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Yesterday I purchased a yearling male waxy tree frog, after having wanted one for about a year now. He was a bit dehydrated at first, but after a good long soak in his water dish last night and eating four crickets, he seems fine. I'll get pics asap and post them here. Thanks to Derek and everybody else who's provided info on these very cool frogs!

Glad to hear it. I'm happy someone is having good luck. I got 1.1 from Pete at Incredible pets about 3 weeks ago and the male died right off the bat and the female had blood coming from the back end and died about a week ago. I did not get my money back either. If you have any questions, ask away. Good luck

Derek
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P. sauvagei
derekb15.tripod.com/tropicaltreasures
4.2 P. sauvagei
3.2.7 P. hypochondrialis
2.0 P. vaillanti
0.0.3 P. aurotaenia
2.2 B. orientalis
0.0.10 S. pustulosa
0.0.3 B. americanus
1.0 T. horsefieldi

So far Jacques (that's the frog's unofficial name for now) has spent most of his time at night sitting in one spot, occasionally moving down to his water dish or hidebox. I realize he may still just be getting used to the new enclosure, but is that fairly normal behavior for a waxy? I'm not too worried if it is, just thought I'd ask.

One of my wild caught waxys stays perched in a tree for maybe 4 day straight before coming donw to drink. Maybe he is just fooling me and going down to tyhe floor later on in the night, I'm not sure. It is normal behavior, just make sure it has clean water to use. Any more questions, feel free to ask.
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P. sauvagei
derekb15.tripod.com/tropicaltreasures
4.2 P. sauvagei
3.2.7 P. hypochondrialis
2.0 P. vaillanti
0.0.3 P. aurotaenia
2.2 B. orientalis
0.0.10 S. pustulosa
0.0.3 B. americanus
1.0 T. horsefieldi

Hey Derek,

I posted on the other waxy post, I really like your web site first off. Also I thought that the care for the two species would be a bit different but its hard to find a lot of info on these frogs. Second, I had a question, My large female doesnt really like to climb she prefers to stay on the ground all the time, have you observed any of your animals doing this? Also I too bought a male who recently died, which sucks because I live in Canada and they are really hard to come buy up here, I don't think I will be able to find another male for a long time. I was also wondering if you had any breeding expierence with P. sauvagei? or know anyone who has? I have talked to one person in florida who bred them, that said the only reason he was able to breed them in captivity was the weather in florida, and he was able to build a cage outside for them. In Canada obviously I cant do that unless its summer, so he basically told me it would be really hard, if not impossible to breed them here. What do you think?

Thanks a lot
Kristen

I have heard they are actually quite easy to breed. I have 2.1 ready to go into my rain chamber as we speak and I'll give them a spin soon. I have 1.1 sauvagei that are handicapped and they stay on the ground or a low branch all the time. They are missing toes. I boguht them from a guy who said they may have been kept too dry, but I think they didn't remove the waxy stuff from their toes and they died, kind of like how some lizards can lose toes if their shed doesn't come off. Good luck with yours.

Derek
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P. sauvagei
derekb15.tripod.com/tropicaltreasures
4.2 P. sauvagei
3.2.7 P. hypochondrialis
2.0 P. vaillanti
0.0.3 P. aurotaenia
2.2 B. orientalis
0.0.10 S. pustulosa
0.0.3 B. americanus
1.0 T. horsefieldi