Frog Suggestions?

[Jace]

That is really too bad that Fire-bellies are illegal in your area, as that was going to be my recommendation as well. They are amazing little toads. However, I have to say that maybe sticking with Pacific Chorus Frogs are your best bet. There are captive bred ones and if you have a couple of males and a few females together, you will hear beautiful songs everyday night. Best of luck in your decision!

[mel]

But Jace, if i have a male and several females together, won't I accumulate more frogs? I don't know if I want to take on breeding!

[Jace]

There is that possibility. But in order for them to breed, tnhey need to have certain conditions met-if those aren't there, no tadpoles. However, if that is a real concern for you, two or three males in a proper size tank will work too. Lots of singing, but no action!

[mel]

Move out of Oregon. Move to New Hampshire. You'll be close to Scribbles and Kurt and eventually myself. What could be better?

While being closer to my new online frog friends has its appeal, I'm a native Oregonian and I love my tree-hugging-granola-eating-hybrid-driving-environment-loving-bicycle-riding-Libtard state. I've lived other places and came back to stay.

I'm not happy about the illegality of owning a Fire Bellied Toad, but I appreciate what our state has tried to do to regulate both irresponsible pet ownership and importation as well as the invasion of non-native species. Opossums, Nutria, American Bull Frogs - are all non-native and have done a great deal of damage to otherwise native populations, rendering some of them endangered. It's a shame that people don't think about these things.

[Kurt]

People don't unless they have too.

[Kurt]

But you can't keep alligators any more in NH.

[1beataway]

While being closer to my new online frog friends has its appeal, I'm a native Oregonian and I love my tree-hugging-granola-eating-hybrid-driving-environment-loving-bicycle-riding-Libtard state. I've lived other places and came back to stay.

I'm not happy about the illegality of owning a Fire Bellied Toad, but I appreciate what our state has tried to do to regulate both irresponsible pet ownership and importation as well as the invasion of non-native species. Opossums, Nutria, American Bull Frogs - are all non-native and have done a great deal of damage to otherwise native populations, rendering some of them endangered. It's a shame that people don't think about these things.

I was mostly teasing, but I have to say I respect what you said in your post. I wish people would think more before purchasing certain animals.

But you can't keep alligators any more in NH.

What?! Gosh, what a silly law!
One of my friends owns a gator. I don't think she should have it. And I thought it was pretty ridiculous to go to a reptile expo and see gators on sale ($50 each, or for an even better bargin, 5 for $225!).

[Kurt]

You can still buy them in Rhode Island!

Seriously, crocodilians do not make good pets, period. Especially for people who live in areas where it snows. They get too big and they are all ambush predators, some of which look upon humans as just another prey item. Even the dwarf caimans, Paleosuchus sp. are a handful and should not be kept by your average person.

[1beataway]

I also had a customer who was buying a snake for their youngest son, and their older son (who is maybe 10 or 12) was telling me all about his pet gator, and how he is going to raise it until it gets full-size, and then give it to a zoo. He was dressed in like safari attire.

[Kurt]

Zoos don't really want your unwanted gators, almost as much as they don't want your unwanted iguanas.

[bshmerlie]

I think you should go back to the Pacific Chorus Frog. Thats the frog you fell in love with in the first place. Just order a couple of CB ones. You know what they sound like and how to care for them. And you know they'll sing, which is what you really want.