Chubby frog

[StephenLS]

If it works for you, fair enough! Do you provide plenty of hides for them?

I just like to try and provide as near as I can to natural habitat/conditions, although your method does make cleaning sound a hell of a lot easier

[Marilyn]

If it works for you, fair enough! Do you provide plenty of hides for them?

I just like to try and provide as near as I can to natural habitat/conditions, although your method does make cleaning sound a hell of a lot easier

Yes, I provide plenty of places for them to hide, but 99 times out of a hundred, all four of them are cuddled together inside of their Exo Terra rock cave. What I like about the paper towels is that if I'm in a rush, I can just tear off the piece of paper towel that got pooped upon and replace the rest of it when I have more time. You would be amazed how much cricket poop shows up on a nice white paper towel, too. I don't want my babies sitting in that stuff. In nature sun and rain takes care of the waste produced by frogs. In captivity they depend upon us to keep their habitats sanitary for them. I change their paper towels every day, and the paper towels can get pretty grungy looking in just 24 hours.

[frogdaze]

I agree that the easier it is to keep the tanks clean the better for us and the frogs. We don't spend as much time and the frogs have a much cleaner tank with less chance of bacterial and fungal infections.

[StephenLS]

hmmm interesting, I will have to mull the pros and cons over in my mind!

I've read that there is very much a naturalistic / simplistic divide between europe and the states!

Have you ever bred your chubbies?

[Marilyn]

No I haven't. I understand that in order to successfully breed frogs in captivity you have to replicate the seasons and influences of nature-- increase and decrease the number of MINUTES of daylight they receive--temperature etc. I'm too busy changing paper towels and water bowls to have the patience or time to monitor how many minutes of daylight they receive. Besides, what would I do with 10,000 Chubbies??

[StephenLS]

Apparently they have a high mortality rate when young...so 10000 might be ambitious....but what fun?

I'm going to have a go at trying to get mine to breed in November. The are currently 'cooling' and I'm in the process of building a rain chamber!

[Marilyn]

That does sound like fun. I might try it when my two teen aged sons are grown and out of the house. Until then, I devote ALL of my free time to preventing THEM from breeding.

[Marilyn]

Also, "simplistic" doesn't have to mean "boring." I've accumulated a lot of naturalistic store bought items for my frogs over the years. I have a lot of fun satisfying my amphibians' needs while at the same time keeping the tanks sanitary but still aesthetically pleasing to me.

[StephenLS]

Hey Marilyn, Apologies if I offended you using the term simplistic. It was not intended to!

After speaking with you I am infact considerig trying a similar set up with my chubbies!

[Marilyn]

No need to apologize. I didn't take you the wrong way :-))

[StephenLS]

Excellent

[Marilyn]

Not to be a smart a**, but their natural habitat also contains snakes and owls and TONS of parasites.