Hello

[firegriff]

Hello all, my name is Daniel and I am new to the forums. I live in Huntingdon, Tn with my wife and five kids on our small farm. My wife and I met in Memphis, Tn where we were both employed at the Memphis Zoo. Recently my children have discovered the large population of tree frogs that live around our farm and watching them feed around the light on our porch has become a nightly activity. My wife kept dart frogs while she attended collage at a teaching zoo in Gainsville, Fl and we thought it would be fun and educational for the children to help us create a vivarium and raise some exotic frogs. We are planning to start with a small vivarium and once we get it established we are going to decide what frogs we are going to start with. We are leaning towards dart frogs as my wife has experience with them, but we are also considering red eyes or giant tiger leg monkey frogs. We stumbled on this forum while researching vivarium construction and have found a lot of very useful info. We look forward to exchanging ideas and info with everyone.

[bshmerlie]

Welcome to the forum. If you have younger kids look into frogs that might be more active in the daytime. The kids might not get the whole nocturnal thing and just think they're boring.

[John]

Welcome to the forum Daniel. I wish you the best of luck with your darts .

[pixiefrogman]

Welcome!

[Ebony]

Welcome to the forum.

[Jace]

Welcome!

[firegriff]

Thanks for the advice Cheri. We have several ideas we are researching. Right now I think the front runners are D. Leucomelas and D. Auratus on the dart frog side, and Phyllomedusa tomopterna (tiger legged), or Red eyed tree frog on the tree frog side. We like that the dart frogs are active during the day, but culturing fruit flies to feed them seems a little daunting. On the tree frog side we like that fact that we can feed crickets, but the fact that they are nocturnal has drawbacks with the kids. We have decided to start building a vivarium first and get it established while we weigh our decision. Any suggestions on other frogs are welcome as well. We hope to turn this into a life long hobby for us, and a very nice science fair project for the kids. We plan on making the kids keep detailed records and help with every aspect from vivarium construction to everyday care.

[Jace]

I think that is a great idea! My daughter frequently helps out with setting up terriariums and feedings. It's a great way to teach about them while making it fun and interesting. Other frogs I would recommend that are small, eat crickets and active during the day are: Fire Belly toads and Pacific Chorus frogs. Entertainment all around!

[Kurt]

welcome aboard.