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[yoshimi]

Thanks Crystal, but all I try to do it keep them all healthy and happy, and FF has helped me bunches in doing this. I’ve seen many here pull their little buddies from the grip of the Grim Reaper. It’s a pretty amazing group of dedicated folks here. You’ll see some awesome things happen, but you’ll also see some things posted that make you wanna just throw your hands up in the air & walk away. I did take a break from FF for a short time. I had to regroup my thoughts and put a silencer on my fingers. It was that or I would most likely have been kicked out. But any way, thanks Crystal, and try not to knock that pedestal out from under my feet.

I've read threads that made me wonder if the person writing even liked frogs. Or just hated people. The negativity almost made me stay away but since it hasn't been directed at me (yet), the information available keeps me coming back. This is the first forum/msg board I've ever participated in, usually not my kind of thing, but I have a rubbery buddy I'd like to keep healthy.
Got him a 22 gallon home and put everything back relative to where it was before so he'll think he's shrinking. Here he is thinking about it:
Purchased a half-log hide and new ceramic water dish (why put the sticker on the inside???), in preparation for new toad. Old tank is standing by waiting for her arrival. I'm staying on this guy until I get his %$&* toad. Sticking with toads and cats and bugs cuz I'm too much of a noob to care for anything more fragile. Even toads are a stretch.

And petco is awful. They sold me a sick cricket who couldn't hop, just crawl and was twitching. He looked like someone had mangled his back, but it was hard to tell. Maybe not petco's fault and I know it's just a cricket but it was upsetting and I had to put him out of his misery. The others seem fine, tho on the tiny side. I don't think crickets mangle each other if they're properly fed, but maybe there was a disagreement that got out of hand, who knows. Also prices seem to go up every time I go there. I've stopped looking in the tanks, tho petsmart is worse when it comes to itty bitty enclosures and sick looking animals. At least the one around here. I just don't go there.

It's so nice to see the difference proper care can make.

I'm haunted (as I should be) by pets I had as a kid that probably should have lived longer but were short-changed because I didn't know enough. Ok sure, hamsters maybe shouldn't live for 20yrs, but my poor turtle should have. Now that I have information at my fingertips, Banjo will have to outlive me and that's all there is to it.

And snakes too? Your pet routine must be insane. It's taken me about an hour to write this cuz I'm checking on/feeding everyone (again) and also getting ready for work. My bugs are like pets until feeding time. Anyway, off I go so I can afford half-logs, crickets, and wheat bran. tra la la.