Hey there everyone!

I'm Perocore, but I welcome you to call me Pero or Abron. I'm a High School student hoping to Major in Arachnology (the study of Arachnids :P), and I'd like to possibly Minor in Literature (Creative Writing) or art of some sort (I like drawing). I have plenty of reptiles, invertebrates and mammals, and have rescued various frogs before, but never really was into owning amphibians. Recently a whole heck of a lot of American/Eastern Toad eggs hatched in our pond, and I decided to collect some tadpoles (I call them toadpoles) and see if I could raise them to toadlyhood! I have collected 7 total, and currently am keeping them in a kritter keeper with some logs and rocks...I also fed them an algae wafer (I keep those for my guppies) and they seemed to love it. Once they turn into "toadlets" my little sister and I plan on raising them for a while, hopefully to adulthood! I keep crickets and various beetles for my various insectivores, so feeding shouldn't be a problem.

I did mentioning rescuing frogs, so I'll tell a bit about that! About two years ago, during the "dry season" my little sister found a young pickerel frog in a dried up puddle. The poor thing was very, very dry, horribly skinny, and unresponsive. I happen to have an extra frog tank, so I quickly filled it up with water and plopped the frog in. He perked up as soon as he soaked up the water, and several days later I plopped a cricket in. He ignored the cricket, so I grabbed it with feeding tongs and brushed it against his nose. As soon as I did that he snatched it up! I kept him for about a month, and when I released him into our pond he was a big(ger), fat, and very healthy little frog! Not to mention he was very tame and hard to let go, but, hey, I couldn't afford to set up a big enough tank to keep him in much longer, and he belonged out in the world anyways.

All in all, I've had a lot of good experiences with frogs and toas, and made many memories, so I finally was convinced to try raising some. Hopefully it will go well!

I look forwards to meeting all of you! ((And, as a note, I am a "he" XD))

-Abron​