General Exotics

[Kurt]

Thanks for the heads up.

[SethD]

I wouldn't recommend them. I have heard of a couple of negative experiences and I also see they directly copied and pasted information taken from several care sheets on the web to make their "hobby notes" about a species. That is generally considered in poor taste if you don't ask permission. I know they didn't ask permission to copy and paste parts of my M. stelzneri article and I doubt they ask permission for parts I recognize they copied and pasted from the care sheets of others either.

[John]

If you direct him to remove it, he is obligated by copyright law to do so. His full contact information is listed here: Generalexotics.com - General Exotics - Exotic Animals from GeneralExotics.com, Buy Your Reptiles and Amphibians Here!

[SethD]

If you direct him to remove it, he is obligated by copyright law to do so. His full contact information is listed here: Generalexotics.com - General Exotics - Exotic Animals from GeneralExotics.com, Buy Your Reptiles and Amphibians Here!

Nah, I am not going to bother asking him to remove it, my goal in writing that article was to make a little information available as little or nothing was available on that species. I wouldn't have minded in the least if he had asked, I just think it is just a bit in poor taste to copy and paste from care articles others wrote without asking permission or saying where you got it from. He seems to have done the same thing with his "hobby notes" for scaphiophryne marmorata as well. Apparently he did quite a bit of copy and paste from Marc Staniszewski's article which can be found here: Madagascan Burrowing Frogs Care Sheet

[SethD]

I went ahead and edited it. In my defense, it was not taken from FrogForum.net -

http://www.noahsarkpetsshop.com/care...lkingtoad.html

I don't know who wrote it first??

It was first up on Devin edmonds site. Amphibian Care >> Yellow and Black Walking Toad (Melanophryniscus stelzneri) It has been there for a number of years. I guess "Noahsarkpetshop.com" copied it from there. With the fresh imports coming in this year quite a bit of new interest was kindled and John asked if he could post it here as well.

[Firestar72]

Anybody have experience with this website? They currently have about every frog I want. If I get some good feedback I might be about to drop some real dough.


http://www.generalexotics.com/frogs-c-1

Last night I bought my first ever animal online from them. They should ship them Mon. or Tues. I plan on taking pictures as soon as I open the box. I will show them to you guys and give you an update.

[JeffX]

Last night I bought my first ever animal online from them. They should ship them Mon. or Tues. I plan on taking pictures as soon as I open the box. I will show them to you guys and give you an update.

I hope it works out for you. What did you get?

[Firestar72]

I hope it works out for you. What did you get?

I ordered two captive breed baby Blue -White's Tree Frogs.

[Amphibians]

Nice! I saw your setup they should be quite happy there. Is that waterfall bowl big enough for them as a water dish? If not you may need an additional water dish. Please keep us posted on how the frogs were shipped, condition they arrived in, and health.

[Firestar72]

Is that waterfall bowl big enough for them as a water dish? If not you may need an additional water dish.

I think it will be ok when they are babies, but when they are much older I will need to take out the bottom shelf of the waterfall (pretty large basin) or add a waterdish. I do have a small water dish that I was going to add with my treated water. I have been using only treated water like I supposed to in the terrarium. btw I also use filtered water with my birds too. It can help prevent feather plucking.

[Firestar72]

Well, I just checked my email. I thought it was going to be a shipped status but it was....

General Exotics Reptiles and Amphibians
Order Number: ####



Date Ordered: Friday 30 April, 2010
The comments for your order are: Sorry, we are out of Blue dumpy's. Our main supplier is out so it will be two weeks before he has them. I am trying to locate some for you. I'm sorry for the inconvenience. I will let you know tomorrow for sure. Thanks.
Your order has been updated to the following status:
New status: Backorder

The problem is I also ordered small crickets from joshsfrogs.com at the same time..if I wait too weeks the crickets might be too big and I will have wasted my money. But, I'll know more tomorrow.

[Kurt]

Well, thats a bummer.

[Firestar72]

I just wanted to give an update. Eric from generalexotics.com wasn't able to find any blue White's Tree Frogs. He offered to send me some crickets when I got frogs from him a few weeks from now. But I decided I would rather have a refund. I did get my full refund from him and then I went to another site and bought 2 blues. I'll see how they work.

[Paul Rust]

The problem is I also ordered small crickets from joshsfrogs.com at the same time..if I wait too weeks the crickets might be too big and I will have wasted my money. But, I'll know more tomorrow.

If something like this happen again Joshs Frogs will ship the size you want whenever you want them, just call them and they will work it out. Josh is a great guy and will try everything to accomodate your needs.

[Firestar72]

I finally got my two White's Tree frogs from generalexotics.com

[Socrates]

Those don't look like Blue's to me. But groovy frogs nonetheless!

[Firestar72]

Those don't look like Blue's to me. But groovy frogs nonetheless!

I think they are a little cold, maybe thats why they are darker. Heres a closer up pic.

[Kurt]

Yeah!!!

[SludgeMunkey]

When I was there I wanted to move there. I think I would love to live in either Laguna or San Diego.

Many days I wondered why the %$#^ I ever left San Diego...then the crazy herp laws passed in 2007 and I was glad I got myself and my critters out legally before then.

[Kurt]

I was just visiting so I have no idea what the herp laws are like there.