My new Chacoan Horned Frog !

[GRABibus]

Hi all,
I have given my albinos to a very good amphibian breeder in France, who wanted a pacman frog since a long time.
I wanted to decrease the money spent for electricity at the moment (Heating and lightning of my terras), and then, I put in the Exo Terra 18"x18"x18" a specie which I love a lot and which doesn't need too much heating and light, American green toads. I went from 88W for the albino in the 18"x18"x18" to only 20W for the toads in the same terra.

But, in my cellar, I refound an old terra I had, a 12"x12"x12", still Exo Terra.

And when I went to our famous Reptiles and amphibians pet store in Paris some weeks ago, I saw a cranwelli who wanted to bite my finger through its little fauna box in which she/he was. I falled in love !

I finally dediced to purchase her/him (On Saturday the 21th of September) and put her/him in the 12"x12"x12" with some centimeters of coco fiber. There is a fake plant, a little water bowl.
A 50W cable is fixed to reach required temps night and day.
A Reptiglo 13W UVB2.0, attenuated, makes the light.

She/he didn't have anymore the same attitude as at the pet store by trying to bite me...Maybe because she/he needs to get used with teh new environment.
She/he is always burried at day and gets out in the evening for all the night.
By the way, he ate everyday without any forcing since I have her/him (Crickets, nightcrawlers and medium locusts). Seems to be a good eater until now. Let's cross the fingers.

If I can keep her/him for a long time, when she/he becomes and adult, I will be obliged to transfer in a 18"x18"x18"...But no place at the moment !

Some pictures :

[Truffs1178]

Congrats on your new frog it's soooo cute. I love this ones colours.

[Hypnotic]

Looking awsome! I love green pacmans! He/she looks nice and round.

[GrifTheGreat]

Very nice GRABibus, but I would lose the UVB bulb. It is not necessary for Horned Frogs. You can use low wattage Incandescent bulbs that only produce UVA.

[GRABibus]

Just 2 more pictures and 2 feeding videos :

[GRABibus]

Very nice GRABibus, but I would lose the UVB bulb. It is not necessary for Horned Frogs. You can use low wattage Incandescent bulbs that only produce UVA.

Hi,
do you have some examples of these bulbs ?
I use Reptiglo, because it is only 13W. I hide the light in the terra by putting some plates on the top cover of the terra, just below the bulb. Then she/he doesn't receive any UVB and the light is very attenuated.
I am still wondering which intensity of light we can put during the day...My target is tthat she/he can make the difference between night and day, and in the same time, the target is to avoid stress with too much light.

[GrifTheGreat]

Hi,
do you have some examples of these bulbs ?
I use Reptiglo, because it is only 13W. I hide the light in the terra by putting some plates on the top cover of the terra, just below the bulb. Then she/he doesn't receive any UVB and the light is very attenuated.
I am still wondering which intensity of light we can put during the day...My target is tthat she/he can make the difference between night and day, and in the same time, the target is to avoid stress with too much light.

Exo Terra makes many different bulbs, but if your frog does not appear stressed and is acting normally then the UVB bulb may not cause a problem. I'll see if I can find you some examples though.

[GRABibus]

Little question concerning temperature and behavior of the frog :

my new beautiful cranwelli is burrowed all the day and exit from substrate in the evening : then, here she eats.
She stays on substrate all night and when the light is "on" (12:00 am) in her terrarium, then she burrows for all day...etc....etc.

The day she is burrowed => So she is at fresh temperature
The night she is outside, then she is at the night temp of the terra which is 74F

So, she is never at 80F (Day temp of the terra).

Question :
Is it a problem ? Or will she manage alone ?

[Lija]

You provide good temps and a frog has a choice to burrow down or not, it is eating, nothing to worry about.

[Hypnotic]

I think this is actually a good question, I've often also worried about this. All we can do is mimic the temperatures of the natural enviroment, I'm sure where they live, it's slightly cooler in the ground aswell.

[GrifTheGreat]

78° is an acceptable daytime temp. 74° is a little low, but not terrible. Your frog is behaving normally so no worries.

[GRABibus]

Thank you all.

[mpmackenna]

Your frog looks great. Thanks for sharing.


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[GRABibus]

Update :

Great eater at the moment : fed every other day with crickets (Gut-loaded with carots) and nighcrawler

[mpmackenna]

Good looking frog. He looks like he is doing great!


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[GRABibus]

A picture showing why it is important to make a weekly bath :



Dead pieces of skin from sheds go away and another big insane thing goes also away !

[Lija]

Excuse me lol how did that big thing fitted in that small frog??? Lol

great looking frog for sure!

[GRABibus]

Yes, but as they can swallow preys equal to their size, then they can defecate this kind of huge thing without any issues !

[GRABibus]

[GRABibus]

Update : during shedding :







As you can see, he has grown ! It seems to be a male (shape of the head).

Grif, he sheds every other day as my former albinos