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My pacman & Giant Pixie babies
- Thread starter lestat_tnt
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mitch_rz
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Thanks, his name is Kermit (very original 
) and I just got back from the Reptile Expo here in Ontario and NOONE had pixies. Some salesmen from one small shop said they were suprised that I had the Giant Bullfrog species and not the Lovweld. I think they didn't know much about them because they had just alot of pacmans.
I just got 1000 crickets for $20 and I also got some cricket feed and also gut loading food which is apparently really good. The gut load contains paprika which (they say) will help the frog's colours come out even more. This is something I want to see because my pixie has a camoflage colouring (as seen in pic) so hopefully it will stand out even more. I also picked up 50 already frozen mice (hoppers) for under $20, so I plan on feeding him those as treats every now and then. And I also got him a new water dish as his plastic one just didn't look natural. I go the XL sized one from Exo-terra, since he just needs to "soak."
So overall my experience today was good, it's just that I wish there were pixies that I could select from. Now I got to contact a local herp owner to get some in.
) and I just got back from the Reptile Expo here in Ontario and NOONE had pixies. Some salesmen from one small shop said they were suprised that I had the Giant Bullfrog species and not the Lovweld. I think they didn't know much about them because they had just alot of pacmans.I just got 1000 crickets for $20 and I also got some cricket feed and also gut loading food which is apparently really good. The gut load contains paprika which (they say) will help the frog's colours come out even more. This is something I want to see because my pixie has a camoflage colouring (as seen in pic) so hopefully it will stand out even more. I also picked up 50 already frozen mice (hoppers) for under $20, so I plan on feeding him those as treats every now and then. And I also got him a new water dish as his plastic one just didn't look natural. I go the XL sized one from Exo-terra, since he just needs to "soak."
So overall my experience today was good, it's just that I wish there were pixies that I could select from. Now I got to contact a local herp owner to get some in.
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nicolai
Philosophical Statesman
Your pixie has very nice high pronounced ridges>
1,000 crix for 20.00 at a show isnt a great price, usually at shows they go for 12-13.00. 20.00 for 50 frozen mice is a pretty good deal though. If you didnt live in Canada i would try to hook you up with another pixie. Lots and lots of the at the local shows here.
1,000 crix for 20.00 at a show isnt a great price, usually at shows they go for 12-13.00. 20.00 for 50 frozen mice is a pretty good deal though. If you didnt live in Canada i would try to hook you up with another pixie. Lots and lots of the at the local shows here.
mitch_rz
New member
Maybe Canadian pricing for the crickets? I don't know. All I know is that I needed alot to start up a colony and also to feed Kermit at the same time. I'm keeping the setup outside in a small greenhouse and seeing how well that will work. When the eggs are layed, I will incubate the containers inside in my basement.
Thanks for the offer, I heard there is some major paperwork and time delay involved with transporting wildlife across the border. The guy who runs the Expo also owns herps close by to me and I'll just contact him soon about obtaining one. I'm sure he won't guarentee a female though and I'm not really willing to settle for an adult pixie (because of possible different feeding habits.)
I just fed Kermit his first pinky, he downed it in one gulp. Now I have to wait and see what his next move is: stew or poo. I'm guessing a bit of stewin' and his poo'in is expected tomorrow or Tuesday. Another question I have to post here... does your frog poo and urinate in his water dish? My frog seems to exclusively wait to do his business when he is in the water dish, and not in the substrate. I was thinking that he does this because when I first bought him he was in a little critter keeper with just a bit of water at the pet store. I think that because he was raised in the water he adapted to using that as his washroom since it was also his temporary home (when you got to go, you got to go.) If it's just the frog's nature to do business in the water then these guys are really smart and instinctively know that the water is a changeable substance. They also know when to leave the water as soon as they're done their business. Very cool.
Thanks for the offer, I heard there is some major paperwork and time delay involved with transporting wildlife across the border. The guy who runs the Expo also owns herps close by to me and I'll just contact him soon about obtaining one. I'm sure he won't guarentee a female though and I'm not really willing to settle for an adult pixie (because of possible different feeding habits.)
I just fed Kermit his first pinky, he downed it in one gulp. Now I have to wait and see what his next move is: stew or poo. I'm guessing a bit of stewin' and his poo'in is expected tomorrow or Tuesday. Another question I have to post here... does your frog poo and urinate in his water dish? My frog seems to exclusively wait to do his business when he is in the water dish, and not in the substrate. I was thinking that he does this because when I first bought him he was in a little critter keeper with just a bit of water at the pet store. I think that because he was raised in the water he adapted to using that as his washroom since it was also his temporary home (when you got to go, you got to go.) If it's just the frog's nature to do business in the water then these guys are really smart and instinctively know that the water is a changeable substance. They also know when to leave the water as soon as they're done their business. Very cool.
mitch_rz
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I made a small animated GIF from a movie clip of my pixie nabbing a cricket.
mitch_rz
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Damn brinkster. Anyway here's a better link I hope:
http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/4749/kermitcricket0pa.gif
http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/4749/kermitcricket0pa.gif
lestat_tnt
New member
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unhoDvCOul0
Heres my pixie eating tiny rat.
and heres a pic of my lowveld pixie.
And a pic of Roachmeat Im growing for feeders.
Ive heard of people feeding cooked stake before, they always have huge pixies.
Heres my pixie eating tiny rat.
and heres a pic of my lowveld pixie.
And a pic of Roachmeat Im growing for feeders.
Ive heard of people feeding cooked stake before, they always have huge pixies.
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mitch_rz
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Very cool. Now i'm not afraid of feeding Kermit a live rat pup now. I always think that the rat pup would try to bite anything to get out of its situation but after seeing that clip I guess it won't be so bad. Only thing though is that I would probably try feeding him one after a week of just crickets and worms so that he doesn't really have much in his stomach and so when he goes after a rat pup he will just dominate it. Judging by the size of your pixie I think my pixie can eat a rat pup in just two gulps.
Do you think it's critical for the pixie to bite a mouse/rat and pierce it with it's three front teeth?
Also I don't feed my pixie cooked meat, I feed him raw meat. I don't think the cooking matters much if it's steak meat, but right now Kermit likes his steak rare!
Do you think it's critical for the pixie to bite a mouse/rat and pierce it with it's three front teeth?
Also I don't feed my pixie cooked meat, I feed him raw meat. I don't think the cooking matters much if it's steak meat, but right now Kermit likes his steak rare!
mitch_rz
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lestat_tnt
New member
Yes yours would just swallow it whole. I dont think it needs to pierce it, those teeth just insure the food wont pull free+ crushing. As long as the head goes in first, there is usually not a problem.
lestat_tnt
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mitch_rz Do you have a picure of yours when he was a babie? If so can you post it?
mitch_rz
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I know I have only a few from his early juvenille stage and a video of him eating a big worm but I don't know where those are right now. I will look for them sometime today.
mitch_rz
New member
Well, I have looked for those pics and I don't have them! Sorry.
chondrogal
wench
Nice pics everyone!! My pixie "Herman" is my first venture into amphibs and I'm enjoying him so much but having hard time finding info on the net too.
I'll get some pics of him to share the next time I get the camera out. I'd really like to see pics of enclosures/set ups too. I've got mine in a 20 gal tank with water dish, coco husk shredded substrate and a piece of cork bark for him to lounge under and hunt from! I'd like to add some live pothos plants to his tank, anyone keep theirs in planted tanks?
I'll get some pics of him to share the next time I get the camera out. I'd really like to see pics of enclosures/set ups too. I've got mine in a 20 gal tank with water dish, coco husk shredded substrate and a piece of cork bark for him to lounge under and hunt from! I'd like to add some live pothos plants to his tank, anyone keep theirs in planted tanks?
nicolai
Philosophical Statesman
You will not be able to keep plants in with him, he will dig them right up. I have tried several times. None lasted more then a day or two. They seem to know you want them in there and dig them up to spite you. I have about 2" of moss in thier for him now and he loves it. He can easy dig right in and leaves his eyes sticking up out hoping for something to come by!!!