Hello everyone. I got two baby red eyed tree frogs (one normal, one lutino), just less than 1 inch, on saturday (Hong Kong time). It has been two days now, yet they have not eaten anything. On the first night, I put around 10 crickets into their enclosure and allowed them to go 'hunt' for them. Though I do not see any crickets the next morning, I assume they are just hidden or have escaped as the enclosure seems to be rather large for the two babies. The enclosure I am keeping them in is a 12" x 12" x 10" glass tank with a screen top. The tank is keep at a constant temperature of around 22-24 degrees Celsius (or 71.6-75.2 F) with a humidity of 70-90% (mist twice a day: dust and midnight). I keep a photoperiod of around 12 hours of light and dark (as the 3 planted plants need light to grow) as well as intervals of ventilation periods where I turn on exhaust fans placed above the tank. I have bedding of river stones, potting soil and sphagnum moss. There is also a small water bowl to maintain humidity. The background is homemade, sculpted from a mixture of kitty litter 100% natural clay and eco earth (with some sphagnum moss). Here is a picture of the enclosure (I added an exoterra fake vine on the right later on):
Is this a suitable enclosure for 2 baby red eyed tree frogs? Or should I put them in a smaller QC-tank with less setup?
Last night, i didn't want to just let the cricket roam around the enclosure, so I put them in a plastic container and wedged it into the vine so they can have an arboreal feeding place. But this morning when I counted, they still have not eaten anything.
I am very worried for them and I am not sure if I am keeping them correctly, as these are my first frogs I have done a lot of research into keeping them but I am really unsure if they will make it. I know this might be because of the stress of changing environments, but I am really worried as they have not eaten for 3 days now :S Please help me and give any suggestions on keeping BABY red eye tree frogs that you think will be helpful.
Here are a few pictures of the frogs:
Also they seem to always be in this position (cryptic water conservation posture, i think), is it because the enclosure is not humid enough and they are not getting any water? or are they just sleeping normally?
Please help me and give any suggestions on keeping BABY red eye tree frogs that you think will be helpful.