W beans new edition means I was writing it out while not looking. It should have said a brand new addition. And I’m surprised you got it on the first guess, 3 pipa pipa frogs. I told myself if I ever saw them for sale in person I’d get them. They were probably the same frogs to be honest.
That makes more sense, lol. For a second there, I thought it was some new, foreign slang... seems kids keep coming up with more each week; wish they'd slow down a bit- I'm still having trouble wrapping my head around how they can fit some of the most nonsensical words into every other sentence that comes out of their mouth!
I regret not picking those up from the Charlotte Repticon (had two opportunities to do so- the July and October ones), but you'd probably have much better success with them than me
To be completely honest, I didn't expect to see them after July; and was pleasantly surprised to see them in October, and held out hope that they'd be back in December...
I checked the vendor lists, and it was that one vendor between both Charlotte and Atlanta Repticons, Aquatic N Exotic; I'm assuming it's the same frogs.
I recall talking to one of the people a bit; he claimed they were ~6+ months LTC and treated for parasites with both metronidazole and kanamycin- though I don't know if he knew what he was talking about, as he claimed chytrid was bacterial and kanamycin could prevent it (was in October).
Either way,
supposedly there is at least one female; though I don't think they knew how to sex them, as the only guy that claimed to know much about them was shining a flashlight on their backs, looking for "pores", as he put it (was back in July). I do think I read somewhere that sexually mature females may develop a round "ring" around their cloaca, and tried looking for that with no avail, though I have little experience staring at a frog's bum in vain hopes of finding its sex.
They seemed healthy to me, though; no sign of any open sores or lesions, no redness, and subsequently no signs of a bacterial infection. A bit surprising; considering the poor conditions they were in back in July (rather dirty 10g with ~3/4" of cloudy water).
Don't know if I'm imagining things, but I believe I was told they were being fed strictly feeder goldfish- an inadequate diet, in my opinion; but leastwise they were eating something.
Good luck! Would love more updates.
