snip "Get a cover for it. If you don't, soon fruit flies will start "invading" your home."endsnip

These are not fruit flies but are either fungus gnats (which are harmless and feed on the fungi that grow on the organic substrates), moth flies or phorid (humpback flies) the last two indicate that the enclosure is not being kept clean enough. All three of these will not be stopped by a standard screen lid as they can fit through the screening. You would need something finer...


snip " The cover will also keep the humidity. You need lighting. If you keep it by a window... then no matter."endsnip

If you keep it by the window with a lid tight enough to keep in the humidity you will run the risk of cooking the frog. Think of a closed car in the summer.

snip "You have to buy substrate."endsnip

Not necessarily, many people kept thier frogs in enclosurs with nothing but a shallow layer of water in the late 1980s and early 1990s with no problems.

snip "Never go to gardening stores, their soils OBVIOUSLY have fertilizers"endsnip

Organic topsoils that do not contain manure or wetting agents can be used as a good substrate.

snip " and MANY MANY MANY MANY parasites. If you don't believe me, take some soil from the gardening store, leave it inside your house in a jar, and wait. Soon, you'll be seeing creepy crawlies."endsnip

This doesn't make them parasites and in addition, the bacterial levels in clean soil can process ammonia waste much more efficiently than even the best filters. If you can see them, then they are in all probability not parasites but harmless freeliving organisms.
The bacteria levels have to become established in enclosures that use a fine shredded bark substrate or compressed ground up cocofiber.


snip " This water purifier for amphi/rept will dechlorinate, add electrolytes, calcium, and all the good stuff."endsnip

If you are not using RO/distilled water why would you want to add more stuff to the water. Depending on the dissolved material in the water, you can cause osmotic imbalances in the frog...

snip "Now get a source of heat."endsnip

Actually if the area where you keep the frog stays in the 70s F you do not need any heat at all (and the frogs actually are fine down to about 65 F, they just go torpid and stop feeding). They just eat less and grow a little more slowly.



snip "You must plan on spending about 3 bucks on food every month at the least. You can get vitamins for it (powder), but i found it really makes no difference if you have that special water-dechlorinator (Zoomed) because the zoomed thing adds the electrolytes and calcium into the water that your frog shoudl soak in daily. "endsnip

The frog will be at risk of calcium deficiency if there isn't a source of D3 in the diet. Exposure to a window is not sufficient as the glass prevents a sufficient level of UVB from penetrating the glass. The use of water additives as a source of vitamins and minerals is very suspect as studies with other animals has shown that this method of supplementing often does not provide sufficient required nutrients, degrades water quality and increases bacterial growth in the water through the addition of other nutrients.



snip " Baby pacmans are really weak, and prone to metabolic bone diseaes and other crap. I learned it the hard way "endsnip

This is only the case if they are improperly fed and/or improperly supplemented.


Ed

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