MOTW - Apr 28 - May4 2013 - Demon Amphibians

[demon amphibians]

Tuesday, tell us about your amphibians. How you came to keep them, mistakes/learning curves, species kept, breedings, how you found Frog Forum etc....

Feel free to do Monday and Tuesdays posts together =)

So how i came to frogs...
When i was young i loved to go out and catch and collect bugs, snakes and other animals. The animal that was the hardest to catch therefore it was the coolest at least as far as a 5 year old was concerned was frogs. They were always the big mystery to me. Then when i was 8 or 9 my grandma got me a pac man for my birthday. I named him Trigger. He passed away just before my 21st birthday so i had him for most of my life. When he passed i was devastated and have been wanting a pac man ever since but I don't only want to get one of them i want to get many different colors and species. Right now i don't have the means to house that many so when i buy a house i am going to build a really cool set up that includes a rain chamber for breeding.
Another story that i have that got me so fascinated with frogs.. when i was in high school i took my 8 year old nephew fishing down by the snake river. We were having no luck so i told him lets go frog hunting. the sun was setting and we could here them croaking. That is when we came across the larges female bullfrog i have ever seen in my life. It was a mind blowing 9 1/2 inches from vent to snout. I fed her small adult rats (which now i know that it wasn't the best meal choice) I also feed my brothers lizard collection to her when my brother caught me he went out and caught a Garder snake that was almost 2 feet long and put it in the frog tank to get revenge on me for feeding his lizards to my frog. His plan failed because the frog ate the snake too. I ended up letting her go after a few months because i just didn't have a tank big enough to house this frog. To this day i still cant believe how big it was but my mom has a pic of is somewhere buried in a photo album in her storage unit. When i go home to Idaho again i will for sure be looking for it.
Since i have been in the navy i haven't been able keep frogs until I came to shore duty. I am just dreading the day i will have to go back to sea. the last thing i want to do is get rid of my slimy little friends.

[demon amphibians]

don't worry everyone i have pics coming today too.

[SCF]

Congrats Demon amphibians, Very interesting read. I look forward to your pictures.

[Gnag the nameless]

So how i came to frogs...
That is when we came across the larges female bullfrog i have ever seen in my life. It was a mind blowing 9 1/2 inches from vent to snout. I fed her small adult rats (which now i know that it wasn't the best meal choice) I also feed my brothers lizard collection to her when my brother caught me he went out and caught a Garder snake that was almost 2 feet long and put it in the frog tank to get revenge on me for feeding his lizards to my frog. His plan failed because the frog ate the snake too.

Bullfrogs sure are big eaters, aren't they? They get massive too. 9 and 1/2 inches... man, you gotta' tell me where you found that thing!

Can't wait for the photo's, I just know they'll be awesome.

[demon amphibians]

I found it in an overflowing bank of the snake river Between twin falls and Burley Idaho in 2002. I have seen several frogs in the area in excess of 8" but the only one i was able to catch was the big one. In the area Bullfrogs are in the tadpole state for 2 years on average. I think that is what greatly impacts the size of frogs in the area. I have been trying to buy from a person in Alabama who is a breeder, he clams to have a couple Bullfrogs over 9" in length. He has other people who have seen these frogs who agree that they are that large, yet i have not seen them. Still waiting for him to successfully breed them. He hasn't sent pics so i am a little skeptical.

[demon amphibians]

remember my plants are a working progress, I would like to thank CJ for setting me in the right direction. These are my cane toads the one i am holding is Alessa she is about 6 months old and growing. The male in the pic of both of them is Pyramid head.

[demon amphibians]

This is my baby fire belly. Has no name yet. Don't know the sex yet. If anyone can tell please feel free to fill me in.

[demon amphibians]

This is Arya, She is my American bullfrog I took these while cleaning her home. And she sure does love me. I was going to put up a vid of me handing feeding her but holding a camera while doing so is harder then one might think lol. I will soon have some vids to put up of me doing this. That is if i can get my girlfriend to help me out.

[DartEd]

Congrats. Nice to meet you. Great pics