Need your help picking my Pyxie!

[SCF]

A 10 gal is perfect for a baby.

Lija, I hope you just realize I was playing with you. You do have a point about the 2-3 months, but that's what dusting is for..

[Mentat]

A well fed African Bullfrog will grow more than 1 in. per month the first few months of life. If you have a medium or large critter keeper or small tank already at home, start with that. If not, start with a 10G, which will fit it for first couple months. PETCO has the Aqueon line on sale for $1 per gallon until the 27th; good deal to stock up on tanks now .

[Lija]

SCF lol

Isnt a 10 gal too big for a baby though? Or its not worth getting anything smaller seeing as how fast they grow?

check Grif thread, his tiny baby grew to over 5" in less then 2 months if i remember correctly lol

[danfrog]

Man I'm excited for you Nial! I want one of these guys soo bad. Went to the zoo today and saw a full grown male. He was as big as my head! Can't wait to see pics.

[SCF]

Carlos, what size tank or tanks do you house your ABF(s) in?

[NialR35]

Holy **** I just saw Colleen/Jerrod's post on his AGBF and WOWWWWWWWWWWW! That thing is a baby rhino painted green. It grew so fast, you might not be feeding those "generically engineered hamsters" from mad scientist but you are definitely gut loading your roaches some Filet Mignon or something!

[SCF]

Haha ^ welcome to pyxies. NialR35 in this case, might as well make your living room into an enclosure "if it's a male". lol. These species of frogs are ambush predators, they sit and wait for food. They don't hop around all day in 4325451 Gallon enclosures. yet again lol. You will not need a HUGE tank to keep it, they only utilize about 1/3 of their tank on a consistent basis.

[NialR35]

So I guess I just have to wait until it grows and I will take it from there. I think a terrarium that is about 24-36 inches long like the exo terras should be fine.

[Mentat]

Carlos, what size tank or tanks do you house your African Bullfrog(s) in?

Stilgar was in a 20G and I was getting a 40B set-up when had to give him away due to health reasons. At almost 5 in. the 20G looked small and Stilgar could cross halfway in one leap. IMO if you want to do a nice 1/3 dry 2/3 water set-up for a 7 in. male GABF you need a 40B and a 75G is so much better .

[danfrog]

Wow nice frog! Congrats. As for moving your ornate. I would wait another half inch. Shouldnt be too much longer. Ide say another week or two max.

[danfrog]

What's the normal size/age for sexing these guys? And feature differences to look for between males and females. Been doin a lot of research on these guys, and it seems there is a little confusion on the "sex my frog" threads.

[SCF]

2-4 months give or take out of the water.

[NialR35]

What's the normal size/age for sexing these guys? And feature differences to look for between males and females. Been doing a lot of research on these guys, and it seems there is a little confusion on the "sex my frog" threads.

Well from my understanding, it's not as easy to tell when they are so little. Sometimes a "female" can turn out to be a male and viceversa. It's better to wait a bit until the baby develops some and shows the different characteristics of each genre. You can only make educated guesses even though in some cases you can tell 99% what the genre is, however it's never 100% until you get a dino-frog with orange/yellow chests that sounds like a buffalo then it's a male; cut that by half, remove the orange coloring and add a yellow stripe down the back and it's a female.

At this point I'd love a male....but not a freaking monster truck looking male. Just a normal one... non-steroid looking healthy frog because I really don't want to have to buy a shamu tank for him.

[SCF]

Coloring is no indicator of sex, even as adults. The croaking part of your post is right on though.

lol shamu tank. haha

[NialR35]

Coloring is no indicator of sex, even as adults. The croaking part of your post is right on though.

lol shamu tank. haha

I thought coloring did matter for these species? It's even mentioned in the care sheet and in other places I've researched online. Unless the coloring is not a very strict way to classify them.

[GrifTheGreat]

I thought coloring did matter for these species? It's even mentioned in the care sheet and in other places I've researched online. Unless the coloring is not a very strict way to classify them.

Color only matters for determining species not sex.

[danfrog]

Is that the same for the other types too? Or just the giants.?

[danfrog]

Ide either like a male dwarf or female giant. I think a male giant would eat me out of house and home. It would still be cool though. Gonna have to chip away at the wife for a very long time in order to get another frog.

[NialR35]

Ide either like a male dwarf or female giant. I think a male giant would eat me out of house and home. It would still be cool though. Gonna have to chip away at the wife for a very long time in order to get another frog.

Danfrog,

Just show her pictures of the baby one and tell her it will only grow a little bit. That's what I did and it worked!

[danfrog]

Heh I wish. I'm lucky to have my Mojo. Unfortunately she has seen a full grown male at the zoo yesterday so i have no way to play it off. And she is no herp person. She did catch her first wild snake the other day (very proud of her!) She will come around. Ill keep working my magic and chip away. I'm guessing with in six months ill have me another frog. Just more time for research. Plz keep us posted on your new baby.