Igor's new set up

[Jenste]

My piebald now has his own tank - a ten gallon set up especially for him. He has a slight spine twist which always causes him to swim at an angle. I recently noticed he has not been gaining like he should be and seemed to have trouble hunting down the Reptomin Sticks at the top of the 72 gallon.

He does prefer any foods on the bottom of the tank verses the top, so he now just eats the HBH frog and tadpole bites and bloodworms.

His set up is still pretty basic but it works for him for now.

[FrogmanGav]

Nice set up you have there for the little guy. That looks really quite a pleasant place for him to do his froggy business. Are you moving him out of the tank on a permanent basis or are you just giving him a bit of a break for now?

Its a shame he has a spine twist as he is a really rare frog being piebald and all.

Nice pics Top marks for effort

[clownonfire]

You take such great care of your frogs, Jen.

[Jenste]

Thanks guys!

And from what I have been able to gather, it seems most piebalds have some physical oddity do to something in the genes that gives them their weird coloration.

I think I will leave him on his own in the smaller tank.

Oh and I might be getting my hands on another piebald!

[tgampper]

Good idea, leaving the piebald in its own tank. Hopefully, you would be able to breed them soon. It would be exciting to establish a colony of piebald frogs. Is there any information out there about the genetics of "piebaldism"?

[Jenste]

I would like to try breeding him this summer - I am estimating his age around 10 months or so, I have yet to hear him do a mating call.

From what little info I have been able to find and read, mating piebalds often results in just normal colored froglets - and piebalds usually result from natural colored matings..

it is just an oddity that occurs by some arrangement of their genes.

I may be getting another piebald male - missing one eye but other than that he is normal. He is mostly white on one whole half of his body then grayish on the other half...

I am mulling it over, I really want a female piebald but have not been lucky in tracking one down.

[Collegekid]

He looks very happy in his new tank

Would breeding cause him to pass on his twisted bone deformity or do you think it's strictly a piebald related problem?