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Cranwelli



Ornate

Oh they look great! And so tiny. They must be new =) Do you house them together? Are they roughly the same size?

I've had mine for a month, and he's already doubled in size. Can't wait to find out if it's a he or a she. In a way I hope he's a male so he croaks, but at the same time hope its a female so it gets big! =)

The Cranwelli is about the size of a golf ball, and the Ornate is slightly smaller.

The are kept seperately in Sterlite brand plastic shoebox size containers with air holes drilled on the sides. I use these containers for many reasons. They are cheap (about 77 cents at Walmart). They are light, and therefore extremely easy to clean. They are stackable, and you can even see thru them. They also trap heat and moisture very well.

I use bed-a-beast for substrate about 1 - 2 inches deep, which takes half a brick for both containers. I keep the substrate moist by misting with dechlorinated water, so there is no need for a water dish. They are on moist paper towels for now because the last 3 stores I have been to have been out of bed-a-beast.

I feed them calcium dusted crickets about every other day, five each. When they get larger, I will switch to feeding nightcrawlers, and the occasional fuzzy.

I live in Texas so no heat source is required for now. The forecasted high temperature is 99 degrees for tomorrow. (http://www.intellicast.com/Local/USLocalStd.asp?loc=ksat&seg=LocalWeather&prodgrp=Forecasts&product=Forecast&prodnav=none&pid=none)
The temperature inside the plastic boxes ranges from 78 to 82.

I dont use any artifical lighting either, as the frog sit on a desk right in front of 6ft by 8ft window. It has horizontal miniblinds, so they dont get direct sunlight, but there is plenty of light available. This works perfect because the get a natural light/dark cycle.

I will post more pictures soon.