Is it worth buying pacman frogs from pet stores?

[Dabrute]

I saw this one at Petco a few minutes ago and it's 34.99. Don't they just sell regular ones anyway? Meaning not the ornate or other morphs. Does that make sense? lol

[Mentat]

Petco & other chains normally offer regular and albino C. cranwelli. I've heard of some West coast Petsmarts randomly offering Ornates for the same price; but have not seen one at my location ever .

[Dabrute]

Petco & other chains normally offer regular and albino C. cranwelli. I've heard of some West coast Petsmarts randomly offering Ornates for the same price; but have not seen one at my location ever .

ornates get bigger anyway right?

[Lija]

Dabrute it all depends
that particular one... hm... it is albino sitting under bright light? or it just looks like that in the pic?
anyhow, yes majority of ornates will get bigger then cranwelli , but it might as well not be like that. it depends on a lot of things, health and genetic is one of them as well as sex of the frog, that is if you provide all proper nutrition. You might have way bigger female cranwelli from reputable breeder then stunted or with poor genetics ornate from a store. that is an extreme example of course, but there is no guarantee, you go with probability.

[Dabrute]

Dabrute it all depends
that particular one... hm... it is albino sitting under bright light? or it just looks like that in the pic?
anyhow, yes majority of ornates will get bigger then cranwelli , but it might as well not be like that. it depends on a lot of things, health and genetic is one of them as well as sex of the frog, that is if you provide all proper nutrition. You might have way bigger female cranwelli from reputable breeder then stunted or with poor genetics ornate from a store. that is an extreme example of course, but there is no guarantee, you go with probability.

Thanks for the info! What do you have?


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[Lija]

they all in my signature more or less

[Dabrute]

they all in my signature more or less

I'll look when I get in a desktop loom doesn't show on the app


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[GrifTheGreat]

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Just so you know adults cost more than babies and juveniles and can be more difficult to care for since their whole life they have been accustomed to someone elses husbandry methods. Buying babies is best because you can raise them up according to your hours and climate in your area. Some adults have difficulty adjusting to a new keeper.

Be sure any animal appears in good health before purchase.

[Dabrute]

That was a small one.


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[Dabrute]

Just so you know adults cost more than babies and juveniles and can be more difficult to care for since their whole life they have been accustomed to someone elses husbandry methods. Buying babies is best because you can raise them up according to your hours and climate in your area. Some adults have difficulty adjusting to a new keeper.

Be sure any animal appears in good health before purchase.

I'm going to buy from a breeder. I want the ornate lol


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