Agalychnis callidryas

[ViperJr]

Yeah, that's what I found. Just tried to use another word for "poop" They did not vomit, no worries.

[ViperJr]

I tried to take a single picture, but it turned out real crappy. I'll try another night again. I'm more sure than ever that they're both eating now, so everthing's great in there! Today, I had the most amazing experince. I actually woke up around 08:30, by the calling of the male. That's just incredible.

I'm thinking about breeding moths as additional feeders to the dubias. If anyone have any ideas, tips or knowledge about this, I woul greatly appriciate it!

[UncleChester]

Today, I had the most amazing experince. I actually woke up around 08:30, by the calling of the male. That's just incredible.

Cool! Do you have a way of recording the sound? That'd be neat.

I'm thinking about breeding moths as additional feeders to the dubias. If anyone have any ideas, tips or knowledge about this, I woul greatly appriciate it!

Waxworms turn into moths fairly easily.

[BG]

Hi Martin,how is your groda.lol

[ViperJr]

[QUOTE=UncleChester;77121]Cool! Do you have a way of recording the sound? That'd be neat.[quote]
I only have my cell phone, and I doubt that will make a decent recording. I'll try though and post it here, if I manage to get something!

Waxworms turn into moths fairly easily.

Ah, great advice! I've search for moth-ideas, but didn't found much, and now I see why... Didn't occur to me that the larvae actually meta-morphed to something, silly me. I might try to setup a wax worm colony and try to feed the frogs some occasional moths. I just need to do more research about the moths as actual feeders (if there's anything harmful about them, if the could be a danger to the plants etc. etc.).

Hi Martin,how is your groda.lol

Grodorna mår bra, both of them!

[flybyferns]

Martin,
Wow ! There are sure lots of views on this thread!
All the photos are great .
Lynn

[Heatheranne]

Very nice! He looks happy .

[ViperJr]

Four days since my last post, time for a small update.
Both frogs are still doing excellent, and they both seem perfectly settled in already. One thing that really surprised my is that the already, after not even 2 weeks, know when it's food time and when it's time to wake up. I obviously keep the lights on a timer, so they get the day/night-cycle they need. Just a minute or so the lights go out, I pour the feeders in the bowl. So, they both wake up (just sitting in the same place, not actually moving until the lights are off) just a few minutes before it turns dark. Then, when it actually turns dark, they both begin the gentle climb to bottom of the tank to feed on some deliciously dusted roaches.

Here's a picture of the female, just 30 seconds before the lights goes out. What struck me is that incredibly small pupil (at night, you can barely see the redness, that's how big the pupil gets). They truly are night-lovers:


So, if things continues to progress as well as it has so far, we'll start the breeding process in a few weeks, by lowering the humidity to create the dry season. After that, it's monsoon time! And then, with some help of romantically croaking mp3.-files, there will hopefully be some fertilized eggs.


Bonus picture:


Same picture, close up:

[bshmerlie]

They both look to be doing fantastic. Thanks for the updated pictures. I truly hope you have great luck with them. God knows Europe could use more Red Eyes.

I heard my male Waldo doing the shaking thing again last night but I was too tired to get up and film him. I'm going to catch him in the act here this weekend...I promise.

[ViperJr]

God knows Europe could use more Red Eyes.

Amen!

I heard my male Waldo doing the shaking thing again last night but I was too tired to get up and film him. I'm going to catch him in the act here this weekend...I promise.

You better! Can't wait to see it in action!

[ViperJr]

Martin, I love your little updates. I feel your excitement when I read you posts. Big Mama (my Xanthic female) use to sit in the bowl waiting for the crickets to come. After a few times of dropping them on her head she now sits on the rim to wait for them.

I set up a tripod with a night vision movie camera to catch my little dude shaking his butt. I don't think anybody has filmed this in captivity before so Im really hoping he does this for me. Im going to scream like a little girl if I can get some good video. He seems to do it the couple of hours before dawn. I trimmed back my monstrous jungle so I can get a clear view.

Thank you for the kind words Cheri, I really enjoy giving updates so I'm glad someone enjoys reading them
I can't wait to see the video, get it uploaded ASAP! By the way, do all of you crazy americans have a nightvision camera with tripod just laying around..? I don't even know where to start looking for one.

I sadly don't have a picture tonight. I want to give them a brake, since I took a few pictures both yesterday and the day before that. They did brake my heart a little bit though... They did not get any food today, and yet they both sat on the rim of the bowl, waiting for the food... They sat there for at least two hours. So we're probably rearranging the feeding schedule so that they get fewer dubias every day. It's the same to them, it' just easier on me, hehe.
The covered side is being removed, a little bit every second night. So in a week or so the "settling in phase" is officially over. Although they settled in great after a few days, but better to be safe than sorrow.
Oh, one final thing. They male seem to poop directly on the base of one of the plants. Organic fertilizer, aw yeah!

[ViperJr]

It's been almost a month since the last update, so I figure it's time again (not sure if someone reads it though )!

The couple have now lived here for about a month, little more than that. And as far as I can read from them, they are both thriving in their terrarium. They are both active at night, sleeping through the entire day, eating as they should etc etc. The plants have grow even more since then, but I don't have a decent picture of it right now. However, just look at my photo album latest picture and just imaging a lot more plants!
We had to add a second food bowl though, since the female tend to jump right in the bowl and then she justs sits there, eating. Now with two bowls, they can both eat whenever they want, without need to pay attention to what the other frog is doing.

So, now that it's been a while, and the female have got some weight to her, it's time to start the breeding project. We will gradually lower the humidity and not add much moist at all until it reaches a low enough level. After that, it'll be dry season time, with much scares food and much lower humidity, only the waterfall as a water source. After that, we'll start the heavy rain and hope for the best. I already have 6 people here in the vicinity that would like to buy baby red eyes, so I'm hopeful. Just need to find a good recording of other male red eyes calling, to increase the males lust and willingness to party hard! If anyone have a good recording of this, please let me know!

Let me end todays update with three new pictures, one of the male and two of the females. These creatures really are the pinnacle of glorious evolution.

Female:






Male:



And one more thing. I accidentally recorded my male calling (however, it's not a good one, therefore I don't think it'll work as a breeding-enhancer.), so if you want to know how one of their call sounds like, check it out. It's a extremely short (1-2 sec) and bad quality... but still:
http://data.fuskbugg.se/skalman02/b4...Grodl%E4te.wav


EDIT: Changed the picture of the male, since I uploaded the bad picture...

[Heatheranne]

How exciting! Good luck with the breeding. They are both beautiful and should definitely have some beautiful offspring . Do you ship to Pa? I can't wait to see more pictures!

[ViperJr]

Thank you Heather! If the children are merely half as beautiful as the parents, they'll still be amazingly beautiful

I'm not sure what Pa is, but I'm pretty sure I can't ship there. I will only be able to sell within Sweden at first, and not even by shipping (just driving to deliver or that people pick them up at our apartment). Our goal is to provide the Swedish froggers with a reliable source of healthy, captive bred red eyes. After that, we'll try to setup everything to ship safely and legally within Europe.. We will probably never ship to the US, because there's really no need. You have the species in abundance in the hobby already.

[Heatheranne]

This is true. We are pretty lucky here.

I will likely purchase from joshsfrogs again. It's tough not being able to pick out the exact frog though. You get what they send. My baby Bubbles is from there. She is very pretty, although does have a few of the white natural spots.

I found my Stickers at a local pet store and she is beautiful. They rarely order in frogs though. It was just my lucky day .

That's awesome! Forgive me, I had forgotten you were from Sweden . I often just read the articles and don't really look at profiles.

[ViperJr]

It's now official a dry season for the little frogs. Poor guys, so dry in there compared to what they're used to. I just hope it'll pay off in the long run.
Everyone loves pictures, right?

Female:


Male:

[rosaphile]

Oh my goodness, they are so beautiful! I am definitely going to have to keep RETFs someday. Best of luck with the breeding program, I'll be watching this space!

[Heatheranne]

Beautiful!

[ViperJr]

Thank you for the kind words! They really are beautiful.

Turns out, our terrarium is pretty good at maintaining a stable humidity at good levels... This is good, of course, but not when trying to simulate a dry season.
We've turned off the ReptiFogger completely, removed the one small cover of the small mesh. We've also turned off the UTH that are used to create more humidity. The waterfall is turned off (but is still used as a water bowl). Now, after all this, the humidity is at about 50% during the day (after slowly dropping over a 2 day period), which is good. However, when the night approaches, it's still reaching levels near 80%. So, we went shopping today and this is how it turned out. Hopefully, this little bad boy will help lower the humidity during the night It'll be used with both a dimmer and a timer.

[Badger]

Looking good, I think the fan will help a lot at night. How old are they, or did you get em as froglets?