mixing tree frogs... - Page 3

Rainfrog · #21 (**permalink**) 03-27-2008, 03:37 AM

And Selll, Beautiful frogs!

freakle46 · #22 (**permalink**) 04-02-2008, 04:34 PM

i keep my big eyes tree frog and my vietnamese blue glider together, could that be bad? they seem fine and nothing bad has happened are they poisonous to one another?

knighty · #23 (**permalink**) 04-02-2008, 08:22 PM

not to sure if they are poisonous to each other but they are from different areas of the world..

IMO no frogs should be mixed....

freakle46 · #24 (**permalink**) 04-03-2008, 10:26 AM

the guy that i bought mine from said that in his house he keeps them together and they get along fine. becasue i know that mixing them can get bad but he said that it was fine i think i am going to research more on it.

knighty · #25 (**permalink**) 04-04-2008, 10:34 PM

his may get along fine, does not make it right though....

Selllena · #26 (**permalink**) 04-08-2008, 05:52 PM

Yep, myself I begin to agree to the fact that it is better not to mix . ..or, to make a really big terrarium. As for my experience, it seems that only bigger space that is in need and search of stabilizing of all the parameters of course. Of course, it is easier to watch and take care about a terrarium with one specie…But it is such a painful wish to make something as a tropical garden …
As for beginner or not…my opinion that we will never know if we do not try…but we must KNOW what we want to try to do. About what we CAN and SHOULD….Yes, it sounds logical, but how we can know what we should and what we shouldn’t. It must be based on an experience. Whose experience? I would not try to do something that was already done by lot’s of people and had a bad result, but terrarium hobby is not so old, there are not so many people who prefer to keep frogs and not so much information. So, I would and will and already try to have my own experience and then I would be able to answer the question about mixing frogs that I keep….but again, I would not be able to answer the question about other species….
For the moment I can assure that it is more difficult to keep a terrarium with different frogs, but it is very interesting. And it is very possible that myself I will say NO MIXING ANYMORE …who knows, I do not deny that.

Guys, it is very interesting with you

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Rainfrog, thanks

knighty · #27 (**permalink**) 04-08-2008, 08:28 PM

i understand that you can only go on experiences, but science and the ways of nature can tell us what will and not work to a very acurate level.

it is proven that some frog toxins will harm others and it is a fact that the bigger species will dominate the other...

it is on many sites and care shhets the warnings and problems about mixing, and caresheets are usually wrote by very expierinced pros, that is why only good sources should be used for information, will be happy to post the links i use on request.

Rainfrog · #28 (**permalink**) 04-09-2008, 05:52 AM

This is a good discussion. We all have different opinions and points of view. We all have a different perspective on life and and the food chain. I have known people who say we are all savages for keeping any creature as a pet. I have known people who would call us all barbarians for feeding live food to our animals, even flies.

Selllena · #29 (**permalink**) 04-09-2008, 09:14 AM

Rainfrog ,certainly !
Knighty, I absolutely agree. And I know about what you have written about toxins and sizes

...It doesn't concern my frogs. And I will be always greatfull for new source of information. So, if you can give me your favorite links, - I would only say THANKS

. Buy the way, I have got a chance to search information in Russian, English and now French...It is great and gives more freedom. At the same time, I can compare the information. Also have got my favorite links.

knighty · #30 (**permalink**) 04-09-2008, 01:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Rainfrog

This is a good discussion. We all have different opinions and points of view. We all have a different perspective on life and and the food chain. I have known people who say we are all savages for keeping any creature as a pet. I have known people who would call us all barbarians for feeding live food to our animals, even flies.

i think in some cases people are right to have a moan... if the animal is not being kept properly or is not cared for i suppose it is savage, and the live feeding alwasys draws out many responses.... if you are simply adding the food to the viv and letting nature do the rest i cant see how this can be argued with, the ones that get me are when people put a rabbit in a tank with a snake and film it, that to me is just done for plesure, sure if the rabbit is on the food chain, but there is no need for it to be filmed as entertainment... well thats my opinion.