TAME frogs???

[froggsong]

Originally Posted by Dwent

found this... a way to "tame" your frog.

How to Hypnotize your Frog

That's just silly... This is a serious discussion...

I think that one of the main things here is that the meaning of the word tame isn't the same for all of us... learned behavior, taming, whatever you want to call it, I think that alot of what everyone is saying points to it being possible.

[Dwent]

yes i am quite silly.
but seriously though... a friend of mine once had a gray treefrog and she would climb all over his arms when he put them in the tank and chill on his shoulder while playin xbox. was quite tame from him feeding her by hand all the time. my gray tree frog on the other hand did not like to be outside her home. tried handfeeding, but gave up eventually to avoid stress...

imo it is possible to tame some frogs, similar to other animals i think it depends on the personality of the creature.

[froggsong]

That's interesting. I wish I could try to tame a frog in such a way to have them sit on my shoulder! But alas, I have two cats and a dog, and I really don't think that would work out...

Oh, and thank you for being more serious.

[cle4r]

I have 3 WTF's and all of them are amicable to handling. They do not struggle or jump away. I feel that certain species are more likely to be "tame." That's why I chose White's, because they tend to be more docile than other frogs.

[paulypaul]

My Green treefrogs are quite jumpy and would hop off if I even open the Vivs doors. The two Grey tree Frogs I have seem to be ok around me though although Ive not had one react the same way as many have mentioned before. Ive only had mine a month so maybe in time they will.

[egadsman]

my two WGTF's are tamed to a slight extent in that i can just put my hand infront of them and the will climb onto it and will just walk around on my arm for as long as i want, when i put them back in the cage they jump off, however... sometimes they like to be naughty and jump around the area in which i am keeping them but they never stray to far and they crawl straight back onto my hand pretty much straight after. XD i love my frogs!

[Trevor&FBT]

My FBT knows when I come up to the tank. And after so long with him and hand feeding him, he crawls up onto my arm and hand when im doing things in the tank.

[dewit]

this is all pretty cool, i have never really thought about it, but yea when i take my green tree frog out, it is almost impossible to get him back in, he just keeps hanging on to my hand, and the same thing happens with my whites tree frog. BTW this is a bit off topic, but have you guys ever caught a frog, hold him in your hand upside down, and rub his belly counter clockwise. I can do this with my leopard frogs and green frogs, when you do this he will just lay on his back without you needing to hold him, and after about 20 seconds goes back to normal. Does anyone know why this happens ?

[Darktoad]

You have to rub their bellies clockwise in Australia.

[Wembily]

Although I have not tried to actual 'tame' my frogs, I have noticed that mine are way more comfortable around me than anyone else. In the past I have had WTF and FBT and they would also come out or make their 'chirping' noises more often when I was around, but would hide or become quiet of other people entered.

Currently I have an Caco-Ornate Horned Frog (Caco-Paco Man Toad) who is pretty lazy and content when I am around, but when other people get too close to him he does this head-bobbing action.

So far, in my case anyway, it appears to be familiarity. As for training Frogs, I would think that with the proper enviroment and practices you could get them to do certain things, but I wouldn't go as far as say they would be trainable as a dog.