I bought the 'illegal' Fat Frogs (60 day experiment)

thanks for watchin!! more cheeks on patreon www.patreon.com/LeafyStreet I'm very determined to get these thickies breeding

Afaik nobody has managed to breed them succesfully. They got so far as to the females actually carrying eggs (you can see them through their translucent bellies!) but nothing came of them. My theory as to why is that they didn't use an enclosure DEEP enough. These frogs dig a cave for their babies (who actually skip the usual tadpole stage and are born fully formed, legs and all) that is way below their usual sleeping burrow depth. I'd go with at least 1m/3ft of soil. Hope you read this and best of luck!

Name them Tubs, Lubs, and Chubs. All nicknames for my mother-in-law

Hey! I’m the owner of r/frogs! Definitely share your findings with the subreddit or post your video; I’m sure they’ll all enjoy the wealth of knowledge you’ve provided already. Rain Frogs are definitely talked about at least daily; I don’t feel like people know what really goes into caring for them! Keep It up great video.

It may sound like a dog toy, but this is the sonorous war cry, of a very angry frog...

It’s actually ethically good for someone with reptile keeping experience to try to breed healthy specimens like this to help stop more of them from being wild caught

8:18 it’s like aliens picking you up, you pissing your pants in fear, getting a bath then you get showered in fruit loops

"No, its not my neighbor, that fights the staircase while drunk." 🤣😂

"If she does not eat she will not live" - Applies to literally every living creature in the world.

The butt cheek card swipe 😂🤣🤣

Try to simulate their natural environment as far as you can. Including morning mist and rain. Africa is hot, but it also has the day-night cycle of moisture and heat coolness, which are important for the frogs. These frogs also lay their eggs inside the soil and guard them, so avoid digging them up and touching them at all costs. Before breeding, try to create a bioactive container, so you can rest easy with the soils not going bad and enduring the moisture levels and the frogs (and their waste) themself better. Their skin is delicate, so the hard and sharp gravel in the tank is not the best possible choice. The noises the frogs make might be because of breeding. Frogs usually make noise to attract a mate. Please keep on reporting how things are going!

Good luck with breeding them. I've yet to hear of any success stories. Most of the rain frog accounts I follow on Instagram are Japanese or Taiwanese because they are very common (and sold for very cheap) in those regions. I think the key to breeding them would require not disrupting their enclosure while imitating the rainy season. But I'm not sure how long you should have unchanged dirt in their enclosure for risk of infection, especially if the moisture and water just stays there. idk if you can right a tank to allow the water to drip out from the bottom so too much moisture doesn't accumulate in the soil because you might need a lot of water for this experiment. I'm just very impressed that you used imitating the rainy season for feeding the fussy one. You might need to resort to that for the other ones for the breeding experiment. I pray for your success because I wish these things were way more common in the states and not just wild catches.

Name suggestions: Squish, Squash, Squirm.

You should name them Meatball, Tater, and Dumpling

Although conservation efforts are important, I'm always bewildered by creatures that seem to refuse to survive. There's creatures like rats, fruit flies, and Africanized ants that will survive getting shot, nuked, or asteroided. But then there's creatures like pandas, pupfish, and rain frogs that seem to be trying their best to remove themselves from the food chain in every way possible.

I have never seen your channel before, and the clip at 11:04 made me subscribe. I NEED MORE OF YOUR HUMOR!!

I propose you name them Gyoza, Mandu, and Pierogi: different types of dumplings!

0:55 it’s so accurate they just looks like walking potatoes with eyes

I didn’t know these cute little guys were all wild caught, that makes me sad. but hopefully responsible herp owners like you can establish a healthy breeding population and make sure they go to people who will take proper care of them. Also, for names: Nugget, Clod, and Glorbo

They're so fucking goddamn cute i could just.... make one of those weird Meeping sounds they do.