uh oh...they don't look so happy
One day in our care, and the Stupids plus Einstein are not looking so hot. We've added more water--there's a face cloth saturated with water, next to them, plus a dish of it in their aquarium. I think Mike got the water from the fish tank so it isn't tap water.Despite the moisture, the guys are sluggish and not paying any attention to their worms (red wigglers, not earth worms). And when we come in the room, they don't go crazy the way they did when we got them.
Hey, why is one green and the others brown?
Anyone have any frog care advice?**
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**My instinct is to let them loose near the creek or trade them in for a baby bunneeee, but no one around here has asked me.
Don't they like little fake rocks and leaves and...froggy type stuff? Moist, cool places to hide. Some bugs.
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I had a frog land on my foot once. I screamed like a girl and flung it so far Vinateri got worried. That's the extent of my frog knowledge.
More thoughts on blaming the victims (I have no thougths on frogs). I'm trying to remember when Clinton was being challenged over Monica. The way I remember it, nobody jumped up and down and said what a great guy he was--not even the liberals. We said, what a jerk who can't keep his d**k in his pants. So, how come, when Bush hires a bunch of clowns to run vital organizations, nobody on the right can admit that he screwed up? We don't think we're perfect. How come they have to think he's perfect? Could it be that they, uh, can't admit a single mistake, just like Bush can't?
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--Rob
The way I remember it, nobody jumped up and down and said what a great guy he was-
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I did. Still do. But CNN doesn't do live remotes from my living room, so I don't think anybody heard me. *g*
Lily pads, Kate. They like lily pads, don't they?
Kate, my DH (who studied such things as frogs and spiders back in the day) says the temp is too low. They are cold blooded. Can you rig up a heat source - maybe a low wattage light bulb?
ReplyDeleteThanks for the advice guys. My dh went to Carolina, the scientific supply place that sold them, and found out that these are "jumbo frogs"
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There are pages of information about how to care for the various critters they sell, but nothing about these frogs--not a peep [frog joke] about what kind they are.
A frog expert said they look like leopard frogs...
get the legs while they're fresh
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I found an article related to frog farming which has some pertinant details about habitat if that helps.
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Hi Kate. Sorry it took me a while to read this post!
ReplyDeleteThese look like leopard frogs to me -- Rana pipiens. Here's one link. More to the point, Here's a care sheet. That should answer all of your questions.
Kindest thing would be to release them near a local pond or stream. If that's not an option, you'll need a big aquarium for this many frogs.
Thanks, Rae. One more thought: rinse the foliage on the plants you get from the store. Some places use insecticide, which might be harmful to your frogs. I've heard of folks killing off their PDFs (poison dart frogs) that way.
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