More new additions

[Kurt]

Just one problem, it turns out upon closer inspection that I did not buy Hypsiboas punctatus, rather I bought Sphaenorhynchus lacteus, the greater hatchet-faced treefrog. I thought when I first saw them that maybe their spots and stripes had faded because they were asleep. I did not wake them up till I got home. They are beautiful, so I guess I can live with it. Boy, can they jump! I feel a little embarrassed that I mistook them for Hypsiboas punctatus. Of course the vendor said that's what they were.
The other frogs have been postively identified.

[justin shockey]

i think you still got a pretty cool frog

[Kurt]

Thanks. Last night before going to bed I checked in on them and the bigger of the two was sleeping on the bottom of the water bowl, which is filled with water. Weird. This morining he was sleeping on cage floor.

[justin shockey]

send me up dates on the new one and your old one and do you have any salamanders if so send me pics I'm looking in to getting a tiger what do you think

[RikoAustria]

Nice new additions! Congrats!

[Kurt]

Thanks.

[Kurt]

I do have salamanders, two Tylototriton shanjing, one Ambystoma tigrinum melanostictum, & one A. mavortium. Sorry, I have no pics of them. Tigers are very cool. They have more personality than any other amphibian!

[justin shockey]

thanks i think i will get one

[t53]

envy!!

[Kurt]

Some sad news to report. One of the greater hatchet-faced frogs has died. Two days ago he turned yellow and his throat was puffed out, he looked like he had been calling, but I heard nothing. Last night I decided to take a closer look at him, because when my red-eye died recently he was all puffed out. What I did see upon my examination was a sore on its back that looked like a patch of skin was missing. His nose was a bit roughed up. This morning he was on his back all stretched out and quite dead. I haven't a clue what killed him. Could it be the same kind of infection that took the red-eye? If so, I am not too worried about the other one, as its seems not to be contagious.

I have been desperately looking for information on this species and was coming up with very little. Mostly what I was finding was picture of them in the wild. But last night I did find something. This is what I found - "A few treefrogs are especially picky eaters. The greater hatchet-faced treefrog, for instance, is a small, green frog that usually only eats ants." This might explain why they haven't eaten any of the bean weevils that I gave them. I am going to try fruit flies with the surviving frog, its my only option. Had I had known this information when making my purchase, I wouldn't have bought them. I would've most like bought a trio of barking treefrogs instead. Of course the vendor had left me with the impression that I had purchased Hypsiboas punctatus. Instead I got Sphaenorhynchus lacteus.

[justin shockey]

that sucks so bad but i think you can find some ants if you relly try

[Kurt]

Going to try something else first.

[justin shockey]

ok
dude

[Bigassfrog]

You might try some powdered vitamins with whatever you try to feed it next. I wouldn't recommend more than twice a week however.

[Kurt]

Vitamin/calcium powder is used at most feedings, but this is not the issue here. What the issue is, is a species that supposedly will only eat ants, which is a problem.

Now the second one appears to be bloated, but has not turned yellow. Lord knows why. I threw small crickets in with him yesterday, but I don't think he ate any.

[justin shockey]

i hope you can get him to eat before he dies