O.m.g! Just Found Another Piebald!

[Jenste]

Just got confirmation of a piebald needing a new home - - he apparently has only 1 eye - I will be getting him sometime during the morning tomorrow - will take pictures of him once I get him settled in!! They are giving him to me because they know I love acf x.laevis and am trying to put together a breeding colony!


So excited! I had my ear open hoping to find a female in need of a home, but I will always accept a new male too!!!

Depending on his age I will hopefully be able to breed him sometime in the next year - - I will try mating him with a female natural, albino, and a reticulated albino to see if any interest color morphs result

 

[Paradise3]

Nice find! Even with just one eye I bet he'll be a great addition.

Cheers,
Paradise<3!

 

[Joshwainwright]

Looking forward to the photos. I'm not too knowledged on frogs but I'm sure they're awesome!

 

[Jenste]

Piebald is an extremely rare coloration - - I have been lucky enough to track down two in my time keeping ACF, currently keeping one as the other passed from dehydration after managing to escape the tank after I had a fight with the filter and didn't properly secure all gaps in the lid

This will be the third one I have managed to find and I am so thrilled!

 

[saltynay]

Looking forward to the photos. I'm not too knowledged on frogs but I'm sure they're awesome!

Piebald is similar to Leucistic. Basically an animal that is part albino, part normal colouration giving a marbled or mottled pattern.

 

[Jenste]

In my opinion leucistic is much closer to reticulated albino if anything.
Leucistic has no marbling what so ever, is most simplistically described as a white frog with blue eyes.

Piebald is more closely related to natural coloring.

Reticulated albinos have blue/purple eyes, white bodies and some marbled patterns in a pinkish-yellow hue.


It seems (through the small amount of info out there) that piebald results most often through a pairing with a natural colored parent.

If I were to mate my piebald- Chances are high for natural offspring and exceptionally low for piebald



What I am considering, and will take a couple years to accomplish - is to take one male piebald, mate it, raise a female offspring to maturity then mate her with my other piebald male to see if any piebald colorations occur.

 

[dipsydoodlenoodle]

lol, not long til you get him

 

[Jenste]

PICTURES!!!!

He is acclimating right now. Due to his coloration which is split perfectly down the middle of his face, I named him Harvey - - my fiance is a huge batman fan, this should help you with the reference!!!

 

[chesterscot]

Yey cool little thing just noticed him on f/b

regards

 

[Joshwainwright]

He looks rather strange but nevertheless great!

 

[Jenste]

Trouble in paradise


Last night Harvey was quite lethargic and hid in his tank in the back wedged beside the filter for the evening - - not uncommon behavior by stressed frogs.

When he arrived yesterday (8 hours late) he was sluggish, but I thought it was from being sent to me from Florida and the stress of the trip. His body temp was very cold and I spent over an hour slowly acclimating him to warmer water. Once he was acclimate I left him be and didn't pester him too much last night so he could settle - in the new tank he spent most of the evening in the corner perched near the filter at the water line in the back.

got home from work, he was now at the front of the tank and I saw his belly clearly for the first time - - I thought I was going to die.

Contacted the person who sold him to me - they are shrugging it off as ammonia burns - I have never seen burns like this appear over night on a frog.

He was in a fully cycled tank with an Elite stingray filter, with sand substrate and lots of live water wisteria. - Tested the water, 0 Ammonia and Nitrite, about 10/15 Nitrate

 

[Joshwainwright]

Wow, I don't like the look of that.

Did you check him over when you got him?

 

[Jenste]

flipping a new frog over on its back, especially after shipping is a general no-no, you can cause the frog to die from fright.

I had kept the lights dimmer to reduce stress and did not notice his tummy until today in the light - due to his spotted coloration I may have seen the "shadowing" in the low light and thought it was his coloration - it wasn't until he was in full light that the red became apparent. He is currently in a hospital tank now, bare floors no decor with stress zyme, stress coat, epsom salt and fresh new water while everything that he originally came into contact with is being sterilized.

 

[Joshwainwright]

Good move. I hope you can manage to get him back to full health, it would be a shame to lose the 'fella after previously saving him.

I'm sure you will, good luck anyway!

Be sure to keep us updated.

 

[Jenste]

after doing a great deal of reading and conversing with other frog owners - - it is pointing to a higher possibility of it being ammonia burns from shipping rather than disease - - to be safe the frog is still going to be quarantined