Re: MOTW - Apr 28 - May4 2013 - Demon Amphibians
So how i came to frogs...Originally Posted by Jenste
When i was young i loved to go out and catch and collect bugs, snakes and other animals. The animal that was the hardest to catch therefore it was the coolest at least as far as a 5 year old was concerned was frogs. They were always the big mystery to me. Then when i was 8 or 9 my grandma got me a pac man for my birthday. I named him Trigger. He passed away just before my 21st birthday so i had him for most of my life. When he passed i was devastated and have been wanting a pac man ever since but I don't only want to get one of them i want to get many different colors and species. Right now i don't have the means to house that many so when i buy a house i am going to build a really cool set up that includes a rain chamber for breeding.
Another story that i have that got me so fascinated with frogs.. when i was in high school i took my 8 year old nephew fishing down by the snake river. We were having no luck so i told him lets go frog hunting. the sun was setting and we could here them croaking. That is when we came across the larges female bullfrog i have ever seen in my life. It was a mind blowing 9 1/2 inches from vent to snout. I fed her small adult rats (which now i know that it wasn't the best meal choice) I also feed my brothers lizard collection to her when my brother caught me he went out and caught a Garder snake that was almost 2 feet long and put it in the frog tank to get revenge on me for feeding his lizards to my frog. His plan failed because the frog ate the snake too. I ended up letting her go after a few months because i just didn't have a tank big enough to house this frog. To this day i still cant believe how big it was but my mom has a pic of is somewhere buried in a photo album in her storage unit. When i go home to Idaho again i will for sure be looking for it.
Since i have been in the navy i haven't been able keep frogs until I came to shore duty. I am just dreading the day i will have to go back to sea. the last thing i want to do is get rid of my slimy little friends.
