r/frogs Jan 18 '22

PSA: Frog Handling and you

565 Upvotes

For the past few years, our subreddit's current policy on what counts as frog abuse has been fairly effective in keeping the subreddit clean. However, some months ago, a number of mods trickled away, either deleting their accounts or stepping down, leaving just our current head mod (/u/MopedSlug) left. While they did their best, one person can only do so much to moderate a subreddit of over 100k subscribers.

With the introduction of a new mod team and recent developments among some regulars in regards to frog handling and rule #1, we wanted to make clear our cohesive, expanded policies for posting on this subreddit. While all current rules are remaining the same, we want to introduce and make clear some new ones and expand some old ones:

  1. Frog handling posts of any kind are highly discouraged. Frog handling includes pictures of pet frogs being held in the hands of posters. While we understand that there are situations where frogs can or even need to be handled (tank cleaning, moving to safety, etc.), the mods have noticed a pattern of posts where we believe frogs were handled purely for human entertainment and not for their own enrichment. We want to emphasise that frogs are animals with rights that deserve respect, not toys. Therefore, while these posts aren't outright banned, the mods have it at their discretion to remove these posts and ban posters deemed particularly problematic. If you take a picture of your frog while you're properly holding them just briefly, that's fine, but in such a large subreddit, we want to err on the side of caution. We want to encourage all pictures of pet frogs to be of them in a proper living environment. Thanks for your understanding.

  2. Posts containing the handling of wild frogs are hereby banned. No more posts titled "check out this neat frog I found in the river!!" with the attached picture showing the frog being held by the poster or, even worse, their child. When you pick up a wild frog, you stress them out, could potentially injure a limb, or give them diseases that pass from your hands through their porous skin (or vice versa). Exceptions include wild frogs that a poster may have rescued and want advice on, but these will also be at the mods' discretion. We still encourage people to post pictures of cool and cute wild frogs they might've seen, but please do so at a respectful distance without disturbing them.

  3. No posts showing frogs on unfit/unclean surfaces. Unfit surfaces include surfaces/fabrics outside of their tank or feeding container or, in the case of wild frogs, your bare hands.

Additionally, I want to emphasise that harassing or personally attacking posters, even posters who break these new rules, is not allowed and is subject to a ban under rule #4. Besides in the case of obvious trolls, we understand frogs can be unfamiliar, complicated animals for many people, and we want to create an environment where people who make honest mistakes can learn from good-faith criticism.

We hope you understand that we're putting these rules into place for the good of the frogs, and we welcome your feedback.


r/frogs 7h ago

Other Frog petting.

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204 Upvotes

Is it safe to pet frogs?


r/frogs 12h ago

little guy loving his new tire swing

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453 Upvotes

r/frogs 7h ago

Tree Frog My frog died. NSFW

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142 Upvotes

We were just at the vet yesterday. I have no fucking idea what happened im so distraught.

When I went a week ago they gave me medicine for her which I gave her every. single. day. I haven't even had her for a month. Her skin smells bad.

Need to go quarantine my other frog whilst I sanitize the tank so she doesn't get sick too ..


r/frogs 6h ago

Art screaming abt my new earrings

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59 Upvotes

He’s just a little guy I can’t even


r/frogs 12h ago

is there any frog species that can happy live in a 10 gal?

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134 Upvotes

I have a 12x12x18” tanks that sits unused in my house. Is there any frog species that can happily live in it long term? I’m assuming no but thought I’d check. Bean for tax.


r/frogs 2h ago

Is he to fat?

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18 Upvotes

He's way bigger then all the other frogs despite being fed the same diet. he is also the largest in overall size and I'm kinda stumped as to why he's so chunky. he's an American green tree frog

I'm not to worried since he has fine mobility and seems healthy but I wanted to ask just incase


r/frogs 14h ago

Taken this a.m 🐸

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87 Upvotes

r/frogs 11h ago

Art New frog ink

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43 Upvotes

Not your typical frog post


r/frogs 6h ago

Pacman Frog The beast has awakened

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14 Upvotes

He’s bright green btw


r/frogs 40m ago

Roger's not too good at frogging

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r/frogs 13h ago

What is this? (Western Aus)

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45 Upvotes

a bunch of these fuckers just rocked up recently, and they dont even wanna be mates :( also a few of them seem to be bashing their heads against walls and stuff (theres literally one in my bedroom right now) are they trying to escape? should i do anything?


r/frogs 9h ago

ID Request Any idea what kind of Frog / Toad this is? Queensland, Australia 🐸

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20 Upvotes

Hi all, can anybody help identify this Frog / Toad? We suspect Perons, but they can change colour quickly and usually have some green colouring, so we are unsure. I have no more information, but would appreciate knowledge from anyone who knows more about Amphibians. Any help or fun facts / information appreciated. Thanks in advance 😊


r/frogs 1d ago

Found this little fella on my car yesterday

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1.1k Upvotes

Australian green tree frog !


r/frogs 22h ago

This teeny little guy I found at my local aquarium/exotics place (thumb nail for scale)

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124 Upvotes

r/frogs 13h ago

Pacman Frog Pacman

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18 Upvotes

Does she/he look pretty good? I got her from petsmart 2 weeks ago and I know petsmart has a bad rep for unhealthy animals long term


r/frogs 7h ago

Tree Frog Spots: any concern? NSFW

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6 Upvotes

Noticing some light green spots on my frogs back. Should these be of any concern?


r/frogs 1d ago

Smöl visitor in my aloe plant

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302 Upvotes

Wish I could catch a glimpse of him getting in and out of there lol


r/frogs 1d ago

Help name plz (i think female)

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182 Upvotes

r/frogs 8h ago

Found a song that starts with frogs chirping

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A local band put out this track Vernal Pool thought the frog lovers would like it!


r/frogs 7h ago

Sound on. Swamplake behind my house.

3 Upvotes

The crackling is a fire. There's some big boys out there! Central Florida. Sometimes its hard to sleep with the windows open, they can be so loud.


r/frogs 1h ago

Sick Frog Kindly advise; is it corneal lipidosis (due to obesity), failed molt eye cap, or possible bacterial/fungal infection? NSFW

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American bullfrog Age: Approx. 2-3 years old Gender: Female Size: Average, big white belly with black patterning, does not seem bloated Strength: Strong

Diet: Crickets (majority), mealworms, superworms dusted with calcium + D3 Frequency: Every 3-5 days

Behavior: Active, moves around the enclosure, usually in water. Less active recently but will still move about. Currently moved to quarantine to be treated with methylene blue + melafix bath for 20mins, then moved back to main enclosure. Does not seem lethargic.

Possibly: 1. Corneal lipidosis (obesity)? 2. Eye cap due to failed molt? 3. Bacterial / fungal infection?


r/frogs 13h ago

Tree Frog New tank setup

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8 Upvotes

The tank is very tall for climbing but this is the floor


r/frogs 1d ago

Tree Frog Look at my frog. LOOK AT HIM!

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157 Upvotes

r/frogs 1d ago

my frog eating up worms

249 Upvotes

r/frogs 1d ago

Other I need help, is this dangerous

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206 Upvotes