Our two Green Frogs

[leon]

Hi guys,
Whilst we were in Darwin Alice found the dog water bowl full of frog eggs, so she decided to raise them and she did.

We got hold of three small fish tanks from the junk shop and the first was for the eggs and then as the started to be tadpoles they progressed to the next tank and so on.

She raised 112 and let them go but decided to keep two, which we still have today, that was seven years ago, they can last up to twenty years from what i have read.

They, the frogs have been round Australia twice up the middle and into the coldest places in Victoria, we do have a heater under their tank when it gets to cold, and we have to continually buy Crickets at the pet stores to keep them fed.

Anyway here are our two frogs having a conference of sorts.

Buy the way I forgot to say she, Alice named them Tad and Pole

Leon

[sharpiel]

Legend effort Leon. Raising and releasing.

Those two look beautiful. Well done mate.

[Dennis]

Fantastic photos Leon - love them.

Cheers

Dennis

[Ukastronomer (Jeremy)]

Originally Posted by leon

Hi guys,
Whilst we were in Darwin Alice found the dog water bowl full of frog eggs, so she decided to raise them and she did.

We got hold of three small fish tanks from the junk shop and the first was for the eggs and then as the started to be tadpoles they progressed to the next tank and so on.

She raised 112 and let them go but decided to keep two, which we still have today, that was seven years ago, they can last up to twenty years from what i have read.

They, the frogs have been round Australia twice up the middle and into the coldest places in Victoria, we do have a heater under their tank when it gets to cold, and we have to continually buy Crickets at the pet stores to keep them fed.

Anyway here are our two frogs having a conference of sorts.

Buy the way I forgot to say she, Alice named them Tad and Pole

Leon

:thum bsup:

[brian nordstrom (As avatar)]

Cool Leon , I remember you showing me those tadpoles when you were in Darwin one time , job well done mate .

I had one as well , for 4 years it slept inside my down pipe during the dry and upon the first rain of the wet he would burst into song !! so loud when he was still in the down pipe , like a pipe organ .

He live'd with me all that time , cool animals for sure . I named him ' Frogee ' , lame yes but he was so cool and needed a name .

Brian.

ps. note the eye slits on you frogs eyes ? , mine was taken at night and fully dilated and I used to watch him hunt , these are awesome hunters as the will eat anything that will fit in their mouths , great for keeping the big Roaches down in number we had up there .

[leon]

Yes Brian I do remember that, and you are right, when it feels like rain to them, boy, do they go off, one starts and the rest follow.

Leon