It’s pretty clear that, instead of a tiny rubber duck, the thing you put on their head is a tiny trucker hat so they look cool when they’re driving their truck.
I hope everything turned out okay and that you're feeling much better than you were. It's nearly impossible to not be cheered up by Alex and his video menagerie. His pet families are beyond adorable.
I think making a self draining enclosure may help. That way you can “water” them. Force them to come out and eat like in nature. And the water would wash away all the poo and pee. That way you don’t have to keep cleaning it every couple weeks. Like tank with a tap on the bottom. Clay balls. Mesh then sub straight
@@megb4613 I’ve heard of people who manage a living substrate, where mold and dangerous bacteria are kept in check by good ones, but tbh I’ve never built one
That's called a false bottom, false bottoms don't help keep the tank clean or wash away poop. They keep the substrate from getting waterlogged so it doesn't grow mold or have bacterial blooms. Having something that's bioactive would help keep it clean, because the bacteria, isopods and springtails would eat the poop and recycle it. He said these frogs are prone to bacterial infections though. And bioactive terrariums work because there's active beneficial bacteria in the substrate. It's not the same kind of bacteria, but the point is that it's a perfect place for the bad bacteria to grow. It seems safest to just change it out.
@@maybelater1464 I agree with your comments, but I think the previous suggestion was about having “drainage”, not the typical false bottom in enclosed space. I use drainage to my set ups. That way, you can replace water and air with new ones with minimum water staying at the bottom until the next time new water comes down. I think the suggestion was a way to decrease cleaning frequency, not necessarily suggesting to eliminate cleaning completely.
Their bodies are actually mostly muscle! They're burrowing animals that use their stocky, muscular bodies and stumpy limbs to move earth. They are cute but POWERFUL!!
Hope you maybe try some of the ideas for bio activity to make your work and cost less! Since they are so sensitive, probably testing out some ideas in a seperate small tank. The comments have so many ideas, I wonder if they’d work
I died laughing at you pointing out how they have big butts and when you called them little meatballs, they certainly are cute and look really content! You’re doing a great job!
Could you maybe bake the substrate mixture to sanitize it so you can reuse it? I've heard that you can do this for sand but idk if it would work for a mix of different substrates
Question, why not pull the substrate out, treat it with hydrogen peroxide and then bake it? That will help to sterilize it and then you can get that liquid beneficial soil bacteria and add a little back…just an idea off the top off my head and would love to hear you thoughts 😊
Would there not be a way go hot compost the soil media and reuse it or sterilize it with boiling water and than let the excess water evaporate? Ive only done bio active enclosures and not with sensitive species and In my case I change the media yearly; turn it up frequently and have a variety of insects and plants growing in the enclosure.
all in all, these beautifully round creatures seem to be awful pets . With all the costs, risks and how much time they spent out of sight, I don’t know…
Great to hear more about their care! Say, have you tried using bentonite clay instead of excavator clay? I know people have used it for dart frogs and the such but I’ve been looking into it as a more cost effective alternative to excavator clay. The cheapest way to get ahold of it is just as the 100% bentonite clay cat litters. Also ah, reptisoil… that stuff is great but it always manages to give me one million splinters every time I use it.
I think so, if he built a setup with a drainage layer and a port to drain the water from the tank. Then they could emerge when it "rains" and eat and get a bit of exercise before retreating u Der the substrate
I wonder, could you clean the substrate by placing it all in a big bucket of soapy water, stir, then let it settle, then dump off the soapy water, then repeating with fresh water a few times (to get all the soap out) might help keep your substrate from being dumped constantly? Or maybe you could try baking the substrate, then placing it in a bioactive enclosure with springtails to remove any extra contaminants such as feces might work? These guys are expensive...
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Love these fat frogs who drive trucks
does their truck driving help them pay rent?
Yes
No, the rent is too damn high
Only as a side hustle , main job is throwing it back at a frog Club
Yeah but they all have onlyfrogs accounts to supplement their income
fix the damn door first
The sploinkers, the scrimblies, the squimblerts, the skramblies, the scrimbloes
It’s pretty clear that, instead of a tiny rubber duck, the thing you put on their head is a tiny trucker hat so they look cool when they’re driving their truck.
I've been in the emergency room for 29 hours now and counting, and your little meatballs have been such a comfort 🥹
Damn bro I hope you're alright D:
I hope everything turned out okay and that you're feeling much better than you were. It's nearly impossible to not be cheered up by Alex and his video menagerie. His pet families are beyond adorable.
That face when the emergency room is slower than a casual checkup:
Haha aww guys you're so sweet! I'm on the mend, I think. I got transferred inpatient, can't wait to see my 🐢🐈⬛ when I get home!
They're such cute lil squishy meatballs. I lub them.
😭 the little butts kill me
Their butts are sooo humanlike
I think making a self draining enclosure may help. That way you can “water” them. Force them to come out and eat like in nature. And the water would wash away all the poo and pee. That way you don’t have to keep cleaning it every couple weeks. Like tank with a tap on the bottom. Clay balls. Mesh then sub straight
I don’t know anything about anything reptile related, but wouldn’t that promote mold and bacterial growth?
@@megb4613 I’ve heard of people who manage a living substrate, where mold and dangerous bacteria are kept in check by good ones, but tbh I’ve never built one
That's called a false bottom, false bottoms don't help keep the tank clean or wash away poop. They keep the substrate from getting waterlogged so it doesn't grow mold or have bacterial blooms. Having something that's bioactive would help keep it clean, because the bacteria, isopods and springtails would eat the poop and recycle it.
He said these frogs are prone to bacterial infections though. And bioactive terrariums work because there's active beneficial bacteria in the substrate. It's not the same kind of bacteria, but the point is that it's a perfect place for the bad bacteria to grow. It seems safest to just change it out.
@@maybelater1464 I agree with your comments, but I think the previous suggestion was about having “drainage”, not the typical false bottom in enclosed space. I use drainage to my set ups. That way, you can replace water and air with new ones with minimum water staying at the bottom until the next time new water comes down. I think the suggestion was a way to decrease cleaning frequency, not necessarily suggesting to eliminate cleaning completely.
Very interesting suggestion. There's a lot of possibilities here
How and why is an animal from the wild so frikin cute and chunky, THEY’RE ADORABLEEEEEEE
Ok wait thank u guys for the likes
I was digging up a garden once and found a mole about that size, similarly squee-worthy, even if there's no booty
If they're desert rain frogs, then you should look at how they sound. 😅
They sound like a freaking squeaky toy, it's so weird and cute. 😂
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@@greenpiersystem o mah gawd ur right. I’m about to explode because this is just a cuteness overload
Their bodies are actually mostly muscle! They're burrowing animals that use their stocky, muscular bodies and stumpy limbs to move earth. They are cute but POWERFUL!!
@@mrfrog1794 :0
Hope you maybe try some of the ideas for bio activity to make your work and cost less! Since they are so sensitive, probably testing out some ideas in a seperate small tank. The comments have so many ideas, I wonder if they’d work
These guys feel like the amphibian equivalent of trying to have a pet fox. Very cute, horribly unpractical.
You can bake the substrate in the oven to save money. If it reaches a certain temp (can’t remember the temp lol mb) It sanitizes it
Great idea
Can you recycle the substrate by sterilizing it?
Maybe UV desinfection?
No. Sterilization does not address the presence of waste and the extra nutrients in the soil
@@bobbywhite5319 Try Hydrogen Peroxide, which degrades anything organic.
now i have another channel to binge watch after i already watched all your videos lol
I died laughing at you pointing out how they have big butts and when you called them little meatballs, they certainly are cute and look really content! You’re doing a great job!
All I can see them as are frogs that are terrible at being frogs.
considering how much against their own survival everything about these frogs seems to be, do they also not mate easily?
yea its only been done a handful of times and no one really understands how to make it happen in captivity
@@Leafystreet2 goddamn 😭 good luck with that, hoping you can crack the code 🤞
Would you ever try a bioactive set up for them to help with the soil?
I think he fears bacterial infections, but I suspect it might work really well
0:25 Do they pay rent?
What if instead of digging them up which i assume takes a while and is risky you could simulate rain fir them to emerge
Could you maybe bake the substrate mixture to sanitize it so you can reuse it? I've heard that you can do this for sand but idk if it would work for a mix of different substrates
Long form channel? My wish has been granted
So does this mean they can never have a naturalistic vivarium since they are so prone to infection and you constantly need to change the substrate?
Question, why not pull the substrate out, treat it with hydrogen peroxide and then bake it? That will help to sterilize it and then you can get that liquid beneficial soil bacteria and add a little back…just an idea off the top off my head and would love to hear you thoughts 😊
poop builds up
also chemicals and amohibians usually dint go well together
Best vid of the year❤
Look at his other account he has a a video on fat frogs
The frogs have the clodsire build
i thought he uploaded and was shocked that i didn't see it but i'm glad he mentioned that this is a channel for random garbage.
- Awe they are just *so cute* though ! I SUBSCRIBED ! 😊
Would there not be a way go hot compost the soil media and reuse it or sterilize it with boiling water and than let the excess water evaporate? Ive only done bio active enclosures and not with sensitive species and In my case I change the media yearly; turn it up frequently and have a variety of insects and plants growing in the enclosure.
Round frogge
all in all, these beautifully round creatures seem to be awful pets . With all the costs, risks and how much time they spent out of sight, I don’t know…
Definitely not for everyone
Truck frogs
Couldn’t you avoid having to change the entire substrate every time? By adding isopods and springtails?
I'm actually first? This is a dream!
Keep us updated, I'm way too invested in your little guys at this point.
My toxic trait is thinking I can do this
0:06 THEIR LITTLE CRACK IS SO CUUUTTTEEE
Great to hear more about their care! Say, have you tried using bentonite clay instead of excavator clay? I know people have used it for dart frogs and the such but I’ve been looking into it as a more cost effective alternative to excavator clay. The cheapest way to get ahold of it is just as the 100% bentonite clay cat litters.
Also ah, reptisoil… that stuff is great but it always manages to give me one million splinters every time I use it.
i love fat frogs they're just a yes
You need a tomato frog they are just like rain frogs
Couldn't you also use "rain" to lure them out of the substrate too so you dont have to tear it all up every 2 weeks?
I think so, if he built a setup with a drainage layer and a port to drain the water from the tank. Then they could emerge when it "rains" and eat and get a bit of exercise before retreating u Der the substrate
@@LukeMcGuireoidesYeah
I see fat frog I like and subscribe
Wow from 100 subs to 1k in one hour
Chunkyyyyyy frogs
I have mine for 8 months now and getting a new friend for my dumping soon. And yeah the females always give me issues
have you considered baking the substrate to clean it instead of throwing it out?
Subbed for the random garbage!
can you not make it bioactive to limit bacteria??
Heck yeah, I love this random garbage!
have you given them names yet?
Does the small female squeaks whenever you pick her up what?
Yea she’s pretty grumpy
@@Leafystreet2 man. She’s still not use to it? Poor girl.
So fun. So glad I never got them tho
things that bother you, they never bother me
i feel dandy and fine
living in the sunlight
loving in the moonlight
having a wonderful time
I want a fat frog
we have those frogs in our garden
Hell yeah
I wonder, could you clean the substrate by placing it all in a big bucket of soapy water, stir, then let it settle, then dump off the soapy water, then repeating with fresh water a few times (to get all the soap out) might help keep your substrate from being dumped constantly? Or maybe you could try baking the substrate, then placing it in a bioactive enclosure with springtails to remove any extra contaminants such as feces might work? These guys are expensive...
At 0:55 I thought he threw the frog I was so scared 😭😭😭
I want to take a bite
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Say on skibidi
Whats with you people and poached animals
What are you taking about?
legally imported and carefully counted. species is conservation status Least Concern
go watch the first video, karen
...You mean they look like poached eggs, right?