Spring release back into the wild?

[Psychotic]

I voted keep it as a pet. As in my state it is illegal to release a WC animal after it has been in captivity for at least 3 months. This is to prevent introducing new diseases into the wild.

[Namio]

As in my state it is illegal to release a WC animal after it has been in captivity for at least 3 months. This is to prevent introducing new diseases into the wild.

I really don't see the logic behind those two sentences. How would a WC animal extract new diseases in captivity after 3 months? That 3 months in captivity, if done properly, serves more like a quarantine period. Disease transmission may happen when you release the frog into a new area where those animals are naive to the disease that your released frog is carrying. If you caught a frog, kept it for 3 months in captivity, and then release it back to the same place you caught it from, you're never going to introduce new diseases that way.

[Psychotic]

I don't make the laws. Also not everyone is going to keep a frog or any other animal they snatched from the wild properly and in isolation in captivity. It's to prevent new diseases being introduced. I may keep a wild caught frog separated from any captive individuals that I have. But not everyone does that or knows not to do that.

The laws are not the same in every state and some states are a lot more strict. Like not being allowed to own native animals even if it is CB.

I say check your own laws. If it's ok to release it then do it. If it's against the law and you think it hasn't been introduced to anything then release it. I doubt anyone would know.

[CJ PELCHER]

Im all for releasing back into the wild... However i would check your laws to see if its safe to do so. Not like anyone is going to catch you do illegal returns to the wild but if the frogs arnt in the wild to begin we we can enjoy them as pets. =)

[Treesniffer]

By now you've made your decision and it is indeed a difficult one to make. I release, after raising many Copes from tads found in my water troughs each year. I place them on trees often filled with the tiniest insects. I know frogs are targets for birds, raccoons, snakes and other predators, but that is the complex beauty of nature. Sometimes, I carry them with me to different wooded areas when I go camping and release them not far from ponds. It's fun to think it strengthens the gene pool. Kinda like "Johnny Appleseed." And many are released in my own wooded back lot. I see them and hear them every spring - their numbers are growing.