im getting a pixie frog

[Lija]

Another thing worth mentioning is to de-chlorinate (most pet stores sell a product to remove it) the water you put in your frog's water dish.

Lija, on occasion we use super worms (never meal worms), they are lower in chitin. We have not had one case of impaction yet. Each to his/her own on the subject of super worms specifically.

yeah it depends on a frog too, say for one big male one or 2 superworms won't do anything, but for a little one a few might get him impacted.

[Bombina Bob]

hi there
Sorry about the misinformation :/ , i thought i knew a good amount about pixies since i work with them at the petstore i work at. i dont mean to cause trouble but i really appreciate the advice and information from Lija and SCF. i shall be more careful next time about what advice i give out and leave the adspersus buisness to the experts i guess

[SCF]

yeah it depends on a frog too, say for one big male one or 2 superworms won't do anything, but for a little one a few might get him impacted.

Yeah, good point.

hi there
Sorry about the misinformation :/ , i thought i knew a good amount about pixies since i work with them at the petstore i work at. i dont mean to cause trouble but i really appreciate the advice and information from Lija and SCF. i shall be more careful next time about what advice i give out and leave the adspersus buisness to the experts i guess

You were only slightly off on a couple things. It's no big deal. You are just helping, and I personally think you should continue to do so. Now you already know, so I hope you continue to comment on Pyxicephalus threads.

[cyris69]

If I've learned anything is don't go by what they tell you at a pet store, most is incorrect or only half right. I worked at Petco for a year long ago and if I didn't go out and do my own research (this is when i was a big arachnid hobbyist 100+ arachnids) what they were having me tell customers was so far off I'm surprised any of the reptiles/arachnids survived at all once leaving the store.

So my advice to the customers were to find the thing you want here and go home do some research for a while, join a forums, or whatever then make the decision. That way they are not only properly informed even after I got done with them but now can make a proper decision.

Also, it's a good idea to check your facts. Post counts aren't everything and don't always mean you don't know anything if its low and know everything when its high. I came to this forum not knowing much if anything about frogs and didn't start offering advice until I was in the 100 post range and still don't often unless I feel necessary since there are way more qualified people than me here but they aren't always around.

So always point them to the care sheet that is at the very top of the bullfrog forum if you aren't 100% sure.

This is not against you in any ways just some newer people might take whatever someone says as fact without checking for a second opinion.

Also Welcome to the forum Anna

[Lija]

hi there
Sorry about the misinformation :/ , i thought i knew a good amount about pixies since i work with them at the petstore i work at. i dont mean to cause trouble but i really appreciate the advice and information from Lija and SCF. i shall be more careful next time about what advice i give out and leave the adspersus buisness to the experts i guess

I'm happy that you are educating yourself on a matter, by the way we all were newbies once, thinking we know and it was complete opposite lol I'm sure you are exception when we talk about "pet store people" and you will be able to give proper advice to customers.
by the way I almost got another pixie today, got myself together and get out after a big talk with store manager, hoping they will fix things. they had 2 little tiny babies, no more then 1", both were sitting on a moss and one was in a water dish with piece of moss sticking out his butt. hope he will be fine, at least manager was listening, or it looked like it.

[annawolv1010]

is it true a uvb bulb can blind i pixie?

[Lina]

Welcome to the forum, Anna! Here you can ask and learn a lot about what your frog needs. I got my pyxie frog three weeks ago and have had great help from the experienced and helpful people at this forum. Hope you'll post some pics of your frog when you've got it.

[Lija]

is it true a uvb bulb can blind i pixie?

no, it applies to albino frogs only, because they don't have a pigment in their skin and eyes, it is like imagine people with very light skin tone going outside on a sunny day without sunscreen, they would be burned really badly if exposed for longer time.
There are no albino pixies, but if they are Mike here was offering 5 000 for one if I remember correctly lol