New guy here w/ Patty the Pyxie Frog!

[dsmalex97]

Whatsup everyone?! This seems like a great forum, and I'm glad to be a part of it now. I've been meaning to get myself back into frogs since I was 17. I'm 24 now, and I couldn't wait any longer lol. I had a pac-man frog when I was a kid, and a couple of whites tree frogs, but had to get rid of them before I moved...My reptile addiction didn't go anywhere, and I now have 15 Ball Pythons, 1 KSB, and 2 Columbian Red Tail Boa's. But problem here....NO FROGS!! So yesterday I was on the hunt at the White Plains Reptile Expo, and came across this beauty!! I got her for $75 bucks, which I thought was a steal for an adult! But here she is, I named her Patty!







I was wondering if you guys could tell me that she is definitely male or female. The guy I got her from didn't seem to into her, and got her as a trade. Also, I know I'm not supposed to have her on moss, but I had it lying around so I'm going to use it until I have time to run to petco or something to grab coco fiber. I want to get some Dubia's for her, but until then I was gonna get night crawlers. How many should I feed a frog this size, and how frequent? I have her in a 58qt tub is that big enough or no? She hasn't burrowed down yet, and was thrashing around like crazy last night lol! She seems more calm today, but still on top of the substrate looking alert. Let me know what you all think of her! Definitely excited to have her!

[BG]

H i and welcome to the forum. I was there and saw your frog . The vendor in the corner had them. I met all the new onwers of the pixie frogs from that table. What a small world. It eas a woman that had that table right.

Whatsup everyone?! This seems like a great forum, and I'm glad to be a part of it now. I've been meaning to get myself back into frogs since I was 17. I'm 24 now, and I couldn't wait any longer lol. I had a pac-man frog when I was a kid, and a couple of whites tree frogs, but had to get rid of them before I moved...My reptile addiction didn't go anywhere, and I now have 15 Ball Pythons, 1 KSB, and 2 Columbian Red Tail Boa's. But problem here....NO FROGS!! So yesterday I was on the hunt at the White Plains Reptile Expo, and came across this beauty!! I got her for $75 bucks, which I thought was a steal for an adult! But here she is, I named her Patty!







I was wondering if you guys could tell me that she is definitely male or female. The guy I got her from didn't seem to into her, and got her as a trade. Also, I know I'm not supposed to have her on moss, but I had it lying around so I'm going to use it until I have time to run to petco or something to grab coco fiber. I want to get some Dubia's for her, but until then I was gonna get night crawlers. How many should I feed a frog this size, and how frequent? I have her in a 58qt tub is that big enough or no? She hasn't burrowed down yet, and was thrashing around like crazy last night lol! She seems more calm today, but still on top of the substrate looking alert. Let me know what you all think of her! Definitely excited to have her!

[dsmalex97]

Thanks!

Haha, no it wasn't a girl I got mine from. It was actually kind of in the middle of the place, and the stand was run by two guys. One was younger the other was an older guy, but neither seemed to know what they we're talking about unfortunately.

[BG]

And here's brooserI think he's a male. Look at his head! He eats like one too. The males are more aggresive eaters than the females. According to my frogs But then again what do i know . lol.

[John]

To the original poster, welcome to our community. I have been to White Plains many times (worked for Black Jungle there a few times actually when I lived in MA). Your frog looks like a young-ish male, perhaps 5 or 6 months old, depending on how well he has been fed. So I would start calling him Patrick if I were you!

[BG]

I was about to say that she 's a good looking male but my thought got stuck on the show.lol There was a lot of pixies there .I got mine for 20 bucks. One big(8") was going for 500 bucks. John is the man ,so that means you scored big time yeaa. Oh yea i got to go feed my frogs. lol

[Sublime]

$500, that's a joke... Welcome to the forum ds! I can see you're very happy to have a frog again, I know I was when I picked up my pixie about a month ago after not having a frog for like 8 years. I would say $75-90 is an average price for the frog you picked up. For feeding, feed him as much as he will eat in 15 minutes 2-3 times a week with a varied diet. Night crawlers, adult crickets, dubias, superworms, hornworms, rodents rarely, some fish, etc. A 58 qt tub is decent size, but for a growing male I would pick up maybe a 20-40 gallon in the near future with a big water source. Just look for a deal on craigslist. He looks good, keep us updated!

[dsmalex97]

Thanks for all the warm welcomes lol!

A male? I will have to come up with a new name....Are you guys certain, and how do you know if its a male or female? And at what age is it usually visible? And how accurate is it?

[BG]

The more i see the pic the more he looks like a male. You scored big time good for you.

[dsmalex97]

Can you tell me what the dead giveaways are lol? Are males more rare compared to females, and is one sex worth more then the other for some reason?

[BG]

Things are just like that . In the wild there's more females than males thats why the strongest male goes around and mates with as many females as possible. He has a harem!!lol Lucky guy!

[Sublime]

Male: 4.5-10 inches

Female: 3.5-5.5 inches

Enough said?

Haha no, kidding aside. While most frog species the female is bigger than the male. The African Bullfrog male grows a lot bigger than the female. They play the dominant role of protecting the tadpoles in ponds, keeping away predators with their territorial intimidation, and combat during mating against other males. While the males are ****ing **** up, the females god knows what they're doing. For this reason, males are a lot more valuable than females due to their size growth and behavior.

There's actually a great educational video on the African Bullfrog:




People say it's a male because of the broad head and pointy like projection from the start of his jaw to the snout. Also the growth pattern, or if you hear your frog croaking it's 100% male. Some people say you can tell by the pupils, the throat, and the eardrum. The pupils being more thinned out than the females, eardrum size bigger than the eye, throat I have no clue. People don't go by the coloration for the reason being females have been seen to have just as much or more coloration than the males.

[dsmalex97]

Lol

Pictures I see of males, and females only show the size difference. I mean by the description in the caresheet it sounds like it could be either. It has yellow, but it doesn't seem to be very much under the chin. Am I missing something?

[dsmalex97]

Male: 4.5-10 inches

Female: 3.5-5.5 inches

Enough said?

Haha no, kidding aside. While most frog species the female is bigger than the male. The African Bullfrog male grows a lot bigger than the female. They play the dominant role of protecting the tadpoles in ponds, keeping away predators with their territorial intimidation, and combat during mating against other males. While the males are ****ing **** up, the females god knows what they're doing. For this reason, males are a lot more valuable than females due to their size growth and behavior.

There's actually a great educational video on the African Bullfrog:




People say it's a male because of the broad head and pointy like projection from the start of his jaw to the snout. Also the growth pattern, or if you hear your frog croaking it's 100% male. Some people say you can tell by the pupils, the throat, and the eardrum. The pupils being more thinned out than the females, eardrum size bigger than the eye, throat I have no clue. People don't go by the coloration for the reason being females have been seen to have just as much or more coloration than the males.

I see. I was looking at that, and was wondering about the coloration. I see a lot of pictures that could look either, so I found that to be a bad way to sex. I guess I just need to see more of each sex, because they still look so similar. Obviously when they are fully grown its easy, but when still growing it seems kind of tough.

[Eel Noob]

Welcome on board.

It does have a nice head but not enough to make me think the seller made in mistake in sexing it.

[Deejay Mayweather]

I personally would have to see more pics because photos 1,2,3,5 it looks female and then pic 4 it looks male.

thanks

[BG]

I would like to see some more pictures with different poses. The males also have these muscle bumps behind there head ,on their neck. Some males are late bloomers showing there male features. Oh, with the video,the wrestling seen happened in my yard today as my frogs were taking some sun. lol The male wouldn't do that to a female. I'm talking about the tossing,and the pushing.

[Sublime]

Oh only the males have the muscle bumps or head glands? If that's true then my juvenile pixie is a male because he already has good size bumps on his head for his size. I would of liked to see that toss up though, sounds good.

[BG]

If you see my little brooser he has them too. He was the only one that had them. So i went that way too this time. lol

Oh only the males have the muscle bumps or head glands? If that's true then my juvenile pixie is a male because he already has good size bumps on his head for his size. I would of liked to see that toss up though, sounds good.

[Sublime]

Haha good technique, you get the word 'brooser' from that vid?