Hi guys,
its about my sexed pair of azureus...
when i feed the 2 frogs the male seems to almost "bully" the female for food. she is smaller than the male as she is 3/4 months younger.
Male=around 9 months
Female=around 6/7 months
They both seem very happy in there home and are both eating ok with no problems. this may just be normal behavior but as these cost me alot of money and also i know they can be quite delicate animals. these are also my personal favorites of the dart frog world and am very happy i have some and would be heartbroken if anything was to happen to the 2 of them. your knowledge would be much appreciated and welcome.
Am I worrying over nothing ?
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Alex,
who sexed the azureus?
We have had azureus that, from their looks 'appeared' to be one sex only to find out they were the opposite.
Also, what size tank are these in?
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Alex, anytime you can provide the darts with more space, that will always be a benefit.
It's possible that the breeder might be mistaken on the frogs sex. We've been fooled before!
I would say keep a very close eye on them and watch for further aggression. If the aggression escalates you need to make arrangements to seperate them.
You might start feeding them in seperate corners of the tank to see if this helps.
Also, azureus are natural WWF fighting champions. It's in their blood. As long as there is no weight loss or hiding going on, I wouldn't worry too much about it.
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kristy you said something about the azureus breeding quite soon after recieving them when properly sexed at the right age but I was curious...what if you haven't got room at the moment for lots of little froglets? I'm pretty new to this...I've loved poison dart frogs for a while but only recently found out you could keep them. I'm just dieing to get a pair but at the moment I haven't got space for more than one tank. Is there a way to keep them from breeding?
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thanks for the suggestions. I would eventually like to breed but it just doesn't seem feasible with the current space. Although if I don't need a seperate tank it could be alright I suppose...but since I've never done it before I'm afraid of killing the little guys and it's not like I have a bunch of people lined up at my door yammering for frogs. Could I sell them to pet shops or reptile conventions or something? Otherwise I wouldn't know who to sell them to.
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I have a pair of azureus in an exo 18x18x24 that did the same thing. For the first week or so, the female would stomp the male at feeding time. I started waiting until they were in separate areas of the tank, then feed them as far from each other as possible. I would usually begin feeding the female since she was more aggressive, then the male would get his food. They have since gotten used to feeding together and sharing food, and they produce eggs for me regularly.
Thelifespark- You can keep frogletts together in small shoe box sized rubbermaid containers for many months. This is a cheap, easy solution to not having enough room for frogletts if yours do start breeding. I would not recommend selling frogletts until they are a couple months old, and I would not ship them until a minimum of 3 months of age. The rubbermaid containers are the perfect solution to raising your frogs to an appropriate age until you sell them or trade them.
Just my .02
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I appreciate the help and suggestions. If I can learn how to ship them I suppose that would make selling them easier.
I guess I ought to not worry about it too much until I've got my viv set up and frogs in it
I'm getting a little ahead of myself in my excitement.
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Good thread.
Strict observation at feeding time is probably the most important time for descerning a potential problem. If a frog doesn't appear when FF are added or if one frog seems to be an aggressive eater and another frog is only getting 1/2 as many flies....that sort of thing...it is very important to note at feeding time. Feedings, may be the only time one can really detect such problems as stress, aggression, injury or even disease.
In all cases, if there is group of Frogs and one or more are not eating as aggressively at feeding time...I would look to seperating some or all of them, just based on that alone.
