New Cage for the Red Eyes

Switched from a small Exo to a larger one. A friend that keeps darts set it up for me.

http://www.eyehit.com/images/aug08/bigfrog1.jpg

http://www.eyehit.com/images/aug08/bigfrog2.jpg

http://www.eyehit.com/images/aug08/bigfrog3.jpg

http://www.eyehit.com/images/aug08/bigfrog4.jpg

http://www.eyehit.com/images/aug08/bigfrog5.jpg

http://www.eyehit.com/images/aug08/bigfrog6.jpg

That's a very nice set up. I've always liked the Redeyes.

:O Aren't they like poisenous or something? Correct me if I'm wrong. xD Anyway, AWESOME enclosure. The frog is wicked too!

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Originally Posted by gothkenny

:O Aren't they like poisenous or something? Correct me if I'm wrong. xD Anyway, AWESOME enclosure. The frog is wicked too!

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This is what I have learned.. don't quote me on it.
Poison dart frogs and many other rainforest frogs are known to be 'poisonous'.
If you want to go eat them.. then I wouldn't recommend it.. but they were meant to taste bad to prey and make them remember their bright colors meant 'stomach ache'.
The truth is, that most poison frogs are less poisonous to us than we are to them. Our oils in our skin are actually more threatening to them than the poison is to us.

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Oh... so you can't hold them? D: That would suck.

How big do they get generally?

Ok, let's straighten up a bit of this lunacy. :P
Red eye's are not poisonous.
Dart frogs are only poisonous in the wild due to their diet.
It is fine to hold red eyes, but it should generally be done on a limited basis and you should have clean hands as they do absorb through their skin. They are easy to keep and neat animals, but are strictly nocternal so they are not much of a show, where as darts are active durring the day time. Darts are much smaller than red eyes. I don't really have any "size scale" pictures handy, but here are two to give you an idea. This is my adult female.

http://www.eyehit.com/reptilia/snakegallery/shelby2.jpg

http://www.eyehit.com/reptilia/snake...20050226_2.jpg

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Originally Posted by gothkenny

Oh... so you can't hold them? D: That would suck.

How big do they get generally?

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Naw, like she said you can hold them. But it shouldn't be incredibly often.

Darts are usually about an inch long aren't they?

the red eyes i have kept got as long as 2 inches from tip of nose to tip of tail (or lack thereof) the legs are of course much much longer.

Very nice set-up. Whenever we handled ours we just were sure to have clean hands and mist our hands with water

I like the new cage. :gj:

Very cool set up! I just saw my first dart frogs this weekend at a show, and learned something new about their poisonous skin. Very neat!

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Originally Posted by ADEE

the red eyes i have kept got as long as 2 inches from tip of nose to tip of tail (or lack thereof) the legs are of course much much longer.

Very nice set-up. Whenever we handled ours we just were sure to have clean hands and mist our hands with water

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Another handling tip, IF you choose to handle them, hold them over or better yet IN their tank. They can jump without much warning and depending on where the frogs jumped to could be a problem.

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Originally Posted by Damon Theis

http://www.eyehit.com/reptilia/snakegallery/shelby2.jpg

http://www.eyehit.com/reptilia/snake...20050226_2.jpg

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Umm. Herp of the month. Id vote. Great pics, I have never seen the blue on thier bellys before!

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Originally Posted by DSGB

Umm. Herp of the month. Id vote. Great pics, I have never seen the blue on thier bellys before!

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thanks. those are old pics. I should take some new ones....

Looks great and I love the close ups of the Red Eye. I swear Red Eyes seem to be the most photogenic. They are so cute!

Awesome setup... just out of curiousity how often do you have issues with them "escaping" aka jumping out when you have the doors open?

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Originally Posted by instinct27

Awesome setup... just out of curiousity how often do you have issues with them "escaping" aka jumping out when you have the doors open?

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Never.

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Originally Posted by blackcrystal22

Darts are usually about an inch long aren't they?

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Depends on the species, I have imitators and they are about as big as my thumbnail. Which is why they are called a thumbnail species haha. Hope that helps.:)

-Chris-