So i just got a budgets frog ! estivation?

[GrifTheGreat]

Budgett's are amazing frogs. Mine would never stop lunging at the side of his tank trying to get to me whenever I walked into the room.

I've been eyeballing one at a pet store near my wife's work. Looks to be in good health and is already about 3.5" so I'm assuming its a young male, but still could be a young female as well since they usually hit 4" to 4.5" on average.

[Herpguy]

If you get one you won't be disappointed. If that's an adult then it's a male, they don't get bigger than that. Females can get huge. After you feed one for the first time you will never look at your cranwelli's the same.

[GrifTheGreat]

If you get one you won't be disappointed. If that's an adult then it's a male, they don't get bigger than that. Females can get huge. After you feed one for the first time you will never look at your cranwelli's the same.

Lol! You are under the impression that I only have cranwelli or that they're my favorite? I have 4 of the 8 Horned Frog species . I have been looking at getting a Budgetts for a while, but not as long as a Ceratophrys aurita. I've read about the Budgetts ferocious feeding response and always wanting to be fed. I have read that females can reach upwards of 6" SVL, but I assume smaller in captivity like many other species.

[Herpguy]

Oh I know how much you have, I'm just saying that your cranwelli will seem like spring peepers when compared to the feeding response of a Budgett's!

[GrifTheGreat]

Oh I know how much you have, I'm just saying that your cranwelli will seem like spring peepers when compared to the feeding response of a Budgett's!

Lmao!! Gotcha! Sadly I may have to wait until we have a larger place before getting a Budgetts. I saw a juvinile at an expo last year that caught my eye and I laughed when I picked up the container because it was so chubby that it's belly jiggled. It was about the size of a silver dollar. They are a very interesting species. Even stalk their prey like aligators do.

[Hoppy2Bhere]

i just like my fogger..and it keeps the water warm, but its caged in so the frog cant get to it. the fog is just for fun. since the humidity is pretty much the water He does have large non movable rocks to get out on so he chooses where he goes.

Thanks!

[GrifTheGreat]

i just like my fogger..and it keeps the water warm, but its caged in so the frog cant get to it. the fog is just for fun. since the humidity is pretty much the water He does have large non movable rocks to get out on so he chooses where he goes.

Thanks!

Watch out running it constantly. When the frog comes to the surface for a breath and only gets heavily saturated air it may develope pnemonia. Running it occationally wouldn't be so bad but all the time could be harmful even to an aquatic species.