Gravid frog?

[bikiescum2003]

would this frog be gravid?? she is kept with 4 other males around the same size (but not that fat). she has been getting bigger over the last week. any hints or tips on how i should go about things with her are more than welcome. i have never bred frogs before so this is all new to me

 

[Chrisreptile]

i dont know much about frogs, but dont they lay eggs?

 

[bikiescum2003]

yes

 

[bikiescum2003]

ok here is a pic of a male that i have in there. now i do not hand feed these and they only eat crickets.
the first is another pic of the female from the 7/12/06 the second is the male

 

[JasonL]

If you turn her upside down and look hard just in front of her back legs, you should see some black speckles, they are the unfertilised eggs. Red eyes females can multi clutch through-out spring / summer.

 

[bikiescum2003]

thanks mate i will wait untill she is walking up the glass again. hopfully i will see something

 

[Nephrurus]

Unless you want to wit for the weather to be just right, you could build a rain chamber. A friend did this to get his whitelips to breed..... he ended up with 800 young frogs.

This is heaps easier if you've kept fish previously as you'll have most of the gear lying around.

Pretty much get two tubs (one larger than the other), drill/melt holes in the base of one end of the smaller tub, and place it inside the other tub. A small fish tank pump is place in the bottom of the outer tub. A piece of tubing connected to the pump outlet to a fish tank spray bar which is then connected to the lid of the inner tub. Turn the pump on and play around with water levels, and there should be a small pond in the bottom of the inner tub and a larger volume around the pump in the outer tub. "Rain" from the spray bar in the top of the smaller tub should be falling continuously. Tilt the inner tub up at one end (the non holed end) if you need to increase or decrease the water level in the rain chamber.
Problems to fix up: you don't want the precious eggs being sucked through the filter, so superglue or melt some guaze/flyscreen over the holes to stop them being washed outinto the outer chamber.

Clear as mud? Maybe someone else will know what i'm talking about and add to this description. Even an internet search might reveal some rain chamber designs.

Good luck!

-H

 

[bikiescum2003]

already sorted out the rain chamber. i use a fountain pump and the plastic tubes that come with the mesh enclosures. just pushed them straight onto the pump and ran it up the back wall then across the top. the top bar i used a hot safety pin to melt littles holes in it so it sprays all over the tank.