12 Aug 03
My name is Carol Ann Nellen, a flower child whose kept darts and other tree frogs for about 10 years. Before frogs I bred and raised zebra plecos, whip tails and other small exotic tropical cat fish and professionally showed and trained obedience dogs as a hobby. Other hobbies still include painting, stitchery, reading, gardening, etc.etc.etc. I sometimes stretch myself pretty thin!
I rescued some Pacific Tree frog tads from a drying vernal pool, near work (Security Systems at a local bioengineering company), during a drought in California and got hooked on frogs.
My first tropical frog was a red eye that turned up at the local animal shelter. Currently I have 3 azureus (2 males, 1 female), 2 young yellow head tincs (a friend gave me a couple of eggs), 5 red eyes (3 females, 2 males), 1 hyla calcarata (dagger frog)...looking for more, 5 Leptopelis vermiculatus, 1 young yellow tomato frog (Dyscophus guineti), 5 young whites (Litoria caerulea). I've successfuly bred azureus and red eyes.
I am going to find homes for my whites (too big, messy and noisy) and my tomato frog (too boring) and keep working with the smaller tree frogs and darts. I keep my frogs in my bedroom in large tall terrariums and am torn between wanting a neat and lacy, lady-like boudoir and reconciling myself to big tanks, mister piping, excaped crickets, fruit flies and the accompanying opportunistic spiders. No room for a frog room, so we all cohabitate with only a few border disputes.
Carol
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