9 month update on Rumper

[daltar08]

I got rumper 9 months ago and he was a teeny tiny thing, this first picture shows him on day 1



After that he continued to grow, a scary time in which he refused to eat for 2 months came and went and he started eating again several months ago, now he looks like this



and a few more pictures



and his current setup

[Lija]

hm.... it seems Rumper is a she actually very pretty! you changed the set up did you? i need to do something like that too. i loved your previous one though. what filter are you using and how frequent are you changing water?

[daltar08]

hm.... it seems Rumper is a she actually very pretty! you changed the set up did you? i need to do something like that too. i loved your previous one though. what filter are you using and how frequent are you changing water?

Are you sure? every other night or so once rumper leaves the water i hear rumper calling 4-5 times. to answer your question, A Fluval 106 and 50% weekly water changes.

[DeeDub]

Lol....stranger things have happened, but just going off looks, that is 100% female. If its calling its a male. No other explanation. Don't want to nay say, but I'll bet 20 bucks that's a female and you are hearing something else. Get video with sound of course.

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DW

[daltar08]

Lol....stranger things have happened, but just going off looks, that is 100% female. If its calling its a male. No other explanation. Don't want to nay say, but I'll bet 20 bucks that's a female and you are hearing something else. Get video with sound of course.

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DW

That's the thing though, it looks like a female, but it calls every few nights does 3-4 croaks and then before i can get the camera it stops, i am 100 percent sure its the frog making the noise. i know females make noise but this is the frogs own doing and not some fear reaction. does anyone have a sample of the female sound i keep hearing about.

[FLUXCORE]

Looks like a girl to me or the strangest obease male with the smallest head to body ratio I've ever seen lol, looks like the forarms are a little slim two. Here is my boy

[daltar08]

Looks like a girl to me or the strangest obease male with the smallest head to body ratio I've ever seen lol, looks like the forarms are a little slim two.

well it was all puffed up when i picked it up i will take some pictures of it in the morning when it ins't puffy and more wedge shaped

[Lija]

even puffed out it is a girl.

or transgender may be with a lot of make up and sparkles type, hm......

[SCF]

That's the thing though, it looks like a female, but it calls every few nights does 3-4 croaks and then before i can get the camera it stops, i am 100 percent sure its the frog making the noise. i know females make noise but this is the frogs own doing and not some fear reaction. does anyone have a sample of the female sound i keep hearing about.

What do the croaks sound like?

[daltar08]

What do the croaks sound like?

sounds like the frog in this video, does it 3-5 times 4 seconds apart or so, do females make a noise like this on there own and unprovoked? i dont care if its a male or a female i just wanna know for sure so i can figure out what to call him/her. also more likely to do it when the fogger is on.

My African Bullfrog Bugsy Croaking - YouTube

[Robbo]

Looks like a boy to me, just puffed up in response to being disturbed.

[daltar08]

Looks like a boy to me, just puffed up in response to being disturbed.

here is a picture of him or her when he/she is a little less puffed up

[daltar08]

and here is a feeding video

my 9 month old Pyxie frog eating crickets HD - YouTube

[FLUXCORE]

Looks like a healthy girl to me, head is to small, maby a adolescent male but not a 9 month old, here is my male at around 4 months right when his head exploded with growth before his body. I guess it could be a very feminin boy but I doubt it, try catching the croaks on a recording and post them. The frog croaking in that clip is a juvenile boy that's why it's a higher pitch, a 9 month old boy produces quite a bellow lol

[coastal20]

Well if you are hearing him croak then it is deff a boy. I don't really agree with everyone thinking an African Bullfrog has to be a set size or very wide mouth to be a male, I will post a picture of the AFB I purchased back in 2005 and it is positively a male, its no more than 6.5 inches long and has a very narrow mouth.

[SCF]

Well if you are hearing him croak then it is deff a boy. I don't really agree with everyone thinking an African Bullfrog has to be a set size or very wide mouth to be a male, I will post a picture of the AFB I purchased back in 2005 and it is positively a male, its no more than 6.5 inches long and has a very narrow mouth.

I don't think everyone is implying "set size" or "mouth width" Even though I have to admit, the pictures are difficult to judge. Females CAN make noises under the substrate, even without being bothered. From what has been said though by the OP, it's a male, just more on the "unique" side, if you will. =)

The picture you posted of your smallish male does have a broader head than OP's.

I personally enjoy how this species varies greatly in looks and personality.

I'm not disagreeing btw with anything you posted, just adding my .02

EDIT: also looking at the pics once again, OP's frog does have large front legs (a male trait).

[SCF]

That's the thing though, it looks like a female, but it calls every few nights does 3-4 croaks and then before i can get the camera it stops, i am 100 percent sure its the frog making the noise. i know females make noise but this is the frogs own doing and not some fear reaction. does anyone have a sample of the female sound i keep hearing about.

I wish I did have a sound clip. =(

[daltar08]

I wish I did have a sound clip. =(

I will put a recorder in the cage

[daltar08]

ok here is a video of it in the morning when he/she is not puffed up, woke up this morning to the croaking noises it makes

Pyxie frog update 9 months - YouTube

SO what do you guys think? male or female lol

[DeeDub]

Even more convinced now...female.

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DW