Heyyyyy!!!

[flynmnky]

Guess I should do an introduction.... I'm Elizabeth. I live in the mountains of Virginia. It's beautiful here.
Have always wanted to keep frogs, and always caught wild frogs and kept them short term as a kid... Kept fish, sallies, lizards, newts, and even some really crazy bugs... Rode horses, had birds cats dogs hamsters rabbits guinea pigs I like pets... Contemplated my own petting zoo for birthday parties... But have always really loved Herps and amphibians..
My favorite pet was a Carolina anole that lived free in my house on a huge ficus tree. Also had a pet iguana live free in my house. For some reason she only pooped on linoleum...strange.... My sister rescued her off the outside wall of her college dorm in Indiana. She loved bananas and we coaxed her out of trees when she escaped the house by climbing them and offering bananas.

Love plants and aquaria of all sorts, and really loved my salt water reef tanks, although they were expensive and technical and eventually life took me out of that hobby.... Kids have a way of making that happen. (Two incredible boys, 4&5).
I have a 75 g ex reef tank built into the wall of my living room. I'd like to keep frogs in it. While I started thinking fire bellied toads, I eventually gave into my life long love of dart frogs, after getting over thinking they were too hard for me.
I'm hoping to set up a vivarium with a group of most likely D. Leucomelas, although that's not set in stone til I buy them. I want to keep something easy until I get the hang of this. Nothing's worse than killing something you've worked really hard to keep. It's an adventure....
So far I'm planning a false bottom egg crate and great stuff build, using titebond and coco fiber to cover. I'm contemplating keeping fish in there too,having a hard time stepping fully away from aquaria. Once again not set in stone.
I want a waterfall, mostly because I want it... and I love technical builds.
I'm fascinated by self-sustaining ecologies. I like things that rot and make things better. Decomp is cool, and I'm weird yes I know.
I love orchids, tillandsia, and carnivorous plants. Hiking, gardening, snow/wake boarding and photography. And wine. I really love wine. :-)
Guess that's me in a nutshell ! And all my weird idiosyncrasies.... Pretty much, I'm awesome an so is this forum. I'm hoping well get along great! Anyway, I'm excited about it...
P.s. once I can take pics of my own frogs, ill get a profile pic, I promise... Unless I find a really great flying monkey.
Cheers y'all!!

[deranged chipmunk]

well, now i guess i have to "officially" welcome you to the forum and trust me, you are no more weird than anybody else here, especially me....LOL i too believe decomp is cool. in fact, when i was 18 ( a long time ago..lol) i went on a field trip to the city morgue. it was fascinating!! we got to see a full autopsy, we got to see all the stages of decomp. tell ya what, that's a smell you never forget...LOL

i did reefs back in the 80's. in fact, i had a 5 gallon nano reef, back before nano reefs were cool. even had a juvenile pacific blue ringed octopus. octopidimii was his name. so i know the expense of keeping reefs, as well as the technical aspect, which i'm sure by now, you can tell i LOVE....LOL

tell ya what, until you get your own froggies, i'll lend you a pic of some of mine if you want....LOLoh, and hey, post a pic of the empty tank. i would love to see the setup and how it fits the room.

[RustyVegetables97]

Welcome

[flynmnky]

Ok, so here is the tank in the wall. Yes, that's William asleep in the left hand bottom corner. He's tired. He builds stuff all day. There is a room behind it where I access all the gadgets.

[flynmnky]

[deranged chipmunk]

oh, that is wicked cool!! the tank is removable though, so you can work on it, right? and i see you have tranquilized the elusive homo sapiens sp. 'Virginian'. are they a pita to feed and care for, or what??? LOL

[RustyVegetables97]

i see you have tranquilized the elusive homo sapiens sp. 'Virginian'. are they a pita to feed and care for, or what??? LOL

[Lija]

you are no more weird than anybody else here, especially me....LOL i .

:lol: hey, we are all totally normal, we talk about poop and pee and worms and all other stuff, and spending a LOT for all stuff frogs/herps related, that is very normal weird people are those who don't understand this

welcome to forum Elizabeth! you came in a right place to talk frogs

[flynmnky]

I *can* remove the tank, but it's tricky and heavy. Likely I will do most of my build in my shop and then transfer in by pieces.
Then it's a lot of running in and out and around to see how things look. That's where Homo sapiens comes in. Handy when needed to lift awkward heavy things, construction minded, and good to bounce ideas off of even though I usually end up doing things my way regardless. Challenging but worth it. Have found a warm house and plenty of the right food keeps him subdued...

[Sunshine]

Welcome to Frog Forum Elizabeth!

[flynmnky]

Thanks, y'all!! Happy to meet all you froggy weird-os! Lol!

[flynmnky]

And if anybody knows how to traquilize H. Virginian ages 4 and 5, please let me know! Would give me lots more frog tank time! :-)

[steampunk]

And if anybody knows how to traquilize H. Virginian ages 4 and 5, please let me know! Would give me lots more frog tank time! :-)

I actually lol'd! Welcome to the forum, most of us are pretty batty ;-)

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[deranged chipmunk]

And if anybody knows how to traquilize H. Virginian ages 4 and 5, please let me know! Would give me lots more frog tank time! :-)

my friend Jose knows how. he's around everywhere, just ask for Jose Cuervo

[flynmnky]

Oh goody!! I forgot to mention, I love bats too... Wish I could have a pet bat. :-(

[RustyVegetables97]

I actually lol'd! Welcome to the forum, most of us are pretty batty ;-)

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Now why would you say that?
WAIT! Spider!

[flynmnky]

Jose and I do not get along. He and his relatives kick my *** every time we meet. Not sure how he would get along with my froglets....
Now I heard dimetapp works. Too baf they no longer recommend that for kids. (J/K!)

[flynmnky]

And by the way, j/k stands for just kidding. I don't tranq my kids. Not that I haven't thought about it. ;-)

[deranged chipmunk]

there's that new stuff from the makers of the big F'n Q!! no alcohol....LOL

[deranged chipmunk]

Jose and I do not get along. He and his relatives kick my *** every time we meet. Not sure how he would get along with my froglets....
Now I heard dimetapp works. Too baf they no longer recommend that for kids. (J/K!)

oddly enough, i gave up drinking about 3 years ago. i say oddly enough because with 3 kids, the bed bully, a cat, a dog, and a basement full of glass cages, you would be sure that i would be driven to drink...lol but when i did drink, i preferred Don Julio....he was more refined than Jose