Oh good grief!

I give up. I was not meant to be a keeper of amphibians. Jean-Paul, yeah, the back up...well, found him floating dead in the tank today. Somehow, I've managed to keep Chuck alive for going on 5 months now, but I've also killed 3 frogs in that time frame. So I'll be sticking to fish from now on.

I kind of wondered about Jean-Paul yesterday, he spent the better portion of the day repeated slamming his head into the wall of the fish tank. So, at this point, I don't know if he was sick and that caused the head banging. Or if he died from obvious and extensive brain damage caused by the head banging. And I'll be damned if I'm performing any type of autopsy on him. So, guess I'll just "bury" him and let him rest in peace with Ed and Francois.

R.I.P. Francois

Yeah, I know...I somehow managed to kill another one. Poor little guy, apparently he didn't stand a chance living in a tank I own/maintain. So now, Francois will join Ed in that giant toilet bowl in the sky...or sewer, whichever it is.

Chuck and Jean-Paul seem to be taking it well. Doesn't look like either of them have started eating Francois as of when I fished him out of the tank. That's probably good, not sure I could deal with a half-eaten frog body.

And yeah, this is why I bought two frogs last months...so I'd have a back up just in case this happened.

Now Introducing....

So here they are...Chuck's new tank mates. On the left here, we have Francois and Jean-Paul on the right. Francois is the slightly larger and muscly of the two. I'm sure if you look close enough you will also see a tiny curled mustache on him. And Jean-Paul is just as French, but he kept taking his beret when I would try to take the picture. You may ask yourself why I bought two this time. It may be a bit crowded in the tank, true. But I figure that after my last frog experience, it might be a good idea to have a spare.

So here they are. Chuck seemed a bit indifferent when I introduced them yesterday afternoon at work. I expect they will be fast friends though. When I get back on Monday, I'm sure they will all be close as peas in a pod! Come to think of it...I hope they are all still alive on Monday. Good thing I left a note for friend at work to feed them on Friday.