MOTW - Jul 8 - Jul 14, 2012 - NatureLady

[NatureLady]

Tuesday, tell us about your amphibians. How you came to keep them, mistakes/learning curves, species kept, breedings, how you found Frog Forum etc....we heard enough about you on Monday, let us hear about them frogs!

How did I come to keep frogs? I was given a grow a tadpole kit as a child and raised a wild type African Clawed Frog.

Mistakes/learning curves? I make mistakes all of the time and I learn every time I log into this forum. I think know it all's are annoying! I will be the first to admit that I make mistakes. My biggest since being here...I used colored paper towels for a photo of my new babies and it was pointed out that was bad. I really thought non-toxic ink would be ok...well duh, for me it is...I felt like an a**. I really enjoy reading the build threads, even though I have not completed a full GS build. I am quietly in progress on my first, at work.

Amphibian Species Kept? On this day I care for...1 Australian White's Tree Frog (Pimby), 1 American Green Tree Frog (Kermit who is a girl). At work...1 Grey Tree Frog, 1 Dwarf American Toad. In the past I have also kept a Tiger, Spotted, and Dusky Salamanders, Spade foots (my favorite W Oklahoma Native toad), Narrow Mouth Toads, Cricket Frogs, and I'm sure I am forgetting a species somewhere.

Other Species Kept...I'm going to post photo's tomorrow of some of these guys

Breeding? Lol. Not currently, but I have to add this one for you guys. When I was a kid and kept that zoo I spoke of yesterday, I caught two toads stuck together. Mind you I was under 10. I was baffled the next morning as to what had happened. That was a learning curve!!!!

How I found FF? I have been abscessed with terrarium building for a few years and now that my kids are getting a bit older I started building them again (small ones). Then I started researching how to make the displays for work better for the animals and public. BOOM...Frog Forum. I then decided I wanted a viv and then I started the research on what was out there in pet land and what my stores had local. I found a exo terra on craigs list, a WTF local, and boom here we are. My other half calls FrogForum...my frogp*rn because I am always on here looking a threads and photo's of everyone's babies.

[DC101]

Another great read Amanda!

I don't like "know it alls" either.

[NatureLady]

Thanks David!

[Jenste]

Wednesday, show and tell. Wow us with your pictures/videos/sound clips. (Most look forward to this day in particular!)

[DC101]

Oooooh, i love Wednesdays!!!

[NatureLady]

Wednesday, show and tell. Wow us with your pictures/videos/sound clips. (Most look forward to this day in particular!)

I have to start with my favorite subjects to photograph, my kids....

...How could I not include these pictures!!! These are from the 4th of July


The next set is of my animals I keep at home!

Sorry, all of these where taken with my phone. I admit that I have a problem...I can never remember to charge my camera battery! Oh and I love the instagram app for iphone.

These are some of my animals at work...

I know, one photo isn't mine, but a great photo of my sulcata that was dumped at the nature center. Well he wasn't dumped as much as tossed into my yard, over the 8 foot fence. Other species are...Eastern Collard Lizards (OK state reptile), Albino Corn Snake (also a dumped animal), Coachwhip, Tarantula, Rough Green Snake (without a tail), Living bee hive, 5 Lined Skink, Grey Tree Frog, Dwarf American Toad, Red-eared Slider, the back side of Common Snapping Turtle, Hissers, Ornate Box Turtle, and 3 toed Box Turtle. I have more at work like 750 gallon native fish tank, turkey's, and I also rehabilitate injured animals.

[BlueisallIneed]

Wednesday, show and tell. Wow us with your pictures/videos/sound clips. (Most look forward to this day in particular!)

I have to start with my favorite subjects to photograph, my kids....

...How could I not include these pictures!!! These are from the 4th of July


The next set is of my animals I keep at home!

Sorry, all of these where taken with my phone. I admit that I have a problem...I can never remember to charge my camera battery! Oh and I love the instagram app for iphone.

These are some of my animals at work...

I know, one photo isn't mine, but a great photo of my sulcata that was dumped at the nature center. Well he wasn't dumped as much as tossed into my yard, over the 8 foot fence. Other species are...Eastern Collard Lizards (OK state reptile), Albino Corn Snake (also a dumped animal), Coachwhip, Tarantula, Rough Green Snake (without a tail), Living bee hive, 5 Lined Skink, Grey Tree Frog, Dwarf American Toad, Red-eared Slider, the back side of Common Snapping Turtle, Hissers, Ornate Box Turtle, and 3 toed Box Turtle. I have more at work like 750 gallon native fish tank, turkey's, and I also rehabilitate injured animals.

Great pics! Beautiful family and animals! We actually own a sulcata,red foot,box turtles and a russian we love frogs and turds hahah I would LOVE to work with animals! Its great what you do!