New Frog Guardian

[J3nnyg]

I am a new care giver of frogs. I love frogs every single frog in fact. I have three fire bellied toads I got at a large box pet retailer. I first got two of these guys a few months ago and was told that a 5 1/2 gallon tank was plenty of room. I soon found out I was given lots of misinformation from these "professionals". My tank is half water half aquarium rocks. I got another one today and think I need a larger tank. I was shocked today when I went to purchase a third fire belly and the lady reached in and just snatched this lil guy up in her bare hands I had to tell her that is not the proper way to handle these guys. I advised her that her skin was toxic to the frog as well as she traumatized him by not using a net to handle him and she could get a skin rash from handling the fire bellies. She seemed unconcerned and just said "oh sorry that's how they told us to get them out" I am hoping to hear frog calls though I don't think I am ready to attempt breeding. I have read the article here about fire bellies and am hoping someone can offer more info about ways my tank should be set up and decorated. I took to the internet today to gain education about the care an environmental needs for the frogs I have. That led me to this site and to me becoming a member today. I look forward to learning a lot from you guys and hopefully learning enough to share with new members myself one day.

[Bombina Bob]

Welcome to the forum!
Questions are always welcome here, and i agree that the information
from big retailers like petsmart or petco can be a bit twisted, always
question information given

[J3nnyg]

Thankfully wanting more information brought me here. I am going to look around more and see what I can learn before I go asking questions that maybe are answered elsewhere within the site. So far I am still lost in just checking out the pics here. Amazing frogs

[Gnag the nameless]

Hi, and welcome to the Frog Forum!

I'd love to see some photo's of your tank. Also, we've a whole section dedicated to FBT's, as well as countless experienced keepers of them, such as Bombina Bob

Yeah, like Bob said, never trust Pet stores. Typically, the workers there don't know much, if anything, about the animals they are selling. Even if they seem like they do, research first.

If you have any problems, concerns, and questions, feel free to ask!

[Louis Charles Bruckner]

Welcome to the forum!

I grew up in Aiken SC and also loved to keep frogs since I was 10.

I have yet to keep fire bellys but I have a exo-terra large and low that I plan on setting up for them.
or as a rain chamber breeder for my other frogs.

there are a lot of care articles here and a lot of good people here also.

If you have any kind of engineering questions, Electronics ect ect I will be glad to help.

[J3nnyg]

I am so excited!! I got a new FBT today and suddenly I have barking ) I actually went outside and looked because dogs are not allowed in my apartment complex so I was like where is that dog, then realized it's my frogs!! Now I have to figure out if it's the new guy or did they new guy bring out the bark in fat boy and slim my original two FBT