Tell me about large frogs

[clownonfire]

Pyxie's can definitely inflict some pain and damage on a humans hand. What people that are unfamiliar with fat frogs should know is that it isn't out of aggression. It is plainly because they think that anything that is in front of their face is food!! When a Pyxie is mad, he will sink his head down, like a child that got it's feelings hurt and begin to take a long breath and exhale. When a Pac is upset, it will flail at you with it's mouth open and bark at you. It is quite comical and in my experience, the ornates are the feistiest and ready to defend there territory at the drop of a hat. I have never had a green, brown or albino cranwelli bark at me but have had several apricot albinos do so. When I get ot our groups of ornates to do the daily poop removal, misting and feeding, almost all will bark and snap at me. It is expected at this point. Getting back to the Pyxie's, one of the most intriguing things to me is in fact the 3 teeth and the forked tongue. It seems so mythical. One thing that most don't know (only those that have been bitten) is that they also have a very sharp row of teeth on top like a catfish. The combination of the jaw pressure and the sharpness on both sides can be a very scary thing for a Pyxie owner. This is a pic of me feeding what was then our 6 month old Pyxie "Moosh". I was hand feeding dubia males to Moosh without the use of tongs. After accepting about 6 without incident, Moosh then misjudged his aim and latched on to my finger!!! It happened before I even knew it happened. After getting ahold of me, he began to use his legs to kick against my hand and try to pull my finger off so that he could eat it. It was about a 10 minute ordeal before he was finally wore down enough to allow me to squeeze his jaws and free myself. Great thread Eric and sorry that it took so long to respond!! Busy weekend!!!!

No worries Jeff. Glad to see things are going well. These pics are quite something. It definitely gives a good idea of the strength of their jaw and teeth. I've read the part of a pyxie and pacman being upset to my wife and she thanks you for this new bit of info.

So do I.

Eric

[artes]

By larger frogs, are you just including the pacman-y types, or also tree frogs? Well, I love all my big frogs, so I'll tell you why on all of them!

First - white's tree frogs. Froggie is quite possibly the coolest frog in the world. She actually enjoys being picked up and put on my shoulder. She'll climb all over me like I'm a playground, and has never once offered to jump off or run away. She lets me know when he's bored by climbing back down and sitting on my hand, and I go put her back in her tank. She also enjoys cuddling with her girlfriend Chance, and its really, really cute. She also turns into this crazed homicidal maniac whenever crickets get placed in the tank.

Now, why Toadstool is the second coolest frog in the world: she manages to be so cute, so awesome, by sitting half buried in dirt and glaring at me like she's disgruntled at my appearance. She's the cute grumpy old man waving his cane and cursing about kids in his yard. She comes alive when crickets come into the picture - hopping around on her little stubby legs with an evil gleam in her eye. Sam is convinced she's conspiring against us all, and its probably true. She got mad at me today because I pulled her out to see if she would fit in her new water bowl (she refuses to use larger water bowls, so I have to get them that she can barely squeeze into, like that 400 lb woman at the gym who insist on spandex). After she got over her traumatic experience (rolls eyes) she buried herself in the dirt, leaving only her eyes out. She buried herself so she was facing my computer desk, and glared at me, making sure I knew she was angry. That was two hours ago... /glances over at her eyes still glaring.

How can you not love that charm? /snickers