New whites frog owner

[bellk]

Hello! I am the happy new wonder of 2 whites tree frogs. They sure are cute litteguys th(or gals). How often should i clean their terrarium and does their shades changing mean that they are sick? They act fine but i read that if they are brown that it means that they are sick. Thanks in advanced! Kam

[Paul Rust]

Hi, it is impossible to help you without some pics. Cleaning frequency depends on how your enclosure is built. If you would please post some pics we can give some opinions for you.

[bellk]

thanks for the quick reply! i recently broke my camera so i can't post real pics.the pic's i have attached are the exact terrarium set up i have and the frog you see (not mine) the color and consistency of his skin is just like one of my frogs. kinda lame, but it's the best i could do. i have had him for a month and a half and when i first got him and for the next 3 weeks he was blue and now he just has a little blue. he is still active and eating though.

also, when do they become less shy? i try to leave them be unless im feeding them, misting, or refreshing their water dishes. sometimes i can tell their heart rate speeds up drastically when i open the doors to their cage.

thanks for your time,

kam

[Kurt]

Brown White's areN'T sick. They just change brown against a brown background oe in dim lighting. If he's eating then I wouldn't worry too much.

[bellk]

based on my setup that i posted in an earlier post, how can i brighten the place up so he will be blue again?

[into]

Brown White's are sick. They just change brown against a brown background oe in dim lighting. If he's eating then I wouldn't worry too much.

Kurt, you mean brown white's aren't sick? my guys are brown half the time.

[bellk]

i assumed he meant that they weren't sick...
also, they do not like to eat their food when i dust it with the protein powder. any suggestions?

[Kurt]

D'oh! I meant to write "Brown White's aren't sick" or better yet "A White's treefrog turning brown is not an indication of illness" It been a long day, I am tired and I have having trouble concentrating. So you will have to bear with me.

[Kurt]

Protein powder?

[Paul Rust]

I don't dust crickets. I mix it with the cricket food when I make it.

[bellk]

1.yup, i dust them with rep-cal protein and vit. d powder. is this not right?
2.my whites are ab one inch long. how old do you think they are?
3. one of them is super nervous when i pull him out to feed him and then again when i put him back in. i really want to pull them out to feed them because its easier for me to track who is eating what. any advice? i dont want to give the little guy a heart attack.

thanks for all of your advice. i am very new to this and everyone's advice has been very helpful. kam

[Kurt]

1. I think you mean calcium and vitamin D3. I would also make sure they were getting other vitamins such as A. I have been using ZooMed's Reptivite for that.
2. Less than a year old. Most likely captive bred as well.
3. I wouldn't worry to much. Eventually he will calm down.

[bellk]

thanks! i just ordered the zoo med vitamins that you use. also, i bought a bright colored plant and the brown frog (still un-named) turned back to blue. so cute! so i put the two of them with about 8 crickets and some meal worms and one of them ate 4 crickets and 1 meal worm and the other just ate one cricket. they are one inch long babies- how much should they be eating?

thanks in advance!

[Kurt]

That sounds about right, but watch them and see how much they will eat. As lonf as they are eating an not losing weight, they should be ok.