I might keep Jamie

[COOCOpUcHoo]

I feel like i gave myself bad rep for my previous posts. Also, I really want to see how large I can get her to grow.

[DVirginiana]

I haven't been on the forum in awhile, so idk what the deal is... But hopefully your 'might' keep turns into a 'definitely' keep. It's unlikely that you'd find a decent home for such a common frog (from what I remember you have a typical green/brown cranwelli?).

[COOCOpUcHoo]

Yes, I have a green cranwelli. I started this fuss about not wanting a pacman frog because i never got to see her and I only get to feed her as an interaction.

[DVirginiana]

Well, I imagine you heard plenty of this, but you made a commitment to that animal when you bought her. She depends on you for everything, and just being realistic; the chances of an animal that someone could get for $20 at any petstore in the country finding a good home are almost zero.

I hope you decide to keep her, and hopefully do more research for any future pets. Reptiles and amphibians almost never behave the way you expect them to, and you have to be prepared for a difficult and potentially antisocial animal.

[COOCOpUcHoo]

Well, I imagine you heard plenty of this, but you made a commitment to that animal when you bought her. She depends on you for everything, and just being realistic; the chances of an animal that someone could get for $20 at any petstore in the country finding a good home are almost zero.

I hope you decide to keep her, and hopefully do more research for any future pets. Reptiles and amphibians almost never behave the way you expect them to, and you have to be prepared for a difficult and potentially antisocial animal.

Right now i currently have Jamie and a Mack snow leopard gecko named faith. I used to have 2 fire bellies for 5 years. They died when i leant them to a child because i had to move away. I also had anoles before and they were great. They did not live long however. I don't really know what caused their death. I had a fiddler crab which died while molting after one year and 2 red clawed crabs i had which died after the fiddler due to cannibalism. I have had many more than that. Also I tried out a pacman frog when I was 7 but i returned him after about 2 weeks because he was bitey and i was clueless of how i was to care for him.

[DVirginiana]

I'm really not sure why you just posted a list of every exotic you've ever owned... And not to be mean, but you should seriously re-evaluate your general husbandry: Every animal you just mentioned died well short of its projected lifespan.
Really, I'm not trying to be mean about this, but if all your exotics are dying well before they're expected to, it's an indication that something is probably wrong with the general care.

[COOCOpUcHoo]

I'm really not sure why you just posted a list of every exotic you've ever owned... And not to be mean, but you should seriously re-evaluate your general husbandry: Every animal you just mentioned died well short of its projected lifespan.
Really, I'm not trying to be mean about this, but if all your exotics are dying well before they're expected to, it's an indication that something is probably wrong with the general care.

I know these are all when I was about 7. Except for the toads. I was just mentioning that i have had other species. I actually did have pretty good husbandry. But for the crabs te enclosure was too large and they couldn't find the food. I don't know about the anoles. Fire belly toads were leant to someone then killed.

[DVirginiana]

If the husbandry was pretty good, they wouldn't have cannibalized or had difficulty finding food... Just saying. No one expects a kid to have good husbandry, so you really weren't at fault at that age. It's the parents' responsibility more than anything. But having had animals before doesn't negate the necessity to do research before buying a new animal or species.

But let those animals be a learning experience; especially the FBTs. Keep the frog and take the best care of it possible. You really can't trust anyone else to do it.

[NialR35]

Not to beat the horse but for this very reason is why people SHOULD educate themselves before obtaining ANY type of pet, whether it's a dog, cat, reptile. bird, rodent or even a unicorn; people should read about what they are going to get themselves into prior to making a mistake. I don't think it's fair to get rid of a pet trying to sell it in these boards just because you don't like it anymore or because it's just a regular brown pacman. If you really wanted to see your pet and have interaction, then you definitely got the wrong one by buying a pacman.

Well with that said, it's kinda late to go back so I hope you try to give your frog the best life it can get, and hopefully you learn from your mistakes. The personality makes the frog anyway and you might be getting rid of an amazing one.

[DVirginiana]

or even a unicorn

I can't tell you how many cases of Metabolic Horn Disease I've seen. Truly tragic.

[Hypnotic]

I can't tell you how many cases of Metabolic Horn Disease I've seen. Truly tragic.

They make pills for that now, mostly males over 65 use them.

[nok1888]

Like said before, when you bought the frog you made a commitment to care for it for the frogs life. Glad your not jumping into a reptile though


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