Introducing Mango and Kiwi (and Mark)! It took was longer than expected and I’m so happy to finally share it, even though thinks did not happen as expected. Loving these little frogs and can't wait to see them grow. More from them in the future. Have a great weekend SerpaSquad!

Hey, Tanner. A tip from someone who bred frogs of several species for like 15 years, the tadpoles like the poop. Because they eat meat as adults but other things as juveniles, they actually will eat the poop over and over because it is not fully digested the first time around. You will see better numbers in success and they will grow faster that way. 👍

You can literally hear this man's voice breaking over the death of a frog and a few tadpoles. ;_; Rip little guys.

dude this made me tear up a bit. it must have been awful to realize what happened with the rest, but these two little guys are so precious!! such is life, after all 🐸

My man, I just wanted to say that I'm truly sorry for your loss. I hand-reared a parrot (amazonia albifrons), and I loved that boy to bits. I saw him grow from a featherless weirdo into a majestic bird that could say many words, sing, and dance. He would bite everyone except me. He waited for me every day, perched on a ladder that overlooked the street, and he greeted me when I got back from school. One day, my dad decided to spray paint something in the patio where he lived (he was a free-roaming bird), and when I got home, he was gone. I had him for about five years, and two decades later, I still miss him.

I ordered some water planted for my pond NEVER thinking that they would arrive with tree frog eggs attached. One day I saw some little swimmers swimming around my small pond and I was so excited ! I watched them grow and develop into little frogs, I was the proud parent of baby tree frogs ! Of course eventually they had to leave the nest but when I would hear them singing throughout the summer it brought me sooooo much joy ! I really wish that I could experience that again ! 💐💚🙃

As a newt breeder, I know well the devastation of losing a bunch of larvae to mysterious circumstances. It just happens sometimes. Good job getting your two to froghood.

I lost my three firebellied toads a few years back to chemical exposure. It’s devastating. I’m sorry for your loss, but am happy for Kiwi and Mango! I also appreciated your reverence for the lost lives and sustainability by laying the deceased to rest in houseplants. ❤

That shiver in your voice. 😢

When I heard your voice crack, I went “Oh honey” on instinct. I’m so sorry for your losses, but I’m happy for the two little miracles that were gained. You’re an inspiration, with both the quality of care and how much you care.

I have a frog that moved into my greenhouse, yesterday i realized he has two friends! Im up to three now. The one just watches me as i water plants. Sometimes i dont see it for nearly a week, but hes been in there since last year. He takes care of some of my flying friends lol

What a sad and happy story. The two little survivors are super cute. Looking forward to seeing them again.

When we moved to SE PA we had tree frogs and toads everywhere. I had to fish toads and green frogs out of our pool on the regular. Five years later, I saw one toad all last summer. No tree frogs at all and just a small population of green frogs in our pond. No spring orgies anymore. Way fewer bugs too. They are all so very sensitive and I’m sorry that what seemed like just a smell killed so many of yours. To a long life for Kiwi and Mango!

Many years ago I was vacationing in FL. during the winter months. Cleaning the camping gear after our return I found a little green tree frog. He rolled out of our camping mat like a rolling quarter. It was below freezing where we live. I first thought he or she was a goner. Then I remembered. I held it in my hands and slowly breathed on it. Its little legs began to extend ever so slowly. Long story short I made him a little home to winter over until my return to FL. in the spring.

I cannot help but think highly of someone who cares so much about all creatures great and small. Sorry for the way the journey went - we can kick ourselves with hindsight, "I should have done-" "I could have realized-" but at the end of the day, we're human and things happen outside the realm of our expectation sometimes..which doesn't make it any easier when it does. Kiwi and Mango are very cute (I did not realize the colour on the young ones was so much brighter than in the adults?) and I look forward to their future endeavours with you 🐸

My husband left the house briefly to grab Dutch Bros for us but had his account on the TV, so I saw your video and thought hey Serpa does those relaxing videos, that’ll be nice while I wait for him to return and we keep watching things together. I had to call him when this video took an abrupt turn to cry about random tadpoles and a frog dying, and I can hear in your voice and your much closer bond in those 100 days how it shook you too. Thank goodness for Mango and Kiwi’s resilience ❤️ Good luck to our little survivors and I can’t wait for future updates.

Warning: This video contains images of severe cuteness. Viewers may be overcome by high levels of adorable.

Looking forward to following Mango and Kiwi’s progress along with how they get on when they move in with Mark. Definitely wait a while to stop Mark mistaking them for a snack. We have a Cuban tree frog here in the UK who escaped persecution in Florida and jumped onto a plane with some airfreight, she’s named Gloria Estafrog, Cuban heritage hailing from Floria. Looking forward to seeing how you house yours.

Finally frog content pls do more

I love frogs so much! Almost as much as your videos! It’s actually my love of frogs and your channel that inspired me to build my own poison dart frog ecosystems and make videos about it! Of course I’ll never be as good as the GOAT / Bob Ross of terrarium building Serpa design!

You can hear the devestation in Tanners voice about losing his little friends. The love he has for his animals is amazing! ❤ Keep doing what youre doing. And im so happy you got 2 to adulthood!!

That was a rolllercoster of emotions, frogs are one of the most rewarding animals to work with. Cant wait to see mango and kiwi all grown up

Tanner, your talk about how the frog died is so moving.

Mango and Kiwi are awesome names for such cuties! 🥰 I adore frogs, my heart crashed when your tone changed 😔 Those poor babies, it just goes to show how *incredibly* sensitive they are! Such fragile creatures 🥺

Sorry for your loss Tanner. I’m so glad Mango and Kiwi thrived!

I really appreciate how much you genuinely care about the animals you keep ❤ I'm sorry for the loss of those kittle babies, but so happy Kiwi and Mango made it

it amazes me how there's no mold in these enclosures. but i guess that's only an issue on my end cuz im in a tropical country. it's also always looks clean. also do frogs not need heat lamps?

Tiny frogs with full tummies make me happy. Thank you for sharing.

0:07 Praying to the Frog Lords

Omigosh loves them! I have kept multiple species of frogs over the years. Such a satisfying thing when you successfully rear some from tadpoles.

Thanks for sharing your loss off tadpools. I lost two baby (pseudemys peninsularis) turtles last year and I was gutted. I created an environment that I thaught was perfect for the and dispite my care and attention they just wouldn't eat. I learn't alot from that loss and thanks to your video I'm ready to try again!

This transformation is truly miraculous. A free-swimming fish-like creature with beautiful iridescent skin becomes a four legged creature capable of climbing, and jumping, and chasing prey. To be able to watch it happen is a real gift. Thanks for sharing.

i feel you on not wanting to make unfortunate turns into content, HOWEVER, i think that when it's an inevitable part of the hobby, covering things like that could be really helpful for folks who are losing an animal for the first time, or perhaps newer to the hobby and feel like they did something wrong, so, hopefully it's smooth sailing from here, but just putting my two pence in that i think that kind of content is still helpful and useful

Glad to see the two adorable little ones made it! On a side note, what camera do you use to record your videos? The quality is superb!

The pain in his Voice when the little ones died

I had wild tree frogs that loved to lay eggs in my turmeric plant. And the adults would always chill on my door knob to just stare at us. So freaking cute.

My dude! am so sorry about the frog and tadpoles can hear the sheer sadness in your voice. . . I myself feel defeated had 7 false jullii (leopard/3 stripe corys) and now have 2 within 48 hours 4 died and the 5th died like shortly after the meds regime but it was starved and wasnt eating. the ottos and minnows in the tank i took them out of is fine and apparently ottos are supposed to be even more sensitive. my last 4 months have been a natural disaster to me from taking in an abandoned cat to the sudden turn of my cory colony heartbreak and just the bullshit of living I get how you feel!

omg mango and kiwi are so cuteee R.I,P the 1st frog though :C

im sorry for your loss Tanner. Much love!

I love this type of video when you share your experience and journey to success with some obstacles on the way. Good job!

Thank you for sharing you struggles and successes with us! I used to work in a animal care depot and tbh we could not participate in the tadpole program because they were so hard to get to a stable stage (esp after shipping) - So what seemed easy to 10 years ago you was just as hard then, you just got less lucky this time

I love your enthusiasm and I felt your pain when the little ones died. Keep up the good work. I love this channel ❤

kiwi and mango are so precious!

i lost my cat Kiwi in january and i’m glad to hear he has a tiny frog successor

Kiwi is a little slow...He is now my favorite frog ever. Thank you for documenting this, Tanner!

At 5:32, thats the face of a very proud man 😊 very happy for you my dude.

That was a bit of a roller coaster! Beautiful that the two made it!!! Looking forward to updates in the future 😊

3:24 ::subscribers virtually hug Tanner::

I must be a huge bummer, but I really appreciate when you show mistakes and catastrophes. It must be tempting to cut them all out, but showing the whole process of the hobby, warts and all, helps me through my own discouraging experiences.

Aww my heart broke for you. I absolutely love your videos and admire your determination to save the ones you could. Bravo once again :)

Damn, this is so interesting. At the moment I have a small aquarium in my kitchen where I keep about a dusin locally collected tadpoles (rana esculenta I believe), and some of them have grown really big, most of them have got their back legs by now - but a couple of them are still super tiny and look like the others did two and a half weeks ago. I have no idea why this happens - intuition tells me that the ones that grow big and develops quickly are the strongest and most vital individuals, but hey, it seems you've proved my theory wrong. So interesting that these slow little guys have been the ones most resistant to what is essentially pollution, I guess. Great video - well done for holding on for this footage for so long !

I'm told here in FL to dispatch Cuban tree frogs because they're invasive species and eat our native tree frogs. I definitely couldn't do it, but probably turn one into a pet 😁 the females get HUGE. I raised a few tads to frogs but didn't keep it. I wasn't prepared for how tiny the frogs were and at the time, I only had aphids to feed them. I like to think the frogs around my parents yard are all descendants of those tads from my childhood.

They are so cute 🐸🥭🥝 So sorry that you lost nine of your frogs ❤‍🩹 My daughter wasn't a "typical" girly girl, when she grew up. Both she and our son, loved catching frogs by ponds, lakes, and in the woods and they always handled them with care. They turned over rocks in our small garden (300 square meters) to watch centipedes, worms and insects. They buried a dead mouse (I think our cat killed the tiny mouse) and a few weeks later, the mouse was exhumed just to see how it looked - but the smell caught them off guard 😂 I always send them links to your videos and we have made a few terrarium, using your methods. Thanks! PS I recieved my SerpaDesign T-shirt and I love it. One thing that really pi'**ed me off, was a notice from the taxman. I hadn't declared the full price, so I owed them 1,70 danish kroner (approx. 0.23$) in import taxes, but with administrative fees the bill was 23$ or else they would return the parcel. Talk about being petty 😳

My Cuban tree frog’s name is Cilantro. A friend found her on a tree at a nursery here in California. She’s living a cushy indoor life and not becoming invasive outside lol they’re cool little frogs. She eats like every meal is her last 😂

i had a tank full of tadpoles whe i was younger. its so cool to see them change. wonder if 82/85f temp would have sped it up the growth. great video as always. ty

I love frogs too! Great video Mango and Kiwi are the cutest little buddies

i'm sorry for your losses and unfortunately i know how it is. you do the best you can and we all see that ❤

They are so cute at that stage. Unfortunately, we have free roaming Cuban tree frogs and they devour the little native green tree frogs. The Cubans get quite large in relation to the native species and lose the cute nature of the smaller greens. I’m glad you have these guys as we will be able to see them as they mature,I hope. Cute video.

genuinely touched by your channel

Some animals are so unexpectedly sensitive to the chemicals we humans wouldn't even take notice of. Im so sorry for your loss. I hope some of the tips here will help if you decide to try raising some more

The most adorable little frogs. Well done Tanner, could so easily have lost them all.

It’s 🐸 time

Kind of sad to lose your first froglet. I also had gotten several golden poison dart tadpoles last year and managed to get all of them into the froglet stage, but lost two of them in least then a week. I think something got into the moss that I was using and killed them. Luckily I still got a couple more.

I’ve had dart frogs (Bailey and Peyton) for about four years now, ever since I found your videos and learned how to make a vivarium for them! I love their little toes and pot bellies!

Hello kiwi and mango.... shout out to mark as well ❤ ..hello little dudes

I'm so sorry for your loss. 😢💔 When my goldfish died I was heartbroken. 🐟

They look so cool

In some frog species, dominant tadpoles release a hormone to suppress metamorphosis in others. This prevents all of them morphing at the same time and overwhelming food resources on land.

Such an awesome endearing video, thanks Tanner:-)

Sorry you lost some. That sucks. It's obvious from your reactions that you care and were/are doing whatever you can to help them succeed.

Sorry about the other nine 😢 I tried raising tadpoles last year but none made it to maturity😞But nice to meet you Kiwi and mango

Im not sure how much i can express how much i love frogs. Enter exibit 2n, all the Smoochy ty beanie babies.

Oh Tanner I’m so sorry you lost your little buddy with the foot and the others. But it worked out okay 👍🏻

oh my! when you took mango out of the aquarium he was so small! and kiwi too! they’re so cute c:

Owning frogs is so hard. They're easy to care for 95% of the time but one small glitch in their environment can make them crash so quickly. I lost two seemingly healthy thumbnails last month and it broke my heart. I'm taking a break for a while, sorry for your little guy.

Not sure on the true science behind it, but i have raised literally thousands of frogs in florida and i kept them all outside. A fluctuating temperature could have helped possibly, giving them a sense of a day/night schedule. That could be why they took so long to develop. Just a theory though

I have bruin frogs tadpols. But i have from the lot tree over. They are still with out legs, but the days are counting to see them with legs😊

Oh I love them so cute. It's sad the rest died. But I'm glad these 2 are alright. ❤ 🐸

They are beautiful!

Now im gonna start raising tadpoles!

Hey man. Your video about these tiny frogs here had me amazed and so curious I’m sitting in my garage here in Canada Ontario one day ago and my dog starts getting all excited and I wasn’t sure what was going on so I turned my flashlight on and something pops in front of me smaller than a dime or about a dimeI put my flashlight on it. It was a tiny frog so amazing. We have frogs that small here in Canada.

Frogs have been my favourite since I was 2 years old and I'm almost 13 years old I am obsessed with frogs 🐸 😍

While it's sad that only two survived out of eleven, that's probably about what you'd expect in the wild.

I'm so sorry your tadpoles and little frog didn't make it. :( RIP babies Mango and Kiwi are so cute though!

Mango and Kiwi are both adorable!!! Cannot wait to see them grow up and the new vivarium you'll build for them😁 Curious tho, what made you choose cuban tree frogs?

I'm so sorry about the little guys. Sadly its easy to not realise these things, you tried your very best.

They’re so cute! I wish I had the ability to look after animals as I’d love both some tree frogs and a turtle. But I know they wouldn’t have their best life with me so I make the decision not to get any. I busy my time with terrariums and my little colony of slaters ❤ which is why I love seeing your animal videos as they make me really happy. I live vicariously!

Good effort. You got there in the end.

You should name one of the frogs Ribert ,you know like Robert combined with ribbit🐸

Cannot wait to see them in a year!

Kiwi!! Love the name. I named my first English bulldog puppy Kiwi ❤ it brought back memories.

I have my Cuban in with two White’s. All full grown when introduced. Doing fine. Cuban a little smaller, but too big to be eaten.

Over here in the wilds of far northwestern California, we have tiny Pacific chorus frogs (formerly Pacific tree frogs); like, a *lot* of them. You can hear their surprisingly loud *creeeeeeek* by the thousands in the spring, coming from every damp place, and we have a lot of damp places, including my back yard. 🐸 I hope you don't have to go through any more "learning experiences" like that one.

So. I think of you as an Apprentice of Slartybartfast..😎 (X) For Tadpoles.. They dont develop unless you give them the 'seasons'. After hatch and tadpole emergence feed well once fat and good size, reduce water. If its raining outside give captives a top up of fresh water. When its sunny/drying outside dont top up 😎

Congrats! ❤ Love them 😍

I rescued what must have been a couple hundred eggs from my pool filter. That turned into more than fifty tadpoles. That went down to twenty some froglets. Now I have eight cuties eating and croaking happy and healthy. And I love them all.

Question: why not make a terrarium with a pond for them to be able to leave hhe the water once ready themselves?

6:10 why is he so cute

Really enjoyed the video, So glad it worked out and they survived 🐸

They’re sooooo cute!