At long last I have finally gotten a pyxie frog!! These are the giants folks. The African Bullfrog aka African Burrowing frog. Second largest frog in the world. The big boys can get 12+ inches and weigh in at 5lbs. The females stay rather small though. ;(
Anyway...
I was woken up this morning by my buddy at the local herp shop calling to say he had brought me back a pyxie from the Tampa Bay show he went to this weekend. He had ordered a couple for me awhole back, but out of the 3 he ordered, 2 had prolapse and 1 was just very weak looking. It ended up dieing a cople days later.
So while he was at the show he happend to see a few nice ones and grabbed one for me. I hadnt even ordered it from him, it was a total suprise. He just knew Ive been wanting to get ahold of one of these guys for awhile! So needless to say it was a great 420 suprise! Now if only it turns on to be a male... Ill have to say its one of the best 420s Ive eveer had!
The little thing is pretty insane. I figured it wouldnt eat but went ahead and offered some food anyway. Well, it destroyed 2 nickel size dubias almost instantly. Then after figuring out if it was food or not, scarffed down about 1/4 of a monster night crawler. This is all in the first 15 minutes of me getting back to the house. To say these guys have a voracious appitete would be an understatement.
Ill reserve the name till I see if its a boy! :twisted:
Here are a couple shots I took.
Ohhh also. Im going to start a thread in the Growth Progess section if anyone is interested. These guys grow amazingly fast so Ill try to update at very least biweekly. So keep an eye out. And everyone cross your fingers and hope for a boy!!!
