The Race Before Hibernation

[benzjamin13]

I wanted to see how conservative I can be with his food, so I was feeding him every other week. Now that it's getting colder, I started feeding once a week, I need to finish up those frozen mice in my freezer before they have to sit there until May, lol! I got 3 left (so 3 more weeks). Hope the weather doesn't get too cold by then. I haven't done his hibernation set up" yet.

 

[krichardson]

The pictures come in huge on the phone...What kind of frog is that?


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[benzjamin13]

African Bullfrog

 

[krichardson]

Interesting that they hibernate,do you keep it outside?


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[kevinfleming21]

They burrow for months, then come out and eat everything lol

 

[benzjamin13]

Interesting that they hibernate,do you keep it outside?


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I keep him in the garage with the fish tanks. He hibernated even when I had him indoors in the living room. I don't have a temperature control. He's just kept in a 30g tote with an 8" water dish. When it get cold, I fill the bottom with some Eco-Earth and like Kev says, he just borrows down for months. I usually get him up by April or May. He's been doing this for 4 years now.

 

[doubledragon]

Thats really cool.

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[Vicious_Fish]

I've never tried to get mine to hibernate. But sometimes she'll nap for a few weeks straight.

 

[krichardson]

There was a show on Monday night that had a segment on these frogs.It covered how the males fight over the females during mating season and also how the males look after the eggs and young tadpoles after they hatch.


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[Vicious_Fish]

^ They do have a pretty unusual and interesting life cycle, that's for sure! It's pretty cool how devoted the males are at taking care of and protecting the tadpoles.