New Babies added to our frog family.

[GrifTheGreat]

These I recently purchased from Mike of Mike's Phat Frogs. You may notice that two are especially interesting.


Hope you enjoy them.

[Lija]

Oh that Mike and his weirdos lol

congrats! Would love to see how these will turn up. How is your auritas are doing?

[GrifTheGreat]

Oh that Mike and his weirdos lol

congrats! Would love to see how these will turn up. How is your auritas are doing?

She's good.

[Heatheranne]

Neat babies . He's definitely creating some different morphs.

[GrifTheGreat]

The last two are mutants. Almost all of the last one is translucent like fogged glass. The first is just a peppermint and the second is another mutant we just call it lipstick. Its lips are translucent.

[Heatheranne]

Very cool!

[Heatheranne]

Have you seen his purple/black mutant?

[GrifTheGreat]

Have you seen his purple/black mutant?

Yep! I've seen almost all of them. He has one with Heterochromia iridium.

[Lija]

how many in total do you have with these?

[Bombina Bob]

Those frogs look absolutely awesome! If they are fertile you know what that means

[GrifTheGreat]

how many in total do you have with these?

I lost a few from a bacterial infection that attacked some of them. I had to put one down today sadly. I bought him from someone that fed on moss and he was impacted. I cared for him for 2 months with no sign of him being able to pass the blockage. He began to lose muscle mass and was suffering. Nothing worked so i had to make the hard decision.

I'll do a count. I believe its in the twenties.

[Heatheranne]

Awe . That's sad. Nice of you to hang in there and try.

[Bombina Bob]

sorry for your loss Grif

[DigitalPunk]

Sorry for your loss Grif. The tough decisions are never easy.


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[Lija]

So sorry Grif, sometimes you gotta do what's right for them, so sad nevertheless

[GrifTheGreat]

His death was due to the dangers of feeding on moss. Should be avoided regardless of feeding method to be safe. His impaction was so solid that it caused him to prolapse every time he tried to go. He suffered unnecessarily.

[pegasus]

you picked up some nice frogs. do you have any closer pics of them? i hope to purchase a nice super apricot or strawberry from mike.

[Mentat]

Hi Colleen/Jerrod ! Love the Aurita's color. awesome greens. The mutant pepermint is OK; but will pass on that alien looking one . Do you know what kind of bacteria attacked your frogs?

[GrifTheGreat]

Hi Colleen/Jerrod ! Love the Aurita's color. awesome greens. The mutant pepermint is OK; but will pass on that alien looking one . Do you know what kind of bacteria attacked your frogs?

No we do not. Even after several lab tests they couldn't pinpoint the exact bacteria causing the infection. I'm not sure if it was due to the bacteria being that good at hiding itself or due to shoddy lab work. I do know what symptoms it has and it is a slow painful death. Causes dermatosepticemia and renal failure which intern causes tetany from phosphorus buildup in the bloodstream and blocking calcium absorption. The muscle spasms are terrible. The frogs will also have dry skin and not be able to shed so the dry skin builds up on them. When soaked the skin falls off like its shredded into tiny pieces. I have no clue where it came from, but adults can last a couple months with treatments, but babies die in 48 hours after infection begins to show.

[Mentat]

Wow, sounds like a very bad chronic pathogen . Sorry you guys went through that . Strange because bacterial attacks tends to be acute. Did the labs checked for viral or fungal presence too?