Do Red Eyed Tree Frogs change sex?
a guy at a family pet store said red eyed tree frogs change sex if there are too many of one sex available. Like if there are three males, one will switch to female. Is that true?? im skeptical. Ive never heard about this, not where red eyes are concerned.
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Re: Do Red Eyed Tree Frogs change sex?
I have only ever heard of this in cane toads. They have both male and female reproductive
organs and can change sex if their testis or ova are damaged. Ive never heard of this in any
other frogs though.
"A Righteous man cares for his animals" - Proverbs 12:10
1.0.0 Correlophus cilliatus
2.1.0 Bombina orientalis
0.1.0 Ambystoma mexicanum
0.0.1 Ceratophrys cranwelli
1.0.0 Litoria caerulea
1.1.0 Dendrobates auratus "Nicaraguan"
0.0.2 Dendrobates tinctorius "Azureus"
Re: Do Red Eyed Tree Frogs change sex?
thanks for the info!
The guy i dont think knows as much as he thinks, he didnt even have a water bowl in his dumpy tree frog enclosure :/
Re: Do Red Eyed Tree Frogs change sex?
It sounds like he's selling more than just frogs.
If it were that simple, then nobody would bother about trying to buy or sell sexed frogs.
0.0.6 Hyla versicolor
7.0.0 Dendropsophus leucophyllatus
2.0.0 Homo sapiens sapiens (K & C, the *other* froglets)
"Cleansed in the finest quality spring water, lightly killed, and then sealed in a succulent Swiss quintuple smooth treble cream milk chocolate envelope, and lovingly frosted with glucose."
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Re: Do Red Eyed Tree Frogs change sex?
WAHAHA!! Crunchy, you and I were on the same page there, but you beat me to it!Originally Posted by Crunchy Frog
It sounds like he's selling more than just frogs.
If it were that simple, then nobody would bother about trying to buy or sell sexed frogs.
Mom to these fine frogs!
4.4.0 White's tree frogs (Litoria caerulea): Sir Honey Lime, Bok & Choi, Martha, Shirley, Leapin' Loo and Ping & Pong; 0.2.1 Amazon Milk Frogs (Trachycephalus resinifictrix): Otto & Echo and Pip-Squeak aka Tiny
2.0.0 South American Bird Poo Frogs (Hyla marmorata): Ribbit & Rupert
Re: Do Red Eyed Tree Frogs change sex?
Yeah he was. He had a blue tongued skink in there that was sneezing and looked like he had tail rot... And it looked exhausted, kept lowering its head like it was so tired. And its hide out was puny, the skink could never have fit through that hole. And he changed his prices on feeders within two weeks, raised them by more than half. I was quite bothered by his store, i was tempted to even say something, but didnt..It sounds like he's selling more than just frogs.
If it were that simple, then nobody would bother about trying to buy or sell sexed frogs.
And he had tarantulas but didnt offer a hide out for them at all. He was acting like a know it all but everything he said wasnt really making much sense to me. My mom wasnt aware and asked him how to sex red eyes, because shed known i had been wondering, and he said size, which is extremely obvious. He said, "take yours in and we can compare him with the others". I would never put my red eye through that, id know the difference in size just by using my memory. Duh. I later asked if he had any red eyes available and he said he wont have any in a while so that offer was pointless to make anyways.
Yeah thats what i was thinking, why would anyone be searching for the opposite sex if that were true?
Re: Do Red Eyed Tree Frogs change sex?
Guh...! I know there's a place where you can report cruddy pet shops, etc. (which I'd report this guy in a heart beat!) I just can't think of the name of it
Mom to these fine frogs!
4.4.0 White's tree frogs (Litoria caerulea): Sir Honey Lime, Bok & Choi, Martha, Shirley, Leapin' Loo and Ping & Pong; 0.2.1 Amazon Milk Frogs (Trachycephalus resinifictrix): Otto & Echo and Pip-Squeak aka Tiny
2.0.0 South American Bird Poo Frogs (Hyla marmorata): Ribbit & Rupert
Re: Do Red Eyed Tree Frogs change sex?
You can post about your experiences with this pet shop here. Testimonials
There's also a place at Fauna Classifieds where you can post good or bad experiences. Board of Inquiry® - FaunaClassifieds
0.0.6 Hyla versicolor
7.0.0 Dendropsophus leucophyllatus
2.0.0 Homo sapiens sapiens (K & C, the *other* froglets)
"Cleansed in the finest quality spring water, lightly killed, and then sealed in a succulent Swiss quintuple smooth treble cream milk chocolate envelope, and lovingly frosted with glucose."
Re: Do Red Eyed Tree Frogs change sex?
That's it! BOI!
Mom to these fine frogs!
4.4.0 White's tree frogs (Litoria caerulea): Sir Honey Lime, Bok & Choi, Martha, Shirley, Leapin' Loo and Ping & Pong; 0.2.1 Amazon Milk Frogs (Trachycephalus resinifictrix): Otto & Echo and Pip-Squeak aka Tiny
2.0.0 South American Bird Poo Frogs (Hyla marmorata): Ribbit & Rupert
Re: Do Red Eyed Tree Frogs change sex?
Your local humane society will help! (ASPCA)Guh...! I know there's a place where you can report cruddy pet shops, etc. (which I'd report this guy in a heart beat!) I just can't think of the name of it
"A Righteous man cares for his animals" - Proverbs 12:10
1.0.0 Correlophus cilliatus
2.1.0 Bombina orientalis
0.1.0 Ambystoma mexicanum
0.0.1 Ceratophrys cranwelli
1.0.0 Litoria caerulea
1.1.0 Dendrobates auratus "Nicaraguan"
0.0.2 Dendrobates tinctorius "Azureus"
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