PEARLS OF WISDOM [aka CODE OF ETHICS]

[Nuggular]

That gonna be a hard one to follow a hill. Everyone buys frogs they dont plan on or have room for. Then you just make room and all is well. The important thing is not buying frogs you have no way to care for properly.

[Tim F]

Originally Posted by a hill

I will never buy frogs I haven't planned on and have no where to put them.

That gonna be a hard one to follow a hill. Everyone buys frogs they dont plan on or have room for. Then you just make room and all is well. The important thing is not buying frogs you have no way to care for properly.

Yeah. Gotta be flexible. It's kinda like hearing, "Honey, we're pregnant..." :roll:

[a hill]

Originally Posted by Nuggular

That gonna be a hard one to follow a hill. Everyone buys frogs they dont plan on or have room for. Then you just make room and all is well. The important thing is not buying frogs you have no way to care for properly.

Well it was really intended for people who just like see some frogs and buy them. I can see plenty of exceptions here with the members who have enough stuff lying around that it doesn't matter if they intended to buy it or not, but there are a large majority of people who if they see a nice frog somewhere they might just decide to buy it before they know what they're getting into and have no where to put it.

This may also go with the one about impulse buys. Maybe if I reworded it it would be better...

-Andrew

Edit: Also if you can make room on the spur of a moment than I personally would consider you having room :wink: There are many people who couldn't do that

[bbrock]

Originally Posted by a hill

Edit: Also if you can make room on the spur of a moment than I personally would consider you having room :wink: There are many people who couldn't do that

I agree with this (and your previous rule). I've seen too many collections crash because froggers got the collecting bug and grew their collections faster than their capacity to care for them. And often times the frogs that die are quite rare in the hobby (part of the collector bug trait). I wouldn't put this in a code of ethics, but my advice is to not obtain more than 3 species/populations of frogs your first year in the hobby (less if you are completely new to keeping animals in captivity). And after that first year, maintain a reasonable estimate of the time and number of vivaria you can realistically care for.

[kyle1745]

Originally Posted by Tim F

Yeah. Gotta be flexible. It's kinda like hearing, "Honey, we're pregnant..." :roll:

Or that first time you get to say... no we're not, you are. :-)

Really not being mean, but the reality of it is I can't have a kid. :-) Boy she didn't think that humor was very funny when I actually said it. :-) Going on 11 years now so she still puts up with me.

[EDs Fly Meat]

This is a great thread.

[Mywebbedtoes]

Just to bring this back-up. Good things for us to keep in mind from time to time and for new keepers. Anyway we could get some of this into a caresheet as previously suggested by Kyle?

Anything more to add?

[flyangler18]

I will follow established quarantine guidelines to protect the health of an established collection and any new acquistions.

I will maintain a level of sanitation and cleanliness to minimize disease risk to a cosmopolitan collection.

[AlexRible]

How about this for a code, I will not knowingly sell any frog that is not in healthy condition/ I will not purposely mislabel frogs with intent to sell them for money than they are worth.

Not that these are problems on this board, but I think this is good ethics.

[Mywebbedtoes]

Oh but it happens. I have seen said frogs, not from DB mind you, but I have seen sick frogs sold.