Beautiful, it's still a froglet, but it'll grow to be a bit larger than C. cranwelli as adults. Love this species in general, my C. aurita eats better than the rest of my pacman froglets, despite being born with a weaker right arm. Be prepared for the best eating pacman frog you'll probably ever get.
There is a good piles of leaves in their tank and they probably get the spring tails and isopods i seeded in there. The entire tank was crawling with springtails when I initially put them in there. It only tooke them a few days until the springtails couldn't be seen anymore. I still see some if I dig through the leaf litter. I also give them phorid flies and pinhead crickets that I hatch myself.
I don't think I've seen you most what you use as supplements. I use Repashy calcium plus every feeding. It is an all-in-one calcium and vitamin supplement that has the vitamins in forms that are usable by dart frogs.
Pennywise was mentioned in this episode of Eons that I watched last night. Super cool!!
I have been extremely satisfied with all of the Repashy products I have used. I opted for the Supervite because I still have calcium vit D3 stuff. The "supervite is microfine complete vitamin only supplement powder that contains both retinol and carotenoids as sources of vitamin A." from the repashy brochure. I also like to use the Savory stew to feed my tadpoles.
Welcome to the club!! They are great to observe and raise- not to mention designing new habitats. Keep us posted as to which will become your new friend!
HI, I didn't know that the exact supplement was important? I've been using rep-cal calcium and rep-cal herp vitamins. I'll do a little reading to see if there is consensus on different vitamin brands making a difference on darts.
The rep-cal calcium and vitamins are (from what I understand) reptile specific and don't include the vitamins in forms that feels can digest/use.
So, well, that first clutch (and also the second I got a couple of days later in the lower film canister) went bad. That was to be expected. I got a third (and maybe fourth clutch) about a week later, 14 eggs in total, so probably two clutches, same location. I pulled those on Thursday, not sure yet what to make of them. Does someone have pictures of how R. variabilis eggs are supposed to look at different stages?The first clutch of eggs since I got into the hobby!!! YAY!
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Just discovered it, it's very early in the morning here. They must have laid it yesterday when my little Casanova and one of his girls basically spent the whole evening in that film canister.
Now, I'm actually not sure what to do? Do I get it out? Or should I leave it in there because it might go bad anyway but to help the frogs to learn to care for it? What would you do?
Side note: Isn't it cute that 3 of my 4 Ranis always spent their night together in that bromeliad?
That would probably help a lot.
I have a breeding group set up for the red eyed tree frogs Agalychnis callidryas. Unfortunately, my proven albino female did not survive the cross country move and I am growing up some new girls. I expect to have tadpoles next year. My poor males call every night in anticipation!
Bufo marina is an awesome toad!! I was able to catch a few of them during my field studies in Panama. They get so big!! Your comment reminded me of a scene from one of my favorite movies.
Aw, I love that movie. awesome
Sorry I haven't. I'll have to download Spotify today and give it a listen.
