Rehoming

[Kickinwing]

Recently iv had some personal issues and have come to the conclusion that I can't take care of my Pixie anymore.
It really sucks, but there's not much I can do about it. I don't have a job anymore, so I can't properly feed him. I could handle something smaller, and with less of an appetite. I have no trouble keeping my fire bellies fed. But the GABF is eating way too much for me to handle at the moment. If I knew I wouldn't have a job right now, I would have stuck with a much smaller frog.

Anyway, I have really no idea how to go about this. Should I sell him online? Iv never sold anything online, so i'm not really familiar with how it all works.
I'm very attached to the little dude, so there's no way I could just dump him off at the pet store or something. I wanna make sure whoever takes him has the proper requirements.

I have no idea how much I should sell him for. I can't say for sure without measuring him , but I think he may be around 4-5 inches. I'm very convinced that it's a male as well. I always hear him making deep, loud croaks at night. Unless females also croak? I know there's a bigger demand for males, so i'm hoping that would help me out a little.

Anyway, does anybody have any advice? It would be nice to get some money, but the frogs safety is my top priority. Id be willing to trade him, for a much smaller frog who doesn't eat 6 or 7 nightcrawlers every night. Something with an appetite closer to my fire bellies. But like I said, iv never sold anything online. So I really have no idea what to do. All that really matters to me is that he doesn't go to the awful pet store.

[PyxieJunkie]

Do you have any pics of this lil fella?

[Kickinwing]

He's more around 4 inches.

[PyxieJunkie]

Thanks looks female to me though

[Kickinwing]

Would a female croak though? I have definitely heard some deep croaks coming from the cage. Mainly at night.

EDIT: Just to clarify, i'm not looking to sell my pixie as of right now. I'm more so trying to figure out how to approach this if I have to rehome him. I'v done some talking and I think can keep him fed for the next month or so. But if I can't find work by then, I don't know what ill do.

I don't know. I'm just stressing about it and want to know I can give him a good home if I need to. I seriously don't want to get rid of my frog.

[PyxieJunkie]

Well its kinda young to tell but judging by the pictures the head looks smaller I could be wrong though but sometime female makes that sound that sounds like a male croaks but it's not an actual calling croak

[Thevacantface]

My Kermit, who is definitely a girl, did call several times in the 6 months to 1 year old range, but hasn't since reaching maturity. And from the photo yours looks similar to mine at that age.

We have already gone over the possibility of you starting a dubia colony. You could do a cricket colony cheaper and faster, but it's a lot of maintenance and a bit stinky, but I would deal with it before getting rid of my frogs.

My recommendation would be to get a dubia colony going. $100 initial investment in bugs and setup, maybe $5 a month to feed them, and I now have more bugs than my 6 frogs can eat.

[Kickinwing]

Well, hopefully ill be able to keep him/her and find out the gender myself someday.

Anyway, I bought some Dubia a while ago, but fed them off recently when I ran out of worms. If I can get everything worked out, a roach colony is definitely the plan.
Would crickets really breed that much faster? I'm really hoping to get myself a job as quick as possible, so I don't have to worry about how fast they breed.

Iv at least bought myself some time, so hopefully I can forget about rehoming right now and just focus on other things.
The last thing I want to do is get rid of my frog.

[Thevacantface]

Yes, crickets reproduce many times faster than dubias. Their lifecycle is only about 3 months, and each female will produce hundreds, if not thousands of eggs. With 30 large from the pet store and the proper conditions, you would have an endless supply of crickets in about a month. Main problem though is that conditions must be ideal, they are stinky, messy, constantly get escapees, make noise, etc. If you are out of work and have the time to do maintenance every day or two, it's probably a good bet. You could also do that in the interim while you wait for your dubia colony to get established.