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care sheet to start with .. viewtopic.php?f=40&t=42391 my book says 90f-100f basking so 32.2 - 37.7C would lean toward higher end if not eating well. also avoid drafts but allow good ventilation as want cool as possible in rest of enclosure. try not disturb too much. yeah I use to have a cardboard box hide down the cool end and basking rock down the other. on fake turf .. simple for easy care and feeding crickets. green turf better than coloured as crickets stand out more.

Life is about balance, was just saying you may find if you stop offering waxworms the bd may gain an appetite for other bugs. 4 months old. it should be getting some size on? if not eating strip enclosure put on paper towel. make sure temps are spot on.

if a kid only wanted chocolate is that all you'd feed it?

could just be too many waxworms ... theyre more a treat food. crickets and locusts better staple. healthy lizards can go some days without food. may take a little tough love to get it back onto proper foods. if vet thinks force feed leave with vet and let them do it would be my advice. never had to do so here. best to feed in enclosure they are in also .. less stress. keep setup basic, so livefood can't hide etc, until a bit bigger and or eating well.

melamine will absorb too id imagine if not sealed correctly around edges ... can get laminate strips to iron? on edges but may need more than that. mdf is fine but must seal with non toxic sealer of some sort. melamine either laminated mdf or chipboard anyway .. she be right if built right what ever you use. they can feel heat from below .. what do you think they do when come across a warm rock in dr desert ... cook them selves, unlikely.

I had 200 bd eggs one season, when I was enthusiastic about reptiles, and maybe had a dozen hatch in the end. my incubation methods weren't the full quid but still. reason I got some geckos recently is that i was inspired by Alans success. Got a pair else where in mean time ... every one hatched to date has been deformed so far, culling animals is not why we do it :facepalm: Only thing that has ever bred and or cant be stopped for me is my good old red eared turtles. possibly other turtles and water dragons seem good in nz too. lots to work on out there though huh, or be it not much at all.

you speak a lot of sense . im glad we got you to reply thought you may of been having a dig at my breeding setups. don't mind me. all good if you were. welcome constructive discussion anyday. we have a lot to answer for in nz in regards to how we keep some animals but especially frogs and turtles ...howver lets not forget captive care is a realtively new scene so we are all forever learning. always welcome discussion on the matter.

just embracing the fresh water

just adding to my collection of specimens. almost fed more freezedried crickets to my dogs - they go crazy for them lol - than I have sold. :sml2: still hope I can find a market for it in NZ.

I want a waxy monkey haha what a name. Apparently my nanna use to have a monkey back in the day. real monkey monkey that chucked bannans at visitors. We have barely touched on captive care for most animals, especially reptile and amphibs. I still see people miss interpreting things all the time. Info is abundant out there though if you can be bothered looking for it. I really would like to despute that bell frogs take upto 3 years to mature in the wild. I reckon if an abundant food supply they'd be close to if not mature in the first season/summer.

nzs largest cicada on the left

interesting observation. they do bask, feed and hibernate on land. truly unique frogs. classified as tree frogs yet I have never ever seen one in a tree. whistlers frequent tree less ponds also. still remember the night me and a mate went in search for them. could hear them all around us but couldn't see a single one.

Generally the first thing bell frogs do when disturbed, in the wild, is jump in the pond. If not already in there. They are very good swimmers, id lean toward mostly aquatic. I wonder if that is why mine grow so fast. 3 or 4 strokes and they've swam the length of the tank (120cm). Other peoples frogs must get frustrated and jump into the wall and go hmmm know what? :sml2: Brown tree frogs are not aquatic, 99% of the time, I agree.

makes me want to learn how to use my camera. never enough time in the day.

use to see similar microorganisms in turtle tanks many years ago also. wouldn't treat if animals are fine. be lucky to get rid of them I suspect, just part of life.

has anyone purchased from them? and or seen them in petshops?, just koura in general not the morning glory.

Think I did a few, used the whole bottle. Was trying to eliminate the free swimming things that kept appearing in the tank. Never succeeded. Was almost like the frogs were hosts, however the test wasn't 100% proof. I suspect more likely bent from genetic cause. However have seen eyes missing and leg deformities ages ago, that looked like parasite damage.

made the colours pop (became vibrant temporarily) on my frogs ... still see bent tadpoles though.

Ira's an expert lol. however .. That is sad. My guess either parasites or hungry tank mates. possibly hungry tadpoles or predatory insects. Sadly I would lean toward parasite damage as tapoles whilst developing. Then again you should of noticed the tadpoles with no eyes? Weird and wonderful world we live in. Not everything is perfect as we perceived as kids.

if want some quality let me know :sml2: now on to mr mack snow ... hes on the hunt . pic taken about 10 mins ago

zoom zoom zoom the kids then go boom boom boom lol. must admit I do yell out tuuuuurbo in my diesel from time to time :rotf: looks styley phoenex.

she has put condition on despite laying (almost 40g now) 8 eggs so far and looks like another 2 coming. I use crickets 99% of the time here. Better to condition an animal with quality food rather than high fat less natural foods like mealworms and waxworms I find.

That is a good weight. A female I got recently was producing viable eggs at just over 30g, surprisingly to me. . I assume they still produce eggs even if not mated. 50g + seems the recommended weight online/overseas.

nice looking animal. what is her weight and any eggs yet ...

u pretty much got crabs man :sml1: