Population density of thumbs

[19jeffro83]

Thanks you pumilio I put the woman hard to work to make all those vines ( ;
I also forgot to mention that based on body shape I'm assuming I have a 1.3 group. They're still young yet only about 3-4 months oow but this is my guess thus far. Is there any down side to having that many females to one male?

[Pumilo]

That should be a great ratio for breeding. I believe one male will breed with several different females. Hope you have plenty of tad containers around!

[19jeffro83]

We do! Hopefully this spring we'll be swimming in tads and froglets. We do want to let them raise some froglets in the viv eventually just to let them do their instinctual parenting. Will the frogs control their numbers in the viv themselves if we let it ride?

[Pumilo]

Originally Posted by 19jeffro83

We do! Hopefully this spring we'll be swimming in tads and froglets. We do want to let them raise some froglets in the viv eventually just to let them do their instinctual parenting. Will the frogs control their numbers in the viv themselves if we let it ride?

They will, but you may be surprised at what they decide is a stable population. I remember a thread (but not well enough to find it) where a test was run with a 5 or 6 gallon very well planted viv. I forget just how long it was run, but when they broke it down, they pulled a total of 19 frogs! I'm thinking they started the test with like 3 or 4 frogs. This was with Vent thumbs.

[19jeffro83]

That's cool. Not to sure we will
let the numbers climb that high but it be a neat experiment to try one day. If you numb into that thread let me know I'd like to check it out.

[Jon Mason]

Nice viv and even nicer frogs!

[19jeffro83]

Thanks Jon I appreciate the compliment.

[DCgecko]

very nice looking vivarium. inspire me in a second!

[19jeffro83]

Thanks Dc. Hers a more current shot.

[Pepbill]

Just tagging along.