Last spring, here in Kentucky, I found tadpoles that appeared to be albino. They morphed in June and I believe they are albino gray tree frogs (feel free to correct me if I'm wrong). Has anyone seen anything like this and is it common to find albino frogs in the wild? I have been primarily feeding them fruit flies, and I occasionally special order pinhead crickets for them. They are still tiny. Is there anything else they can or should be eating?
I haven't had a terrarium since I was a kid, so I'm kind of winging it. They are in a 5 gallon tank with live plants and I change their water every couple of days. I have 2 of them (Walter White and Jesse Pinkman) and they're about 3/4 inch in size. How much longer can I get away with a 5 gallon tank an at what age are they full grown? I suppose they're too young to guess their sex. I'd appreciate any advice. I've become pretty attached to these little guys and want to make sure I'm taking good care of them!
Amazing find!
i suspect, however, that they may not be fully albino since the first picture looks a bit yellowish and I've seen pictures of other albino gray tree frogs and they were pink.
they should be adults in a little over a year, but they still grow after reaching adulthood.
Amazing! If you haven't found it already, here is a care-sheet for them: http://www.frogforum.net/content.php...e-and-Breeding It also has an article about breeding, I'd love to see what percentage of their offspring would be albino. And once again, they are beautiful, and so is their set-up! What are you feeding them too?
Not an expert on tree frogs but the basics apply. Maybe they are not big enough yet but soon could eat new-born dubia roaches which are super-nutritious. Of course you are gut-loading and dusting their meals? They will need lots of calcium as growing fast. It can't hurt to change their water every day as water quality is super important and sometimes it is hard to tell if they used (soiled) it the night before..
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Hmm, you know what, I didn't read it carefully the first time and it seems a bit odd that they're still so small.
It sounds like they're too small for dubia roaches and some people say their tree frogs don't like them (mine love 'em but I mostly hand feed), but there's smaller alternatives to dubia roaches that are just as nutritious.Turkestan roaches, lobster roaches, green banana roaches, fulvescent wood roaches etc.
Oops, meant fulvous wood roach. Also forgot about pallid and red headed roaches, those are excellent species as well.
Maybe those would work. Dubias tend to get too big pretty fast.
Anyhow, I didn't have much to say besides "beautiful frogs!"
General rule - whatever can fit in between tree frog eyes should be fine as food. Are you supplementing food? Multivitamins - once a week, ca/vitd3 every other feeding.
What a find! Amazing!
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Oh what little beauties! I've seen piebald greys before, but never albino or lutino. If they actually are greys, it sounds like you need to pick up their feedings a bit though. They should be big enough to be eating normal small-medium crickets by this point. Their shape looks like a grey to me, but their size for this age doesn't really correlate if those photos are recent. One of my grey males was a new morph in June/July and was already starting to make some noise by January. It's possible that they're spring peepers. If you found them as tads in early spring, that would make sense. Do they spend more time terrestrially or arboreally? Are there markings on any of their backs that you could get a photo of? Make sure you do NOT use uv lighting with these guys as it will damage their skin and eyes.
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