Insectile Posted November 28, 2011 Report Share Posted November 28, 2011 first of all i have two whistlers aged about 1 years old. i know that at least one of them is male because i have seen just after and heard him call. they are quite big, about 3.5 cms and well fed. I know they are still probably too young to breed but i was wanting to get some info so i know the basics when they are. also they might be related because the lady i bought them of as tadpoles has a small pond and just ends up with hundreds of tadpoles in there every year. so i am also aware of that. so yeah was just wondering if they are old enough and how to encourage them to breed if anyone has some tips. any help would be appreciated. thanks matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sneaky2 Posted December 2, 2011 Report Share Posted December 2, 2011 first of all i have two whistlers aged about 1 years old. i know that at least one of them is male because i have seen just after and heard him call. they are quite big, about 3.5 cms and well fed. I know they are still probably too young to breed but i was wanting to get some info so i know the basics when they are. also they might be related because the lady i bought them of as tadpoles has a small pond and just ends up with hundreds of tadpoles in there every year. so i am also aware of that. so yeah was just wondering if they are old enough and how to encourage them to breed if anyone has some tips. any help would be appreciated. thanks matt wine n candlelight? or another season...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirt Posted December 2, 2011 Report Share Posted December 2, 2011 Hi I don't think you'd cut it with two. I don't think you can definitively sex whistlers apart from males whistle. Maybe start with 20 chuck them in a pond with some oxygen weed and othe rplants and let the breed, just make sure the pond is free from predators. HTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insectile Posted December 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2011 hey there squirt, i actually have about thirty or so more recently morphed ones that im growing at the mo , i have also been thinking about building an enclosed pond, sort of like a large terrarium, out of plywood. i could just throw them in that if i build it and see waht happens? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirt Posted December 2, 2011 Report Share Posted December 2, 2011 Yeah, I was thinking, only thinking, about breeding them. There's not much info on the net about them (breeding). Have lots of live food for them. I hear they breed around autumn? And then the eggs hatch when it warms up in spring? Not sure about it though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted December 2, 2011 Report Share Posted December 2, 2011 Not sure about breeding but they do not like the heat. I have heard of tadpoles being alive in frozen over ponds and they don't live right up north. Too much heat might be a turnoff for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danval Posted December 2, 2011 Report Share Posted December 2, 2011 A chap I used to work for had some, and over time they escaped. Now there seems to a small breeding population... Their call is a pleasant change from the call of the Bell frog... http://frogsaustralia.net.au/frogs/calls/wma/litoria_verreauxii_verreauxii.wma The guy I worked for had built a large outdoor enclosure but am not sure whether they actually bred in there.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insectile Posted December 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2011 i cant find any decent info about them at all really, have had them in the past though so pretty much know the basics ae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted December 12, 2011 Report Share Posted December 12, 2011 bit tricky to breed in captivity. possibly the hardest of the three species we can keep. but get basics sorted and they should just breed. good luck batman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insectile Posted December 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2011 lol okey dokey ill keep waiting and trying then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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