Hej!

[Lina]

My name's Lina and I would like to introduce myself and my African Bullfrog Karybdis which I got a couple of days ago. According to the guy in the pet shop it's about three months old. It's 5-6 cm long and so far pretty shy. I don't know if it's a female or male, guess it's still too young to be sexed. Yesterday it ate two crickets and I got impressed by its speed when catching them. This is my first frog so I'm trying to learn as much as possible to be able to give it a jolly good life. Here's a photo of Karybdis. S/he picked the wallpaper her-/himself and seems very pleased with it.

[Lija]

beautiful baby you got here, congratulations and welcome to the forum!

edit- is it coco husk he is sitting on? you gotta change it to coconut fiber ( plantation soil, eco earth)

[Lina]

Thank you Lija, it seems to be a very nice forum! Thanks also for the comment on the substrate. The guy in the pet shop recommended this and I knew that it's good to use coconut for them since they can digest that. But I got rather surprised when I put it into the water to swell because there were so big chunks in it. I was worried that it might be harmful for my frog to swallow them, causing impaction. Now I understand there are different types of substrates based on coconut... Thank you! I will buy a proper one today and change. A bit annoyed that the guy in the pet shop recommended this to me. They call themselves experts on reptiles and amphibians...

[Lija]

They call themselves experts on reptiles and amphibians...

oh i can write a novel about pet stores and their advices lol i mean don't get me wrong some of them do actually know something, but majority.... and then we have threads here " help my frog is dying...."

anyhow, check the care sheet here on a forum and the african bullfrog section, you'll get tons of information + some more

that it might be harmful for my frog to swallow them, causing impaction.

exactly!

[Raya]

Hi there and welcome!

Always nice to see another swede on the forum!
Your bullfrog is very cute. I've got a dwarf female myself and see's a blast to keep. I hope you're gonna enjoy yours just as much.

Pretty unique name you gave your frog, sounds like something out of a fantasy novel?


Anyway, hope you enjoy your stay here and I'll see you around the forum!

[deeishealthy]

Welcome to the forum! I'm fairly new myself. If I could give you one bit of advice, it's "read". You are going to find a wealth of information in these forums. I spend hours cruising links on topics (when you search a topic and read a thread, at the bottom if other threads are tagged similarly they are listed. You can investigate topics for hours here... literally). I feel way better prepared for frog husbandry because of the amount of reading I did.

[aynss]

Hello Lina! Welkom to Frog forum

[GrifTheGreat]

Welcome to Frog Forum

[Lina]

Thank you all so much for welcoming me! I've now changed the substrate for Karybdis. Feels much better! Found a pet shop with only herptiles and fish and the guy there had worked at Skansen (a big zoo and museum in Stockholm) for many years taking care of the herptiles there. He seemed very experienced and answered all my questions. Will return!

Lija: Thanks for the tip about the care sheet. I've read it many times, it's great! That's actually how I found this forum, by googling "african bullfrog care sheet".

Raya: Tjenare! Nice to find another Swede here. Charybdis was a sea monster in the Greek mythology. She was once a beautiful daughter of Poseidon and Gaia but Zeus turned her into a monster and she dwelled on one side of a narrow strait. On the other side was another monster, Scylla, a moving cliff. Few ships managed to get through the strait. When Charybdis opened her mouth a big whirlpool occurred and she swallowed any ship that came too close. I thought it was a good name for a frog sitting mostly at one spot engorging everything that passes by.

Dee: This forum sure is full of information and knowledge! I will do plenty of reading!

Here's another picture of Karybdis. I took it when s/he was sitting in a smaller box while I was changing the substrate.

[deeishealthy]

LOL she looks suspicious.