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Frogs - General
Frogs are amphibians and generally like cool damp conditions. Keeping a frog is not like keeping a cat or dog but the responsibilities are just as great as your frog should live for a very long time, between 4 and 15 years.
It can be a lot of work, feeding and cleaning, and you will have to think seriously about a frog sitter when you go on holiday; someone who is prepared to feed live insects or even dead mice to your froggy friend, depending on its size. If you have a good relationship with your local pet shop owners, they may frog sit as this will give their other customers a new pet to consider!
Frogs are generally kept in a 'tank' called a vivarium or terrarium and have to be kept very clean. The heath and wellbeing of your frog is paramount.
Your frog won't necessarily do much and the novelty may soon wear off, especially if you choose a frog species that hibernates for the winter or is just going to sit there like a great big lump of grey clay.
As a beginner we suggest you look at the more active frog species. It may seem the bigger the better, to impress your friends but we suggest that you research the species that will suit you best. Search out a species that doesn't just sit around all day. Consider aquatic frogs or certain tree frogs. Think the less "fat" the frog, the better (and interesting) the choice is yours. Beware of the pet shop name! The 3cm long 'Pixie frog' may sound just what you need! 'Pixie' is short name (or nickname) for Pyxicephalus adspersus, the 16cm long African Bullfrog!
The other things to beware of are the poison frogs species! (We will expand on these on another page shortly). These are not to be considered by the amateur even though they may loose their toxicity in captivity. And as a beginner don't splash out on any expensive frogs, wait until you have gained some experience and know for sure that this is the hobby for you.
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