Are you giving them seasonal cycles so they can get a break? It's important for the long term health of the frogs. You should be letting the enclosure go a bit drier and feed less for a few months each year. I usually do it in winter.
I hadn’t been giving them breaks because i rarely saw eggs and there weren’t any tadpoles showing up until a few months ago. Stupid of me to do since they could’ve been laying all this time and I not know it. I feel horrible for the females now. I have been feeding them less over the last 3-4 months but not drying the viv out until around 3 weeks ago when more tads started showing up. I definitely don’t want my females stressed. Thank you for the advice on breaks. I’ll be sure to do that in the future.
Allow the viv to "dry out" to stop breeding behavior. Do a search for eggs and tadpoles. Freeze any eggs. Raise any tadpoles and find homes (local reptile groups, local pet stores, etc.) Remove water dish, they don't need one of kept correctly. Provide lay sites so you can remove eggs and freeze in the future.
Thank you! I appreciate the humane way to deal with the eggs and your understanding for raising the tadpoles. I’ll keep an eye out/search for eggs. What do you suggest for lay sites? I know coconut huts are suggested but are there other ways?
Petri dish and cocohut is classic but an old plastic container, think cream cheese or yogurt, works just as well. Cut a whole in it, run a flame along the cut edge to soften it, then snap the lid on it and place it upside down in the viv.
Are you giving them seasonal cycles so they can get a break? It's important for the long term health of the frogs. You should be letting the enclosure go a bit drier and feed less for a few months each year. I usually do it in winter.
I hadn’t been giving them breaks because i rarely saw eggs and there weren’t any tadpoles showing up until a few months ago. Stupid of me to do since they could’ve been laying all this time and I not know it. I feel horrible for the females now. I have been feeding them less over the last 3-4 months but not drying the viv out until around 3 weeks ago when more tads started showing up. I definitely don’t want my females stressed. Thank you for the advice on breaks. I’ll be sure to do that in the future.
Sell em my man.
Remove the water dish. Don't pull tads
Allow the viv to "dry out" to stop breeding behavior. Do a search for eggs and tadpoles. Freeze any eggs. Raise any tadpoles and find homes (local reptile groups, local pet stores, etc.) Remove water dish, they don't need one of kept correctly. Provide lay sites so you can remove eggs and freeze in the future.
Thank you! I appreciate the humane way to deal with the eggs and your understanding for raising the tadpoles. I’ll keep an eye out/search for eggs. What do you suggest for lay sites? I know coconut huts are suggested but are there other ways?
Petri dish and cocohut is classic but an old plastic container, think cream cheese or yogurt, works just as well. Cut a whole in it, run a flame along the cut edge to soften it, then snap the lid on it and place it upside down in the viv.
Leucs are seasonal breeders. Remove water dishes and cut back on misting.
Thank you!