wow.Did you breed the pacman.I have been so tempted to get one.When you have a steady supply of pinkies it always seems to make sense to get some creature that could make use of the surplus.The geckos are wonderful to.
Some random pictures of some of my animals
These are all babies I produced this year. 
Crested geckos, Leopard geckos, Leucistic beardies, pacman frogs... there are sooooo many more but I think five is a good number for now. lol
Crested geckos, Leopard geckos, Leucistic beardies, pacman frogs... there are sooooo many more but I think five is a good number for now. lol1 - 17 of 17 Posts
Yup! I only just started with breeding pacmans and they are ridiculously hard to breed I've found. But they are so easy to raise once they are in their froglet stage. I got my first pacman years ago to act as a garbage dump for leftovers. She eats anything you put in front of her and there is always something around for her to munch on. She is also a great conversation piece because she's so big and yellow that she doesn't look real when she's out of her burrow. The picture is one of her babies, she's less trim than her children and not easily disturbed.
Highly recommended for surplus pinkies. A few of my reptile breeding contacts find that pacmans make quick work of unsuccessful clutches (deformities, etc) and they say it's more humane than a gas chamber or refrigerator because it's so quick.
The picture is one of her babies, she's less trim than her children and not easily disturbed. Highly recommended for surplus pinkies. A few of my reptile breeding contacts find that pacmans make quick work of unsuccessful clutches (deformities, etc) and they say it's more humane than a gas chamber or refrigerator because it's so quick.
Yup, I use several large tanks with heavy filtration and a million plants for the tads. Just for fun, here's the general process.
1) The male and female need to be cooled and dried for two months before you have to initiate the "rainy season" to stimulate their reproductive urges. This is a huge pain because it requires misting equipment and a lot of free time to do it "just right"
2) You have to set the mood by playing them recordings of a male's mating call. A male is less likely to get excited about a female if he doesn't feel there is any competition for her. The female also needs to feel desirable for her to be receptive to a male's advances. Generally, the more sounds you play for them , the more likely they are to get busy.
3) The eggs are laid in a shallow pool about 3-4 days after the pairs introduced during the rainy season and mood music
4) Tadpoles are carnivores and cannibals and will eat other with gusto and require either individual housing or a really large, heavily filtered tank with lots of hiding places.
5) Metamorphosis means adjusting water levels, adding "dry land" and floating items for the faster changing froglets.
6) All are froglets and can be easily housed in their own enclosures without too much more effort.
I think the funniest part is when the male realizes that there is a big, sexy woman in front of him and starts to sing along with the recording. He tries to outdo the other frog with his enthusiasm. It's hysterical. It's like the "kiss the girl" scene in The Little Mermaid.
1) The male and female need to be cooled and dried for two months before you have to initiate the "rainy season" to stimulate their reproductive urges. This is a huge pain because it requires misting equipment and a lot of free time to do it "just right"
2) You have to set the mood by playing them recordings of a male's mating call. A male is less likely to get excited about a female if he doesn't feel there is any competition for her. The female also needs to feel desirable for her to be receptive to a male's advances. Generally, the more sounds you play for them , the more likely they are to get busy.
3) The eggs are laid in a shallow pool about 3-4 days after the pairs introduced during the rainy season and mood music
4) Tadpoles are carnivores and cannibals and will eat other with gusto and require either individual housing or a really large, heavily filtered tank with lots of hiding places.
5) Metamorphosis means adjusting water levels, adding "dry land" and floating items for the faster changing froglets.
6) All are froglets and can be easily housed in their own enclosures without too much more effort.
I think the funniest part is when the male realizes that there is a big, sexy woman in front of him and starts to sing along with the recording. He tries to outdo the other frog with his enthusiasm. It's hysterical. It's like the "kiss the girl" scene in The Little Mermaid.
I love my geckos! I started off with LVpatties and then moved over the Bells. Now I am more excited about the Trempers.. My current focus is on giants and super giants in various morphologies. I worry much less over bigger babies. The little ones stress me out after breeding so many giants hatching out at 5g. I forget how tiny the "normal" size can be. How cool that you used to breed them!Stina said:
Your husband should speak up and get credit where credit is due! So many of the big names get all the credit for none of the work these days!!Yeah, Steve is too modest. Whenever I see him, he's always so quiet. He needs to jump up and down and scream to get attention, like I do.
Kelli did do a lo of the work....but she used several of steve's geckos in doing so (and never gave any of them back, even though some were supposed to be on breeding loan...not become hers)...and will not admit to it any longer....she has basically completely erased his name form leopard geckos all together....which is really obnoxious b/c he poured a lot of blood, sweat, tears into his leos when he had them. He tried to speak up when he found out she was taking all the credit, but decided it wasn't worth it. He was forced to rehome all of his animals at one point and the person who had them dropped off the face of the earth and god only knows what happened to them
We both still like leopard geckos, but have decided to move to animals that need less insects...lol The only insect eaters we have now are the 2 leos, and a rankin's dragon (so cute!...I want a mate for it but they are so hard to find...and not generally cheap). We decided to go more towards snakes with the reptiles...we have 2 ball pythons, 2 amazon tree boas, and a blood python....we also have a blue tongue skink that came from someone who needed to rehome him.
LOL jack!!! Steve is totally not modest at all....lol He's just quiet when he doesn't know what he's talking about......like when we talk about rodents and stuff...lol
We both still like leopard geckos, but have decided to move to animals that need less insects...lol The only insect eaters we have now are the 2 leos, and a rankin's dragon (so cute!...I want a mate for it but they are so hard to find...and not generally cheap). We decided to go more towards snakes with the reptiles...we have 2 ball pythons, 2 amazon tree boas, and a blood python....we also have a blue tongue skink that came from someone who needed to rehome him.
LOL jack!!! Steve is totally not modest at all....lol He's just quiet when he doesn't know what he's talking about......like when we talk about rodents and stuff...lol
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