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@jodi said in Perspective:
You are raising frogs?
These are pets. A couple summers ago, we had a wonderful experience with little gray treefrogs visiting our front porch each evening to sit by our bug-collecting appliance. Somehow they had figured out it was a bug buffet for them, and they were enjoying sitting near it on the porch floor, grabbing little moths before the bug went into the machine.
One in particular was very social with us. He would climb up a bird feeder pole to get from the ground to the level of the porch floor, jump to the edge of the porch, and sit by my chair. After I greeted him, he would hop further into the porch, sometimes pausing for a better view by sitting on hubby's foot, then make his way over to the buffet. After filling his tummy, which was quite fun to watch, he would retire to a metal plant stand for a snooze. We named him Jürgen Frogcaller, aka .Jürgi.
Soon we had a couple females join the evening soirees, and they got named Jade and Emmie ( short for Emerald), and another younger male we named Thor!, with the exclamation mark as actually part of him name. It was pronounced with that in mind, always Thor!, never just Thor.
They entertained us every evening, and Jürgi became rather tame, enough that he let me hold him and take pictures of him. He decided the wisteria trellis behind my porch chair was his new daytime sleeping perch. During the day, he would wake occasionally, trill a bit, and respond when I said his name. His trilling was excellent, just like a song. He taught me how wonderful little tree frogs are that summer.
The next spring, we wondered whether they would return. They did a couple times before they got the annual urge to go to the retention pond by the church across the street, their lovers' lane. I don't know what happened to them after that. I thought I heard one under the porch once, but that was it.
I got some tadpoles from the retention pond to raise for in our yard, and now we also have pet frogs that are domesticated. They travel with us for long car trips, and they've been all the way to Oregon. They're getting old enough for the males to begin trilling. Maybe this spring will be their first mating season? They have a little pond in their house that they use for soaking every day. It could serve as a little lovers' lane. If so, I may become a grandma.
I'll see if I can get the links from the threads about the original group of frogs. It has pictures of Jürgi and his group. I have more current threads and pics of our pet frogs, too. They're rather photogenic.
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"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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@brenda said in Perspective:
@jolly said in Perspective:
Only for meat.
You're just asking for a spanking again.
Beat me, bite me, burn me. Just don't pay me with a bad check.
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@george-k said in Perspective:
You took them to Oregon???
Ayup. They're good little travellers. They had a small travel house that fit on the seat behind me. When we got to our kiddo's place, I set up their regular froggo house for them. They lived in there on the apartment balcony. These are tree frogs, so they loved being up so high.
They went into the hotels with us, while we were travelling, of course. The first night, it was our wedding anniversary, and hubby had reserved a very nice room at a downtown historic hotel in Rapid City, South Dakota. The staff was very amused by the frogs. The bellman would note anyone else who cast a curious glance, and he would announce in his rather authoritative tone, "Frogs." Just one word, that's all. He was thoroughly enjoying himself with our nonsense.
There were protesters across the street from the hotel and all over that area during the evening, but the frogs actually came into the historic hotel, so they made their own history that night.
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"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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@jolly said in Perspective:
@brenda said in Perspective:
@jolly said in Perspective:
Only for meat.
You're just asking for a spanking again.
Beat me, bite me, burn me. Just don't pay me with a bad check.
The froggos would never do that.
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@brenda said in Perspective:
Was he a good traveller? Did he enjoy it?
Yeah, he was. He enjoyed sitting in the sun on the back deck of the car. We got some pretty funny looks from people, I might add.
When we'd get up there, we'd let him have the run of the place.
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“I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill
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@catseye3 said in Perspective:
@jodi said in Perspective:
This is an awesome thread.
Yes, Brenda's froggos are altogether awesome.
Jodi needs to see some more pics of the pet froggos we raised. Thanks for reminding me, Cats!
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@brenda said in Perspective:
Jodi needs to see some more pics of the pet froggos we raised. Thanks for reminding me, Cats!
Something I've been curious about: Do you keep the froggos in the net thing for their protection, because they're not mature enough to be let outside? Or does the net thing act as a frog aquarium for you to keep them by, as pets?
Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka
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@catseye3 said in Perspective:
@brenda said in Perspective:
Jodi needs to see some more pics of the pet froggos we raised. Thanks for reminding me, Cats!
Something I've been curious about: Do you keep the froggos in the net thing for their protection, because they're not mature enough to be let outside? Or does the net thing act as a frog aquarium for you to keep them by, as pets?
All the above. In summer, they are in their house on the porch, and it protects them from predators. Because they've been raised in captivity, they aren't really prepared to transition to living in the yard. The frog experts say to never release pet frogs, rather to find a new owner to care for them.
That's why I continue to raise tadpoles in a little pond outside by the porch. I get the tadpoles from the church's retention pond across the street from my house. The retention pond dries out, so I rescue them before they would otherwise die from lack of water. Those that morph to froghood from the taddie pool are basically wild frogs, and can have better odds of making it on their own outdoors.
It's the best of both options. We have pets and wild ones. Hopefully, we'll have more wild frogs visit the porch this summer. I don't know if it will ever happen again, but it would be great fun. If Jurgi returns, I'll get pics. His markings are distinctive. He has a map of Italy on his back.
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