I have eggs!

[Kurt]

As of last night I have eggs. My Agalychnis callidryas have bred again. Hopefully this time my froglet losses will be minimal.

[Ebony]

Kurt, That's awesome.congratulations, what a great Christmas present. I hope all goes well. I would love to see photo's if you can.

[John]

Congratulations Kurt. Breed the flying frogs.

[Kurt]

I will, don't worry.

[Kurt]

As of this morning I have tadpoles! I don't remembering them being so tiny the last time around.

As soon as they are all hatchet out I want to set up an aquarium for them, so I can throw the Rhacophorus reinwardtii in the rain chamber.

The tomto frog continues to call around the clock (much to my dismay), but there are no eggs as of yet.

[John]

Breed the Flying Frog!

The Tomato frogs sound like they haven't had the environmental conditioning necessary to trigger receptivity in the female. This is common in captive breeding efforts for frogs. You've got to figure out what it is that triggers the female. Somewhat colder temperatures perhaps for a month or two? Somewhat drier conditions for a month or two? Just brain storming.

[adawinters]

I second the motion to breed the flying frogs. I'm also daydreaming of a way to set up more tank space to take some froglets off your hands. Ahhh. We all need our dreams, don't we. Some day, I'll move into a house with its own herp-room. Wouldn't that be grand.

[Kurt]

I think drying is the course of action with tomato frogs, at least thats what gather from doing some reading. So how do I do that? I have also heard about hormone treatments as well, but have no idea of how to go about that either.

[John]

I think drying is the course of action with tomato frogs, at least thats what gather from doing some reading. So how do I do that? I have also heard about hormone treatments as well, but have no idea of how to go about that either.

Drying is a matter of putting them on some substrate with some hides and letting it get pretty dry. Just gently mist it every couple of days.

As for hormones, I know how to do it and I've seen it done professionally with frogs. However you face three problems: (a) not just anyone can buy the hormones in question (there are various choices of hormone but they are all regulated substances), (b) the hormones are very expensive, (c) you need the proper skills and equipment to handle them and administer them, and you often have make up the solutions using saline solution in a controlled environment. Most of these hormones will go through your skin too so if you make a mistake you'll end up dosing yourself with a reproductive hormone. Not a smart thing to do.

In short, don't do it unless you are a vet who knows what he/she is doing.

[Kurt]

I think I will try drying first. Does the male need to be dried as well? He has been calling around the clock and grabbing the females in amplexus.

[KaylaSt]

CONGRATS!! That is so exciting! I am happy for you!

[Kurt]

I no longer have any eggs. However, I have tadpoles that are now twice the size they were last week. Food goes in and disappears almost immediately. Blows my mind everytime I feed them.