Newest adoption - Tovi, the armless wonder

[Jenste]

She is definitely an interesting little creature! She doesn't go for the Reptomin sticks yet so she has been getting bloodworms for now. Once she is a bit more settled I will start fasting for a couple days then adding Reptomin sticks in again to see how she does with them.

I'd love to be able to try her in my community ACF tank in a few weeks, but only if she has mastered Reptomin eating...

[rivkah]

Hey, I tried to forewarn you... she is rather spoiled and although she had lived with many co-habitants, none were any competition, so she never felt an urgency to eat, instead eating at her leisure. At this moment, I am not sure which of you is going to win this battle of wills. Right now its too close to call.

I hope that you have and can maintain a sense of humor... you are going to need it. What I probably also should have told you... she has a stubborn streak, if that can be said about a ACF.

Oh, yes she does like red wigglers....

[Jenste]

Oh, you did warn me!

I don't mind.... She has already won me over and then some. I've had many stubborn frogs and axolotls so I think in time we will come to an arrangement that we are happy with!

[rivkah]

Too Funny!!!!

[Jenste]

Quite excited to announce that she ate some sunken Reptomin!!!! Thank Goodness!!!

Here is a quick picture on my phone of Tovi's and Igor's tank...this is how Igor usually balances himself due to his crooked spine

[rivkah]

Great news!!! Good for you!!!

[flybyferns]

Jenna,
YOU are amazing!
I'm sure you can just imagine how good it would be for her if you could get her w/ another frog !
It has been wonderful following this thread.
Lynn

[SanderB]

Hu? Never seen anything like this before, how strange. I would not breed with her, it will only make the population of captive clawed frogs weaker.

[rivkah]

Oh, one other suggestion: although I did not try to feed her reptomin specifically, I was able to get her to eat a different type of turtle pellet occassionally, little round ones, but only after it was water logged enough to sink. And occasssionally, she would eat krill, but again only from the bottom of the tank. Without having arms, she can't shovel food stuffs into her mouth, I don't know if that makes or if that could make eating from the surface harder. She was not one to float that the surface as I have seen "normal" ACF do. She might be another one you will have to hand feed... sorry (but not really).

You are such a saint to take her in, without knowing everything. I am sorry (well...not really), as I read your posts, I am remembering more of her quirks that I forgot to mention. Since I simply lived with them, I took them for granted. And since she was my first and only ACF, I thought is was all normal, I now know that its not.