Red eye tree frog eggs!

[CJ PELCHER]

SO after 3 weeks of breeding and 14 frogs I have EGGS once again! YAH ME =)

[flybyferns]

Congratulations , CJ !
Good luck with them.
Lynn

[1Dumpy]

Congrats man! Just curious, what do you do with the eggs. Do you sell them or keep the babies?

[DemFluids]

Nice!
What method do you use as far as getting them to breed. What is your temperature, m/f ratio, size, rain cycle etc? I have been getting my 2.2 group to breed and I have having issues w/ them finishing the deed (i have a post in this forum under tree frogs). Maybe I just need to be patient....Thanks and congrats

[CJ PELCHER]

1DUMPY: I will keep the eggs and let them morph into froglets. Once froglets I am not sure what ill do with them. Either Keep them and get another Tank. I do know for sure PET KINGDOM of Dan Diego wants me to be their Personal Red Eyed Tree Frog Breeder. I might do that under the condition that i change the terrarium they keep them in now until they sell. THe moisture conditions are no where near par for them in the pet store. Im in their daily checking on the ones they do have to make sure they are still healthy.

DemFluids: Ive posted pictures of the live Vivarium / Rain chamber Set up i have in my house. I have 14 RETFs. 6 Females 8 Males. (for better reproduction you should have more males. If you notice they will shake leaves and jump on one another to fight over the female. The female will see that and it will help her with breeding as well. As of now I only have 4 Females Ready for Breeding. The others did not get fat enough. Now i read your post. so heres what i have. 80 Gallon Live vivarium/ rain chamber combo. 60% of it is water /40% land. Its about 6 inches deep of water with plenty of branches/vines for the frogs to climb down or on if they want to get in or out of water. THey do this often. Humidity at night ranges from 70-75% I have an automatic mister / Rain system. I only turn the rain on at night and its a LIGHT ran drops.. Its not a heavy rain like you see in most videos off youtube... it drips rather than squirt out due to too much pressure. Also. Make sure before you try to start breeding them that the HUMIDITY is about 55-60% Temperature Ranges from 70-80 Degrees F. for a couple weeks to a month before you start the high humidity / rain system. If its been more than a week and your female has not put in effort into laying eggs (getting into to the water and absorbing water) Also you female may not be ready -OR- she does not feel comfortable enough due to much handling of the owner or its just not natural enough simulated spring time for her. Also I did notice this. My frogs only laid eggs after the ACTUAL rainstorm we had here in san diego. So Barometric Pressure Does have an influence on their success. If your frog is wild caught DO NOT HANDLE HER DURING THE PROCESS OF BREEDING. I have 2 females that will not lay eggs at all and get mounted often by the males. the males will fall off after 2-5 days and give up. I cant explain it.. They are super fat but wont lay eggs. SO i guess i am having the same problem as you. Just didnt seem to bother me soo much since I do have eggs out of the other 4 females. Ive done everything there is to do when breeding...But those females just wont lay eggs. I hope this helps. =/ I wish you luck. -CJ

[exasperatus2002]

Congratulations! Are there any breeders or online sources the sell treefrog tadpoles? I saw once on one of theboards a 2 yr old post, but never got a response when I im'd the breeder recently.

[CJ PELCHER]

I would imagine tadpoles are hard to ship.. Id sell you some..but im not experienced at all with live animal shipping... sorry... i do not know of any either.

[Heatheranne]

Congrats! I hope you'll share photos as they morph and grow .

[CJ PELCHER]

As promised... DAY 3! You can see the tadpole developments now!!

[Heatheranne]

Amazing!

[frankypooh]

That is awesome!!! I can't wait to see the whole process!!!

[CJ PELCHER]

TODAY I HAVE TADPOLES....DAY 6!! I still have about 20 more eggs developing....so about a total of 30 fertile eggs with tadpole development!! I have attached a photo of my tadpole aquarium and soon to be froglett live vivarium with waterfall. and of course one of my 30 tadpoles!

[Heatheranne]

Yay!!!

[frankypooh]

Nice, my daughter is loving to see the updates!! She LOVES frogs, (we have two RETF) , and she is loving the fact that she gets to see the development from egg to frog!!

[CJ PELCHER]

Well it is now 9 days since the first batch of (4 groups) eggs have been laid. 30 of them are live and healthy tadpoles who are VERY ACTIVE...swim all over the place...I woke up this morning to find 3 more batches of eggs from another mating pair i have!!! I was very excited!!!

[CJ PELCHER]

Nice, my daughter is loving to see the updates!! She LOVES frogs, (we have two RETF) , and she is loving the fact that she gets to see the development from egg to frog!!

Keep in mind frankypoo the process from tadpole to froglett is the longest with a 2-3 month wait! But i will post more pictures every week !!

[ICFrogs]

That is So Fricken Awesome!!! Cant Wait to see the pics!
I just Lost one of my Whites....Was thinking of getting some Red Eyes.

Thanks for Sharing!

[CJ PELCHER]

Today i checked day 2 of the second mating pairs eggs and they are already started to change form of a tadpole!! MUCH FASTER development in these new eggs...also all 3 batches are FERTILE this time!! YAH... so it looks like i will have over 120 red eye tree frogs for sale!!! Anyone wants one let me know on my profile page.

[flybyferns]

Congrats CJ
Is there a show near-by you that you can do?
Or contact a vendor .....that is on a vendor list .....at a show near you.
Perhaps you could share a table? September-ish show?

Have fun-Lynn

[CJ PELCHER]

Congrats CJ
Is there a show near-by you that you can do?
Or contact a vendor .....that is on a vendor list .....at a show near you.
Perhaps you could share a table? September-ish show?

Have fun-Lynn

Lynn,

Id love to do a show. I just wouldn't know where to start here in san diego. Let me try to find your vendors list. I think we have a reptile show here coming in JULY but i wouldn't know how to contact them. Hmm where to start... =/