Balls and Walnuts
more than you ever wanted to know
Patricia
I’ve shown you the frog tank. It’s sufficiently “grown in” that we are ready to repopulate it with frogs. Sorry, no miniature hippos. Miniaturehippos.com was fresh out.
But I’m close to purchasing four Dendrobates tinctorius “Patricia”:
and I’ve already bought some Dendrobates leucomelas:
which ought to arrive some time next week.
Soon our household will yet again play host to the pitter patter of little feet. Really little feet.
D.
Can I send Sassyface to you for a couple weeks so she can learn how hard it is to keep these happy? She keeps telling me she wants a red eyed tree frog.
The problem with red-eyed tree frogs is that they are nocturnal. Daytime, they’d likely keep their beautiful red eyes closed 🙂
See if you can interest her in an Argentinian or Chacoan Horned Frog. Really easy to take care of those!
The colors are amazing. Is that why you get them? Or are they a hearty breed?
You still have room for some oompaloompas.
The Patricias are gorgeous. Still, it’s a shame about the hippos …
Sis, we like them for the colors, but also for their personality. There’s a sense of joy in these frogs when they have a nice big terrarium to jump around in. It’s hard to describe unless you have the chance to watch them for a while.
Dean, would have to be some small oompaloompas. Chris, ditto for the hippos 😉
Hey Doug long time since I read your blog. whatever happened to the frogs you had here in tiny town. I truly enjoyed them in the waiting room.
Hi Sharon! I hope you and the family are well. The crazy quilt is prominently displayed in my office 😉
We rented a house in Santa Rosa, and didn’t want to risk putting the frog tank in the rental (since there’s a risk of water damage). But the garage was too hot, so we decided to transfer the frogs to smaller tanks and keep them indoors. But indoors proved to hot for them, too. Sad story.
Sorry to hear that the frogs didn’t fair well. How is Karen in that climate? I have been getting a kick out of the older entries here. The traffic would make me nuts. Everybody fine here. And yep, it’s raining outside.
Yeah, I miss the rain. Here it rains mud 🙂
Karen stays indoors as much as possible, so central air is a must. Jake and I get to whither with the summer heat.
Wither? Hmm.
Hate it when a guy withers. How do you like the job by now.
Hah! Indeed.
It’s a good job. The number typically quoted is that you need 30-35,000 people to keep one ENT busy, and here in Bako we have 100,000 for the two of us. I’m hoping the bosses will decide we need to add a third, but I doubt that will happen any time soon. I took the job without any guarantee of getting a second doc joining, so I’m happy with what I’ve got.
Lots of support from administration, good relations with my staff, and the referring docs are all nice guys and gals, too. What’s not to like? Oh . . . air that you can cut with a knife and the ability to cook your morning eggs on the roof of your car. Forgot about that.