So my boyfriend and I spent all day a few months ago searching for a green tree frog to go with our crested geckos. After spending 7 hours visiting 5 different reptile enclosures to no avail, we decided to stop into Persmart. We saw a small White's tree frog and thought he'd be perfect for the cresteds. After getting home and reading more about him, we immediately knew he couldn't be kept with anything let alone our fragile, baby geckos. We didn't want to return him, because he's frankly my favorite thing ever, and we kept him in a rubbermaid container until figuring out what to keep him in. We stupidity (definetly knew better than that) put him in a 5 gallon horizontal tank thinking that would be good for him until we figured something else out for him. I have a vertical 20 gallon tank I'm going to set up for him tomorrow, but today I noticed he has rubbed his nose raw. He's gotten much larger since we've had him, so I know it's because his enclosure is beyond way too small for him. What I want to know is will his nose heal on its own or is there something I need to do to assist him? He had scarring on his nose prior to us purchasing him, but this happened just last night. It's not letting me upload a picture so I included a link to a picture I uploaded on the aquarium forum I'm also on.
http://www.fishlore.com/aquariumfish...07-jpg.316694/
Hi! Yeah, putting a frog in with geckos might not be the best thing. Different temp and humidity requirement for one thing, also the danger of the frog eating them, which I'm sure you've read about!
His nose should heal fine on its own. If it becomes infected you could try putting on a bit of antibiotic ointment, but you'd need to make certain it didn't have any painkillers because those are lethal to frogs.
One thing you can do is to check the top corners of any tank for sharp edges and find a way to file them down or something. Mesh screens on top of tanks can have loose threads at the edges so be sure to check those.
Sometimes frogs just get nervous being in new places or are just restless. The best things you can do are to keep the tank covered or out of high traffic areas for a while. It's also good to make sure the temp and humidity are comfortable.
I'm glad you're happy with your new frog, though. White's are adorable and though they mostly sit, watching their acrobatics can be very entertaining.
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