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Ade
Tadpole
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 Posted - 18/03/2010 : 20:57:46
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Well, here he (or she) is, our first foray into this hobby, our Australian White's tree frog, imaginatively named Froggy. lol
That's what I love about this type of hobby, I get to indulge my other hobbies as well. 
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Kehhlyr
The Amphibian Administrator
United Kingdom
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Posted - 19/03/2010 : 13:47:38
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| Still looks tiny, how big is he? |
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Ade
Tadpole
United Kingdom
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Posted - 19/03/2010 : 14:21:44
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He is very tiny, about 2-2.5cms. My camera has a good zoom and super macro mode. ;)
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lewy
The Amphibian Administrator
United Kingdom
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Posted - 19/03/2010 : 17:59:10
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Gorgeous little frog  and nice photo too... what camera do you use? |
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Ade
Tadpole
United Kingdom
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Posted - 19/03/2010 : 19:03:43
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I have a Fujifilm Finepix S1500, it was a nice cheap camera for it's features. I would have loved a DSLR, but they are so expensive, especially for good macro lenses. I was surprised the photo was so clear, as I didn't use my tripod taking that and I have a tremor. lol
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Kazerella
The Amphibian Administrator
United Kingdom
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Posted - 22/03/2010 : 18:23:13
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| He's a little cutie |
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BlueTongueDan
The Amphibian Moderator
United Kingdom
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Posted - 23/03/2010 : 21:14:09
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Very cute little frog!
Froggy is a perfect name |
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Ade
Tadpole
United Kingdom
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Posted - 26/03/2010 : 13:18:51
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Froggy isn't so little any more....
Say cheese!
Who you calling fat?
The chap in the store told me they few fast, but woah!
As you can see, he is much much braver now, not hiding at all. Here's a pic of his home as well:-
I put a shallow bowl of wet moss in there for him earlier.
Ade
PS. I should probably mention the Froggy was photographed using macro, images aren't actual size. lol |
Edited by - Ade on 26/03/2010 13:23:31 |
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Kazerella
The Amphibian Administrator
United Kingdom
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Posted - 29/03/2010 : 11:37:20
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| He is getting chubby isn't he. He wears it well though, it just makes him cuter |
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Ade
Tadpole
United Kingdom
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Posted - 29/03/2010 : 16:41:46
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Yeah, he's grown even more now I reckon, not any fatter, just bigger. I am keeping a close eye on his chubbyness, my wife is a self confessed overfeeder, so at the moment I wont let her feed him more than every other day, although she does keep sneaking a couple of mini mealworms into his food bowl, a habit I am working on discouraging. lol
She has even been feeding the mini meal worms... They are looking much plumper for it. lol Oh and they were only bought as an emergency food whilst waiting for crickets to come.
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Ade
Tadpole
United Kingdom
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Posted - 29/03/2010 : 17:08:39
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New lighting arrived, so I thought it time to put some update photos up:-
Light looks strange, with the 2 different spectrums, but heh if it helps Froggy...
You have to love super macro mode. ;)
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Kazerella
The Amphibian Administrator
United Kingdom
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Posted - 29/03/2010 : 17:51:31
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| It does produce some jealous worthy photographs |
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Ade
Tadpole
United Kingdom
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Posted - 29/03/2010 : 18:53:42
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Yeah, I am lucky to have a camera that doesn't require much skill to use, but didn't cost the earth either. :) That last pic was taken in scene recognition mode with super macro set to forced, no messing with aperture etc at all. :) The Fujifilm Finepix S1500 is a really nice camera for hobby pics, without breaking the bank. :)
Oh, and having a frog that doesn't mind having a camera lens 2cms away helps too. lol Zoom wrecks macro shots without a tripod.
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Ade
Tadpole
United Kingdom
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Posted - 07/04/2010 : 00:37:18
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Well froggy isn't quite so plump, now that he/she is sharing the food. ;)
We did the rescape today as well, for a more natural look:-
Don't be worried by the water area, it's only just 1 cm deep at the moment, but can be made deeper as the frogs grow.  I start out with bottled water, but my wife forgot to buy any whilst shopping. As I am also out of dechlorinator, I topped off with RO water that was at room temperature. The minerals from the bottled water and from the large sized gravel (more like small pebbles) should hopefully offset the softness of this. I felt it better to use this than just tap water. 
As you can see in the next pic, all 3 of them have been thoroughly exploring, getting quite mucky in the coconut husk substrate.
Hippety and Hoppety, Hippety at the back and Hoppety at the front:-
Froggy, the mucky little tyke:-
Hoppety is a bit kamikaze! Leaped clear across the vivarium to try to get out when I opened it to capture them whilst I worked on their home. Landed on my hand luckily.
[edit] I nearly forgot to mention, there is now a 2nd 12 watt heat mat underneat the terrarium. It's in the far rear right corner, the idea been it's warming the same kind of area as the one on the side, thus increasing efficiency, hopefully helping to keep up the humidity, whilst still allowing for a good thermal gradient across the terrarium.
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Kehhlyr
The Amphibian Administrator
United Kingdom
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Posted - 07/04/2010 : 04:28:34
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They are superb, and a brilliant setup as well.
I love whites tree frogs, they are just chubby little things with legs that look to small for their bodies. |
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Ade
Tadpole
United Kingdom
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Posted - 07/04/2010 : 11:38:09
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Agreed, they are fantastic animals, and we are really glad we chose to start our frog adventure with them. :)
There legs though are shockingly long when fully extended. Hoppety is an extremely active and adventurous frog so we regularly see him dangling by his back legs whilst try to get into silly places for a nose around. His legs are about as long as his body. :O But yeah, when they are curled up having a snooze they just look like pudgy little green blobs with diddy legs, so sweet. :) Especially Froggy, who been the longest resident is so settled these days that he goes soundly asleep, you can even see in the pic that his/her eyes are closed completely with him snuggled down.
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Our White's tree frog.
