Sloppy Joe

[pac]

It that the wild caught male that jelasphatphibs sold to you his name is sloppy joe to he is a beast if thats him

[Kevin1]

Yes sloppy Joe was a South African Import. They say the "ranched" Pyxies from south africa get much larger and beastly than the U.S. Captive bred specimens. Slop is living evidence of this.

[coastal20]

Yes sloppy Joe was a South African Import. They say the "ranched" Pyxies from south africa get much larger and beastly than the U.S. Captive bred specimens. Slop is living evidence of this.

Hey, Kevin do you know how old Sloppy Joe might be?

[Kevin1]

I think Sloppy Joe is around 4-5 years old

[coastal20]

Today I decided Sloppy need his weight checked. Sorry for the poor cell phone pics.


He tipped the scale at 3 pounds 1 ounce, I had no clue he weighed this much.

[Sublime]

Dude that's so sweet you have a WC on your hands, was this weight after a feeding or before?

[pac]

You are so lucky i wished i seen the ad i would have got him myself i wished i could find wc ornates

[coastal20]

Dude that's so sweet you have a WC on your hands, was this weight after a feeding or before?

That was before feeding, but he has also been in the water for about a month straight.

[BG]

So he must be the biggest around.

Today I decided Sloppy need his weight checked. Sorry for the poor cell phone pics.


He tipped the scale at 3 pounds 1 ounce, I had no clue he weighed this much.

[Sublime]

So he must be the biggest around.

You think so? I don't think TheFrogRanch would completely destroy that hereditary trait, they probably used some of the bigger class afb's. It all depends on certain genetics, husbandry, and probably the most important is the diet you are providing for it to grow to maximum potential. Some of the other breeders may have destroyed the trait, I think that there are pixies as big as Sloppy.

[BG]

I guess the size was a wild trait that they lost here in the U.S.. I bet you they breed them with small males and females.. In the wild only the biggest,and strongest gets to breed. They destroyed that trait, and to much bad breeding.

Hey, Kevin do you know how old Sloppy Joe might be?

[Kevin1]

I guess the size was a wild trait that they lost here in the U.S.. I bet you they breed them with small males and females.. In the wild only the biggest,and strongest gets to breed. They destroyed that trait, and to much bad breeding.

I imagine here in the U.S. when they first started breeding pyxies the only pyxies that would breed were bred. So they weren't selected for size as much as willingness to breed. I'm sure many of you know breeding pyxies is a very very difficult task which is why the biggest pyxie supplier in the U.S. uses hormone injections to breed them regularly. Personally, I feel that the hormones might be the cause for a lack of size with these frogs.

[Sublime]

I imagine here in the U.S. when they first started breeding pyxies the only pyxies that would breed were bred. So they weren't selected for size as much as willingness to breed. I'm sure many of you know breeding pyxies is a very very difficult task which is why the biggest pyxie supplier in the U.S. uses hormone injections to breed them regularly. Personally, I feel that the hormones might be the cause for a lack of size with these frogs.

Yeah good point. I thought FrogRanch didn't use any hormones when breeding all their frogs?

[Sublime]

I'm sure they're using top of line equipment with custom setup rain chambers to resemble the barometric pressure and naturalistic habitat during breeding season for these frogs. I thought I read that Kim Thomas swears by not breeding frog with hormones.

[Sublime]

Yes sloppy Joe was a South African Import. They say the "ranched" Pyxies from south africa get much larger and beastly than the U.S. Captive bred specimens. Slop is living evidence of this.

How common are the imports? Did Phat Phibs just have connections with some organization down there or something?

[coastal20]

How common are the imports? Did Phat Phibs just have connections with some organization down there or something?

Phat Phibs purchased the frog from another collector about a year ago, that collector purchased the frog when it was 3 inches from ed clark and raised it to the size he is now.
From my experience looking for imports, they are pretty rare.

[Sublime]

Phat Phibs purchased the frog from another collector about a year ago, that collector purchased the frog when it was 3 inches from ed clark and raised it to the size he is now.
From my experience looking for imports, they are pretty rare.

Wow, you're a very lucky man. Yeah I'm sure your not going to come by many native African Bullfrog's. Congratz .

Oh btw, could we maybe get a feeding video? I would love to watch that beast.

[pac]

i can believe they sold him if i knew that i would have bought him myself and im into pxyies im into pac mans

[Eel Noob]

Any photos or videos of Oz next to a ruler? From video posted he looks huge but want to see.

[Sublime]

Any photos or videos of Oz next to a ruler? From video posted he looks huge but want to see.

That's what I wanted to know about Oz also. From the side angle he's ridiculous. Phat Phibs said Oz is there biggest and Moosh is their most aggressive. I'll message him on youtube and see if he'll make another video for Oz since they're aiming for more subscribers.