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[Namio]

Welcome to the forum riles! It looks like a Cranwelli to me, too. Depending on how big your frog is the pooping frequency changes according to age. The younger the animal, like Evolution said, poops once every 3~4 days, and adults may poop once a week or longer, while your frog now might sit anywhere between those two age groups.

I'm getting a little worked up with Petsmart from your description of their captive conditions. The closest large pet chain store (14 miles) to me is a Petco and although not perfect, the way they keep their animals are surprisingly acceptable, at least for pacman frogs, the substrate is always EcoEarth, their food is always crickets, a hideout, and they're also provided with a small water dish. However, they do mislabel their Cranwelli as the ornate horned frog.

The only Petsmart I've been to was near San Francisco and surprisingly they do not have any live herp animals, now that I realize it's a GREAT thing that they don't, but I was impressed by their reptile/amphibian supplies aisle as they have a reasonable selection of terrariums, lights, supplement, etc. Petco in comparison has virtually nothing to offer in their herps section.

Do me a favor, if you have the address of that Petsmart send it to me and I will call them to inform about the correct way of keeping their Ceratophrys. This is to their benefit, too, because they don't want to have dead frogs returned to them.

In case the little guy you have might still got some colorful pebbles in its belly, i would recommend feeding pieces (of the length between the eyes of your frog) of large Canadian nightcrawlers (undyed), because earthworms can act as a poop softener and may aide in pushing those hazardous objects out of it's digestive tracks.

[riles]

I'm getting a little worked up with Petsmart from your description of their captive conditions. The closest large pet chain store (14 miles) to me is a Petco and although not perfect, the way they keep their animals are surprisingly acceptable, at least for pacman frogs, the substrate is always EcoEarth, their food is always crickets, a hideout, and they're also provided with a small water dish. However, they do mislabel their Cranwelli as the ornate horned frog.


Do me a favor, if you have the address of that Petsmart send it to me and I will call them to inform about the correct way of keeping their Ceratophrys. This is to their benefit, too, because they don't want to have dead frogs returned to them.

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I personally think this is the master plan of Petsmart. To sell things quickly and make more money, appeal to the emotion of pity to the buyer. "I feel so bad for this little guy... I MUST Help HIM. "
and, I wish I could. I bought this little guy on vacation in Florida.... So I don't know which one it was...

[Faith]

I think that is the case as well with ours (well, our Petco here in town.) I plan on rescuing some red bellies from there myself this weekend!

Where are my manners? Welcome to the forums! So glad to have you and your lil one join us.

[riles]

I plan on rescuing some red bellies from there myself this weekend!

lol, I would rescue some myself, as I think these Guys are soooo cool, with their bright colors and shtuff, but I have to many reptiles already! and, thanks for the welcoming guysss!

[Faith]

lol, I would rescue some myself, as I think these Guys are soooo cool, with their bright colors and shtuff, but I have to many reptiles already! and, thanks for the welcoming guysss!

These will be my first frogs/toads, so I'm excited. But I imagine after them, hubby will put the brakes on anything else I want for a loooong time What else do you have besides your pacman?

[riles]

@faith I have 2 whites tree frogs, 1 painted turtle hatchling, 3 leopard geckos, 1 pacman frog, and 1 gray tRee frog. *note I am only 16 and all my stuff is limited to my bedroom. I would put my treefrogs down stairs put my parents har a fear of anything that moves. Its a wonder they allowed me to even have a frOg. Lol

[riles]

Oh, ad congrats on your first frog!

[Faith]

@faith I have 2 whites tree frogs, 1 painted turtle hatchling, 3 leopard geckos, 1 pacman frog, and 1 gray tRee frog. *note I am only 16 and all my stuff is limited to my bedroom. I would put my treefrogs down stairs put my parents har a fear of anything that moves. Its a wonder they allowed me to even have a frOg. Lol

That is awesome! My mom let me have one non-farm pet, an iguana, when I was 16. Anything else and I'd have been sleeping outdoors I hope my boys are still interested when they get older, we'll all 3 gang up on their dad for more How old are your other pets?