Guilty... :)

[Lija]

well.....
went to the store for 1 frog ( malaysian horned) got 2 of them and when i got home i found this little guy in my bag and absolutely no memory how he got there :lol:




and his "hello" was as you see in pic 1 and 3, last pic in his home after 2 pieces of nightcrawler and one small ball of pac food.

[Bruce]

Ahh, I see you now suffer from stage 3 frog addiction! No memory of new frogs

Cute little guy! I wouldn't feed him over those wood chips though. Be careful with those!

[Lija]

they were in a container he lived before, I don't use those chips, ever, had to feed him here, otherwise he would have eaten me :lol:

[perfectlypierced]

Cute little frogger!

[Heatheranne]

Ha ha! This seems to be a frequent dilemma here...cute little stinkers just follow us home . She's a cutie!

[DeeDub]

Could be Rhino's twin when she was that size.

[Lija]

Could be Rhino's twin when she was that size.

do you have pic of yours? now when i have 2 ornates: one sitting currently at 4.5" and this little guy that she could eat in one gulp, it is so hard to believe she was that size 3 month ago, had to look for the pictures to be sure she actually was that small.

[Lija]

picture update now 2 months later my boy is about 3"

[GrifTheGreat]

picture update now 2 months later my boy is about 3"

Looks to be in excellent health.

[Lija]

funny though, he looks happy and cute in the pics, while in reality he always looks mean and grumpy

[DeeDub]

Lija, sorry I never did reply to your post asking what Rhino looked like. If you don't mind I'll post a pic here.

[aluras]

picture update now 2 months later my boy is about 3"

what, no fingers in these pictures?

[Herpguy]

I love ornatas so much, they are head and shoulders above cranwellis in appearance and appetite in my opinion. Also, over on fatfrogs Minhaoco said that he is pretty sure ornata is the largest species, as he has kept and bred basically all the species for years in S. America, and has never seen aurita much over the 6" mark, but has plenty of ornata larger than that.

[Lija]

what, no fingers in these pictures?

hahaha at some point you learn to have a healthy dose of respect, but to be honest he is not going for fingers much now, complete opposite of my female, nobody in our household are brave enough to even open a door of her tank

[Lija]

I love ornatas so much, they are head and shoulders above cranwellis in appearance and appetite in my opinion. Also, over on fatfrogs Minhaoco said that he is pretty sure ornata is the largest species, as he has kept and bred basically all the species for years in S. America, and has never seen aurita much over the 6" mark, but has plenty of ornata larger than that.

I love both, but ornates growth rate and appetite is shocking to say the least and when you have 5-6 month old "baby" who is over 6" it is very impressive.

[GrifTheGreat]

I love both, but ornates growth rate and appetite is shocking to say the least and when you have 5-6 month old "baby" who is over 6" it is very impressive.

Lmao! I'm sketical about referring to Ornates having huge appetites because not all individuals do. I've seen and have a Cranwelli that's appetite surpasses my ornates. It is funny though. So many differences between individuals of each species.

[Lija]

that is true Grif, they all are different even within same species, different hunting technique too, it is funny how my big one would go for food ( fingers, anything moving lol), you know it, you've seen so many times and still it is a bit scary while little one is pretty lazy, like he does you a favor by eating his food.
but still i think majority of ornates are more aggressive eaters.

[Louis Charles Bruckner]

Last night I had to go and get more crickets since I am going out of town fro the next few days.
I always stop and look at the reptile case and low and behold that was a small carrier
inside of the bearded dragon enclosure. I looked closer and it was a baby packman frog
halfway buried under the water dish that was empty.

I wanted so bad to rescue it. I asked to see the manager and showed him what was going on
and that it was gross neglect to the frog.
to live next to a full sized bearded dragon and have no water and dry substrate.

But if I came home with another mouth to feed my wife would divorce me.

I felt so bad for that little soul.

[GrifTheGreat]

that is true Grif, they all are different even within same species, different hunting technique too, it is funny how my big one would go for food ( fingers, anything moving lol), you know it, you've seen so many times and still it is a bit scary while little one is pretty lazy, like he does you a favor by eating his food.
but still i think majority of ornates are more aggressive eaters.

Yes the majority are, but I just never refer to them this way, but I'm a fan of each species so I guess my opinion is biased Lol!

Females are more aggressive than the males though so that explains why you must be careful around your big girl

[GrifTheGreat]

Last night I had to go and get more crickets since I am going out of town fro the next few days.
I always stop and look at the reptile case and low and behold that was a small carrier
inside of the bearded dragon enclosure. I looked closer and it was a baby packman frog
halfway buried under the water dish that was empty.

I wanted so bad to rescue it. I asked to see the manager and showed him what was going on
and that it was gross neglect to the frog.
to live next to a full sized bearded dragon and have no water and dry substrate.

But if I came home with another mouth to feed my wife would divorce me.

I felt so bad for that little soul.

It's sad, but we can't save them all. I see this kind of situation all to often and all we can do is explain to the store what's wrong and hope the follow it.