s/he came home in, and I'm still waiting for substrate divider to come in for the 40 gal tank, so for now, I'm keeping him/her in a 20 gallon nursery pot set up as a temporary home. Right now he/shes about the size of an American quarter. I had one on the white backdrop for reference, but the frog didn't seem to want to pose next to it, so I just had to try n shoot while it was moving around.

[deranged chipmunk]

That is one good looking pyxie you got there Emily. Congrats!!!! Oh, and blaming us old guys is just mean.......lol

[ejh805]

That is one good looking pyxie you got there Emily. Congrats!!!! Oh, and blaming us old guys is just mean.......lol

Thanks it's a feisty thing.
Looking like a giant right? Not a dwarf? I'm so paranoid about that haha.
And not blaming him he just sleeps longer than I do lol


Also, is it normal for these guys to reject food with calcium/d3 powder on it?
I've been popping him/her crickets since the drive home, and when we got here and I gave him a couple more. The last one I coated with cal/d3 and when s/he got a lick of it, s/he spat out the cricket and rubbed the powder off his/her tongue with its little feet.

[deranged chipmunk]

You're asking questions i can't answer. Lol sorry, i know very little about pyxies. You should ask locasia or one of the other guys who are much more knowledgeable

[Wicked frogs]

Nice frog ya got there They sure do grow quick.

[ejh805]

Nice frog ya got there They sure do grow quick.

Thanks Tim
Have you ever had a pixie spit out a cricket because of the calcium powder it was coated with?

[Bruce]

Looks giant to me, although he does look a bit on the darker side. Nice looking!

[ejh805]

Looks giant to me, although he does look a bit on the darker side. Nice looking!

Yeah, it's coloring is pretty dark.
There were two others, and one was very light but a lot smaller.

[Bruce]

The main way to tell if its a dwarf or a giant is the stripes. One stripe down the middle is a dwarf. 3 stripes (one down the middle and 2 on the sides) is a giant.

[Wicked frogs]

No i haven't but then again my lil guy is a pig maybe he just don't care for it just keep trying and your frog for sure is a giant!

[ejh805]

The main way to tell if its a dwarf or a giant is the stripes. One stripe down the middle is a dwarf. 3 stripes (one down the middle and 2 on the sides) is a giant.

Bruce, thanks
s/he's got one in the middle, and two much wider ones down the sides.
I just remember reading someone on here said that the giants DON'T have the white spot on the ear? Or maybe I misunderstood.

[Bruce]

My giant had a spot there. He's a young male, growing very fast!

[ejh805]

Hope mine will be too
But even if it is a she, I'll still be happy. Love the little thing already.

[FriedrichsFrogs]

thats a cute little guy, the coloring is really nice too congratulations

[ejh805]

thats a cute little guy, the coloring is really nice too congratulations

Thank you, Jay ^_^
I was so happy to be able to find one locally.

[Wicked frogs]

If you don't mind me asking how much did you pay for that lil one? and was it a local pet store or a franchise?

[ejh805]

$50 with the critter keeper and 50 crickets.
And it's from a mom n pop type store near the beach I'm close to. The husband half of the owners has this HUGE male that he raised up from a baby and keeps in the store, and he wouldn't sell that one to me ;p

[Wicked frogs]

That's not a bad deal i love the mom and pop stores i would rather give my money to them then the lager chain stores even though i bought mine at petsmart lol but yea keep us posted i would like to see the little one grow!!!