Milk Frog Reflections

[docwade87]

Do y'all have them in their enclosure yet?? Whats the care like for these guys....from what I have seen and read, pretty easy. Reason I am asking is that I have a potential to obtain some in a trade.... any info from y'all would be greatly appreciated!

[Kimix]

Milks are definitely considered to be an easy frog to care for. But with that said, baby milks sometimes die for no apparent reason. If you have a choice, take larger frogs and you should not have any problems.

[docwade87]

thanks Kimix! I have found a decent amount of info but obviously there is slim to none still around on these guys. I have not set up a date to have these guys shipped but I will be receiving 7 of them, so the odds are in favor of me! lol I hope all will stay healthy and either I will set up a nice 55-75gal tank for when they are all full grown or I may sell a few.

[Andrew Gilpin]

Hey Chris, of the 4 we had, only 1 made it to adulthood. That one for some reason passed on us about a month ago ( appeared healthy up until the day it was found dead).
We had issues with cannibalism with similarly sized animals, and also relatively poor feeding response from one of the others. The one that made it into an adult was amazing, and very easy to care for.
We had him set up in a 20 gallon aquarium with an artificial foam background and a couple of bent artificial vines I made with a blow torch and some pvc ( looks like bamboo).
The substrate was larger river rock set up at an angle and water in the lower part of the cage. The dude would take down anything small enough to fit in it's mouth and was regularly fed B. lateralis and B. dubia. We will definitely be getting more in the future!