Transport

How to pack Pipidae frogs for transport?

It's not neccessary to transport them in water. In opposite: This could be too much stress for the frogs. You nedd to transport them with wet skin. So you have to make a high humidity. Here are several methods:

Put them in small plastic boxes with very wet pieces of foam material.
Put them into wet cottom socks. Put the socks into a video cassette cover.
Put them into to fish bags with very less of water and some water plants, e.g. Najas, Elodea or Limnophilla.

Put these containers into a cardboard with grabbed newsprint.

How long can a transport take?

The transport can take several days. But you should try to transport them not due the weekend.

What's the minimum temperature for a transport?

The air temperature outside should have at least 15°C in the morning.

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