Pet Frogs: Amphibian Friends

The world of exotic pets is both fascinating and various, but I'd like to focus on one kind of exotic pet in particular that is both interesting and rewarding: the frog.

Frogs are truly amazing creatures. Some are purely aquatic frogs and can be kept in filtered fish tanks, some are only semi-aquatic and can be housed in tanks or terrariums that are 2 parts water and 1 part land, and some frogs are arboreal (live in trees) and can be kept in enclosed terrariums with plenty of branches and vines to climb on. Frogs can have personality like any other pet, and they can form attachments to their owners in some cases. They are a delight to watch and to care for.

Choosing a Frog:

When choosing which type of frog you want to buy you must understand that there captive bred (CB) frogs and wild caught (WC) frogs. WC frogs are brought here by importers and are not the healthiest pets to have. Usually WC frogs are bought for breeding purposes because they are usually skittish, but are cheap in large number.

CB frogs have already adjusted to the food we humans give them rather than what they would normally catch out in the wild. And they are usually used to some human contact, though too much human contact can stress them out and cause them to sicken. CB are also more expensive in pet stores and on the Internet because of the care and time put in by the breeder. It can take months to a full year to raise a single frog to salable maturity, and food isn't cheap when a breeder might have 200 to 1000 frog-let mouths to feed. But I strongly urge you to support CB suppliers because it guarantees a healthier pet and a decrease into the abusive industries of importing WC frogs.