Originally Posted by
Jeff Kennedy
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!!!!
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