New Male Pixie Frog!

[onedge30]

@Kevin, yes, I have seen many reptiles sold as the 'popular' species, when they should really know that it is not that species. I get that some amphibians are hard to tell, but get the knowledge or sell it as an unknown.
@TJ, I would have to see your pixie in person. If it is the one I have seen on craigslist, Just asking. http://orlando.craigslist.org/pet/1852860956.html
Hey TJ, let me give you a call. I will come up and take a look. If it is a female adspersus, I will take it. Ok, talked with your Dad. I will see you this weekend.
@ Jo-anna, yea it does seem like a lot when you look at alone. But when you look at it compared to other reptiles, not so much. I just bought a juvinile bull snake for $100, and that was a good price. So, for an adult pixie, not really that bad. And rare, right now. So you have to pay more.

I would like to try natural breeding in the spring, it I can get a set of adults that are old enough.

[Deku]

Jo-Anna, the reason I want to sell my female pixie is because on top of my two pixie frogs I have two leopard geckos and fish. As you know it's expensive to own multiple animals. I originally planned to only own one pixie frog, and I wanted a male. Most likely I won't be able to sell my female regardless, because most buyers want the big males.

TJ

Just breed them. Cut down expenses. Like instead of buying expensive food for fish. Make prepared diet(gel suspensions). I think YOU COULD do this for your pixie frogs too. A gel suspensions puts all the necessary nutrients into one food. Made of clear jello(gelatin). Try keeping costs down by other methods. Breed the adults and sell the offsprings by 50-100bucks a piece. It should pay for the boarding place for the adults. ;]

[Kurt]

Most frogs will not eat things unless they are moving. So I don't think your idea will work.

[onedge30]

@Kurt, you would be surprised at what a pixie will try and eat! LOL Fingers, substrate, the side of a dish, spray bottle nozzle ..... etc.

Maybe with just a little movement close to their mouth should be enough. Interesting thought tho on the gel mix idea. Could make a cricket, krill, worm, fish, vitamin slushy and chill it.

[Jace]

Yes, it does get expensive to feed. Right now my collection includes: 2 dogs, 3 cats, 2 Leopard geckos, 9 Fire Belly Toads, 3 African Giant Bullfrogs, 1 Pacific Chorus Frog, 1 American Bullfrog, 2 tadpoles, 15 Madacascar Hissing roaches (and counting), and 1 Pink Toe tarantula. It's probably a good thing I have officially run out of space!!

[Kurt]

Thats nothing! I have 2 scorpions, 1 fish, 10 salamanders, 42 frogs, 2 turtles, 1 lizard, and 8 snakes.

[Jace]

Lol-yes, but you breed most of your animals-that's not the same! Oh, and I have three fish as well...oops, sorry fishies! I would love to try a salamander....I fell in love with one at the pet store, but our house is too warm for it during the summer. One day, hopefully.

[Deku]

@Kurt, you would be surprised at what a pixie will try and eat! LOL Fingers, substrate, the side of a dish, spray bottle nozzle ..... etc.

Maybe with just a little movement close to their mouth should be enough. Interesting thought tho on the gel mix idea. Could make a cricket, krill, worm, fish, vitamin slushy and chill it.

Hmm well thats PART of the idea. What you put in there is the animals NATURAL diet, and then you add SOME supplements.I do this for my turtle. So dont follow my ideas on this part. But what I put in is:
-3cuttle bones
-4table spoons of vitamin powder
-20crickets
-30earthworms
-20/30 other insects
-Crustaceans(whole crab, lobster, shrimp)
-Mollusks(5clams without the shell, 25large snails with shell and all)
-fish(Trout whole trout, and other fresh water fish)


See this is what id put in the blender then get it to "smoothie". Course I maybe innacurate on what I just said I put but its like I put 30%insects, 20%mollusks, 20%percent veggies(leafy mainly, and the rest be stuff like carrots, and etc), 5% fruits(high sugars not too good) and then 20% fish. Lol I know im 5% extra but I put extra gunk in there. Lol I make a few extra batches. I make them all different a bit. They all have the same stuff for the most part. But each have like 3 different extra stuff to give it flavor for the turtles. So they arent just eating the same old thing. Sometimes Ill add a dead mouse on one of them along with some other stuff. Or maybe ill add an expensive fish, like halibut or something. You know where Iam going with this? I do this for my own turtles because I like variety. My friend did SOMETHING like this before but a bit different in what he put in.
Anywho all you do is just take the stuff you want your frogs to eat. put it in the blender for liquify. Then you make tasteless jello aka transparent jello. You mix it in and make a few batches put it on the freezer and voila. :U You have a stinky food now. But be sure to cover the whole thing cause the smell lingers and it smells like a dead horse.

[onedge30]

Well, TJ's little pixie adspersus has a new home with me.

Now I 'think' I have 1.2.0.

[Jace]

Congrats, Jeff. Do I hear the splish splash of tadpoles in your future?