http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/frognet/ frognet: dendrobatids, mantellas, etc. Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:31:12 GMT Kowalski, Ed http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/frognet/message/52298 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/frognet/message/52298 ... From: amphibtalk-bounces@... [mailto:amphibtalk-bounces@...] On Behalf Of Pramuk, Jennifer Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 4:54 PM To: Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:44:17 GMT Mark Budde http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/frognet/message/52297 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/frognet/message/52297 Jim I have a few thumbnails in a 55 gallon and they are fine when I leave town for a few weeks at a time (automated mister, tons of leaf litter and places for Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:43:30 GMT Jutti Marsh http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/frognet/message/52296 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/frognet/message/52296 Sly brings up a good point. It is a good idea to have someone "trained" to take care of your frogs. At one point I trained a neighbor kid (a teen) and he was Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:53:39 GMT Sly Hat Jones http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/frognet/message/52295 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/frognet/message/52295 I've found that for a weekend, frogs are perfectly fine going unfed. Provided you don't have any sick animals or frogs that are really thin and not doing well, Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:19:33 GMT rozdaboff http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/frognet/message/52294 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/frognet/message/52294 Posting this for anyone who might benefit. Please contact PI directly. ... Postdoctoral Scientist - Disease Ecology and Amphibian Conservation Creative and Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:32:39 GMT Jutti Marsh http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/frognet/message/52293 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/frognet/message/52293 What's the news with Frog Day? Are speakers lined up? Who is going to be selling what? I am hoping to be able to attend. It depends on whether or not I can Tue, 05 Jan 2010 01:50:31 GMT edwardk674@... http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/frognet/message/52292 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/frognet/message/52292 Hi Melody, There are a couple of large species in cultivation in captivity. A large orange isopod as well as several grey species. There are a numbe of live Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:20:34 GMT Kevin William Manley http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/frognet/message/52291 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/frognet/message/52291 Hi Melody, If Derek is still around, he had a bunch at Flyculture.com It's worth giving him a call; he often has small quantities of weird stuff. For turtles Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:15:34 GMT Melody Hartley http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/frognet/message/52290 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/frognet/message/52290 Hi all, Another method for vaction food is to cover a container of fruit flies with a screen of a size that the flies can go through but the frogs can't. Put Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:04:39 GMT Kowalski, Ed http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/frognet/message/52289 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/frognet/message/52289 Hi Jim, There are several invertebrates that are useful to establish in enclosures as a supplemental frog food. There are a couple of small dwarf isopods and Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:34:22 GMT jim_mahaney2003 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/frognet/message/52288 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/frognet/message/52288 I've been lurking on Frognet for years and have always been interested in getting into the hobby. What has held me back is that I often travel on the weekends Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:52:43 GMT Tor Linbo http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/frognet/message/52287 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/frognet/message/52287 It's always good to look for heat sinks in your frog room. It's not so much a problem from day to day, it's when the power goes out or there's some freak cold Sun, 03 Jan 2010 14:50:33 GMT Steve B http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/frognet/message/52286 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/frognet/message/52286 Thanks Patty, Kyle, John, Ben E., and Kevin for the suggestions...  I'm going to be spending my Sunday rotating tanks...  I don't think I'm going to worry Sun, 03 Jan 2010 14:39:16 GMT Steve B http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/frognet/message/52285 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/frognet/message/52285 Howdy, Jutti! Yes, I have trouble in the summers with too-warm temperatures in the tanks.  I adjust the light cycles and just "live with it."  This summer we Sun, 03 Jan 2010 05:17:58 GMT Kevin William Manley http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/frognet/message/52284 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/frognet/message/52284 Hey Ben, Please explain the chytrid comment. Also, is there an update on the self feeding terrarium? Steve, it's the temps that matter, not the wall. Why not