My Waxy Monkey Frogs.

[Alex M]

Thought one or two on here maybe interested to see these. I have 7 in total now. Broke the rules a little and decided to rear the original youngsters up under 10.0 UVB as i noticed the ones being brought up under 5.0 didn't look as healthy so quickly readjusted things early on. The original juveniles were also offered food items that were dusted no more than once every 2 weeks max, however they've been given an extremely varied diet (5 species of roach amongst many other things). Excuse the quality, these were taken on my mobile...





Cheers
Alex

[stephenie191]

I don't know much about frogs but sounds like you spoil them with all differn't kinds of food ! LOL

They're very pretty, seen these before in a rep shop and i was like OOOO!

Anyhow, nice pics

[Alex M]

Originally Posted by stephenie191

I don't know much about frogs but sounds like you spoil them with all differn't kinds of food ! LOL

They're very pretty, seen these before in a rep shop and i was like OOOO!

Anyhow, nice pics

Thanks Stephanie. I've never felt that any of my herps should be restricted to 2 or 3 different feed items (specialist feeders aside), properly gut loaded prey items make all the difference. There maybe roach experts etc on here who can elaborate, as i'm not knowledgeable enough in this field, but i do feel a turkistan roach fed exactly the same diet as a dubia roach would still be genetically different nutrition wise....hence why i feed the 5 different species plus other food items. I rarely feed crickets for a multitude of reasons though.

[tokay]

How hard are these waxies to keep? can you reccomend a decent website with caresheets etc?

[knighty]

Will you be selling the babies? been looking for some uk CB for a while now.

[Alex M]

Originally Posted by tokay

How hard are these waxies to keep? can you reccomend a decent website with caresheets etc?

Hi,

It's hard to say whether Waxies are hard to keep really, as i tend to find that some species of herptiles work out well for some people and not for others, even when they seem to be keeping them almost identically (hope this makes sense). I personally have found them relatively easy, but as there is often conflicting advice on some caresheets (and let's face it, alot of caresheets are beyond basic and are truly awful) i decided to do what i always do when working out my execution of creating the ideal setup...I research thoroughly the animals exact habitat within their distribution, the seasons they have adapted to, the relative day/night temperature/humidity they have adapted to within those seasons and also the wild animals preferred diet, plus a few other things, the things that give me clues as to why that species lives where it does. If you follow those golden rules, you really shouldn't go far wrong. I'm sorry that doesn't help much, but i'm always happy to extend my limited knowledge on these fascinating anurans. Unless you are very experienced with perhaps more specialised amphibians, then best to avoid WC Waxies at ALL costs. They may look good when they arrive in the country, but most 'crash' quickly and perish within weeks of importation. Mine were all CB from 3 different breeders in the USA - Bob Mailloux is the man to talk to, he does send some over here via Peregrine Livefoods i believe. All except two of mine were raised from juveniles, and i intend to have a crack at breeding them this summer.

Cheers
Alex

P.s, Believe me when i say they have a most unusual personality all of their own, they have this air of intelligence to them, they seem quite wise to what's going on even if they're 'asleep', sounds silly i know!.

[Alex M]

Originally Posted by knighty

Will you be selling the babies? been looking for some uk CB for a while now.

Hi Knighty,

I am hoping to breed these this summer, but i won't be counting my Waxies just yet. Thanks to my signature, i have had many PM's about this species, and will do my best to supply you all!. I do not believe there is anyone in the UK that breeds this species currently, at least that's what i've been told by a couple of the UK's largest wholesalers... May well be wrong though. I will keep you in mind however, or otherwise look out for my 'Aaaargh!... infertile phyllomedusa eggs' thread coming this June .

Cheers
Alex

[knighty]

Originally Posted by Alex M

Hi Knighty,

I am hoping to breed these this summer, but i won't be counting my Waxies just yet. Thanks to my signature, i have had many PM's about this species, and will do my best to supply you all!. I do not believe there is anyone in the UK that breeds this species currently, at least that's what i've been told by a couple of the UK's largest wholesalers... May well be wrong though. I will keep you in mind however, or otherwise look out for my 'Aaaargh!... infertile phyllomedusa eggs' thread coming this June .

Cheers
Alex

Hi alex
i would deffinatley be interested if you was to breed them.

good luck and keep us posted.

[jennlovesfrogs]

all I can say is WOW, love these guys, and yours look FAB!! well done you xxx keep us posted on the babies, would love to see more pics, oh and by the way, your pics are fine!

[Alex M]

Originally Posted by knighty

Hi alex
i would deffinatley be interested if you was to breed them.

good luck and keep us posted.

Cheers Knighty, i will keep you posted. Again sorry about the picture quality but here's a picture of a juvenile Waxy from last summer (according to my phone it says Aug '0...