firebelly home reusable??

[FrogFriend]

Yeah, I have been hearing from a lot of friends that they have been having reactions to cleaning supplies bought in stores. A friend of mine even ended up in the emergency room from an allergic reaction to cleaning with bleach! So I am a big advocate of the natural! Besides, most of the things you need are already in the home! I also understand about cleaning so many tanks! My fire-bellies are in a 10 gallon tank which I skim every few days and do cleaning about once every 1-2 weeks, besidens them, like I said, I have my crickets in a small (1-2 gallon maybe) tank and I regularly have to clean out there food that I feed them as well as the stuff I put at the bottom to help decrease the cricket smell! Then I also have another two 10 gallon tanks, a 30 gallon and a 50 gallon. On top of that I have 3 kitty litter boxes to keep clean- so I hear ya on wanting to keep maintenance at a minimum. Let me know how it goes and what you think!

[kroberts009]

hi there, well... since i made the firebellys a new home today, (with filter and heater) and finally put them back together (they were seperated since a day after we got them... i didnt need 80 frogs within the first few weeks we bought them... LOL) anyways... they have been right next to each other since they got put in their new home. theyve remained out of water, hiding under the "house" we built for them out of rocks. not going to feed until tomorrow. i dont want to bother them too much. TOTALLY OFF TOPIC, but the metal sceen lid no longer closes all the way due to the cords from the heater and the filter, think i can drill a hole through the top and put the cords through? not to worry, i have the sides completely covered until i find a better solution. hoping the new system works out well for them! (diagonal cut 5 gal)

tiny (the very tiny res) is in a 10gal with filter and sucker fish, that gets changed every few weeks
whisper the common boa is in a 10gal (hes still young) and gets changed weekly
the leopard geckos with no names (one hoards and the other hogs.. so they were seperated) are both in sep. 5 gals changed weekly
not to mention the 2 birds! changed once or twice a week.
crickets themselves are now in an extra-large plastic tote. which get fully cleaned out every 2 weeks with touch ups in between

and whats crazy, is i still want a few new species or duplicates of current ones... its like an addiction that never ends!

the cleaning appears to have gone well! thanks for your help!

[FrogFriend]

Hahaha! I know what you mean by an addiction that never ends. We have enough as it is and I still think about getting more. And what's worse is that I am a sucker for a stray, rescues and special needs critters. I have two special needs kitties and recently one of my special needs kittens died from his complications. So I REALLY have to watch myself. LOL! I really want a Great Dane, but at this point in time it is just not a possibility. So then I think, well, frogs and toads don't take up room like that, and I am learning about all kinds of new frogs that I had never even heard of! But for now, at least, I am being good and saying we have enough and I come on here and look at pictures of other people's frogs/toads and listen to their stories and that suffices! If I were to do anything, I think I would upgrade my FBT tank to something larger and pimp it out more! :P

[kroberts009]

Hahaha! I know what you mean by an addiction that never ends. We have enough as it is and I still think about getting more. And what's worse is that I am a sucker for a stray, rescues and special needs critters. I have two special needs kitties and recently one of my special needs kittens died from his complications. So I REALLY have to watch myself. LOL! I really want a Great Dane, but at this point in time it is just not a possibility. So then I think, well, frogs and toads don't take up room like that, and I am learning about all kinds of new frogs that I had never even heard of! But for now, at least, I am being good and saying we have enough and I come on here and look at pictures of other people's frogs/toads and listen to their stories and that suffices! If I were to do anything, I think I would upgrade my FBT tank to something larger and pimp it out more! :P

we wont be getting any 4 legged friends until we move out of the apartment and get a nice yard for them! which kind of saves grandpa for the time being, because all of our critters stay in a cage/enclosure.

the firebellies got their new home... and appear to be happy that they are back together now. literally the day after i brought them home. we had attempted mating grasps, and i wasnt looked forward to 80 frogs the week after i bought them. lol...

interested in a panther/jacksons/veild chameleon (havent decided which one i want yet), a few boa morphs, maybe another leopard gecko, and some tree frogs. (greens)

[FrogFriend]

I have wanted a chameleon FOREVER!! I would also love to get some tree frogs- especially red-eyed tree frog, but I am learning about so many more that I would love to get also. All in time I think! When you decide to get your chameleon let me know which one you got and why you decided on that one.

[kroberts009]

in the past, i have had a 1.1 veilds and 1.1 jacksons.. of which i perfer the males as they have much more attitude lol
i had a set of pygmy leaf chameleons (approxiately 5 of them) but they are extrememly difficult
and then both the panther chameleons i got.... ended up dying of parasites shortly after purchase

so i am having extreme difficulty in making the choice of what it is that i really want. jacksons and veilds i can get out here locally, no problem. if i decide i want to get a panther, i will either have to order it or wait for a reptile show up in san antonio. but ill let you know if and when i have decided.

ALTHOUGH, chameleon adventures may be put on hold for a while. i was aware that my FBT's were male and female (why i seperated them in the first place) i walked in on some "grasping"... lol thats an interesting thing to watch... this may sound silly, but i didnt think it was mating season? maybe going from cold water with no heater, to a new setup with a heater has tricked them?

actually im slightly intrigued. his hind feet recenty got really waxy in color, and then basically shed. still slightly attached to his hind legs. LOL i didnt know his legs could be spread open that wide! new experience if you couldnt tell!

anyways chameleon owning might be put on hold if i end up with 80 firebellys. lol

[FrogFriend]

Yeah it could be that the heater tricked them. Mine mated ALL the time from April-Septish but there were NO babies that came out of it! So no worries about babies until you start to see eggs. Even with that you can always scoop them out and dispose of them. If you want to keep babies when they hatch you gotta get the toads out or they will be appetizers.