My new R.E.T.F's

[verb408]

The quarantined fro still hasn't eat since he arrived here, I'm about to e-mail the Dr. with photos and see what he recommends.

BTW, Does the computer light affect them? It's 10:10 P.M and they are still sleeping, maybe jet lag. lol

[CJ PELCHER]

AS FAR AS A NEW PLACE>..it may bother him/her. It does NOT bother my 14 RETF's. I have a lights out policy in my house though...even with my guests...they are not allowed to turn the lights on after sunset at all... NOT EVEN CANDLELIGHT.... ill allow cell phones and laptops... However mine are very active right now since its breeding season their hormones probably are stronger than their sensitivity to light... 28 tadpoles... 94 eggs.... and still 3 mating pairs...haha. I really hope your treating the wound with Neosporin (NOT PAIN RELIEF) the regular kind. Pain relief neosporin is toxic to the froggy... Or you can go with what VETs recommend and get Vetrimycin which is a spray on disinfectant... for wounds.

[verb408]

Wow, That's a lot of frogs you'll have in a few months. I put Neosporin on him earlier today, should I put Neosporin on the neon patches as well?

[CJ PELCHER]

do you mean the coloration change on the back? No..thats just the frog giving you a sign that he is ill..that not an infected area...however if i remember correctly he had red spots on his belly....anywhere RED or PINK is a sign of an infection and i would place it there.

[verb408]

Last night I've seen frog 1 do something weird, it crawled to the closest leaf to the food bowl then started shaking his booty. Then before I went to bed I seen him sleeping in the food bowl.
(does the booty shaking prove he is male?)

I still can't tell which frog is which but I know that frog 1 doesn't mind the moonlight and frog 2 won't wake up until it is pitch black.

I know frog 2 is active cause he always sleeps somewhere else when I check on them in the morning.

[CJ PELCHER]

Negative...Females do "LEAF SHAKING AS WELL" The other one is probably just a late sleeper keep the routine up with the moonlight... they will adjust to it.

[CJ PELCHER]

I bought a female about a month ago...she leaf shook any time a male would approach her... she wanted to be left alone i guess.... she just did it 2 nights ago as well... Its MUCH more common in the males though.

[flybyferns]

Wow, That's a lot of frogs you'll have in a few months. I put Neosporin on him earlier today, should I put Neosporin on the neon patches as well?

Hi verb,
Dr Frye may recommend the SSD ( Silversulfadiazene - anti fungal cream ) .
I could be wrong, but as far as know, the Vetericyn does not contain any antibiotic such as the neo or SSD.
Lynn

[CJ PELCHER]

Hi verb,
Dr Frye may recommend the SSD ( Silversulfadiazene - anti fungal cream ) .
I could be wrong, but as far as know, the Vetericyn does not contain any antibiotic such as the neo or SSD.
Lynn

Vetericyn® - Broad Spectrum Antimicrobial

An Antibacterial, Antiviral and Antifungal Wound and Infection Treatment



Just to sum up lynn.

http://vetericyn.com/veterinarians/resources.php

[CJ PELCHER]

Vetericyn is mainly used as a pre-treatment to the vet. It may even help you not make a visit to the vet as well. Ive personally used the eye drops for fungus in the eye and ive also used it for PROLAPSE in frogs...other than that nothing. But it will speak for itself.. IT doesnt hurt to try it out =) So far 100% success rate with no vet visits for any herp. =) Its the only emergency first aid med i keep. Havnt had the need to go to a vet yet.

[verb408]

Finally, after 3 days and getting bigger sized crickets they ate. I'm not sure if it is because the crickets was to small and they didn't find interest of them or they are getting use to the environment.
However, they are not as active as R.E.T.F I've seen on youtube videos, hopefully in a week or two they'll be more active.

[verb408]

I have a question about one of my frogs after noticing a bump on his top left side of his body, i'm just wondering if it's normal?

[verb408]

I added a waterfall yesterday so the frogs can enjoy continuously running water. However, one of these guys decided to soak then immediately go to the food bowl and eat. The bad thing about this is that he completely drenched the food bowl which resulted in 4 dead crickets.

[CJ PELCHER]

HAHAHA... well it is what it is =P

[verb408]

Here is the most active of the group. He is up and about the moment the sun goes down.



Does flash affect their eyes at all? I don't want to blind them.

[verb408]

Hello, I was wondering if this frog looks normal. I've noticed that he has become really big and I havn't seen as much poop as before.

The other frog is slender compared to him/her

[verb408]

I didn't realize how long it took to completely clean out the tank. Here is my new set up, I think I killed the plant because I accidently dipped the roots in faucet hot water. The plant looks really limp but hopefully it'll grow back once the roots settle in.