...and after reading through this forum, I decided to join just in case I have issues... and of course to show him off











So a few questions....
From the reading I've done here after persuing all the "sex my frog" and "Dwarf or giant" pics, am I correct in guessing that this is a Young male P. adspersus? It was sold simply as "Pyxie frog" with no other info.

So far in the three days I've had him, he's dug down into the sub (which I understand as being normal) and hasn't been in the water yet (aside from me placing him there when I first put him inside). He also hasn't pooped. How often should they be pooping? He is in a 20 gallon with the incandescent bulb on one side and a 5 watt heat mat along the back for night time. The temperature gets to about 84 on the warm side in the day and 77-ish at night.

So far I've fed him a bunch of crickets and dubia (Shhh!!) in a seperate plastic tub, since I was told it will help prevent impaction. Is this necessary? Although he didn't seem to mind I was a bit worried it would be stressful to take him out each time. I am using coco coir as substrate.


Is there any way to tell how old this one is, based on the size?

And finally, I am using water I get from the supermarket for him (I'm going to assume it's RO/DI water, though I'm not sure). I've read somewhere that these guys get some trace elements from the water, so is this ok to use for him? If not, I have tubs of treated water laying around 'cause I keep fish too, so it's no big deal.

Thats all I can think of right now... Thanks for the help guys!