Frog Forum - Blogs - LilyPad https://www.frogforum.net/blog.php/4322-LilyPad Frog Forum - Your Pet Frog Community. Authoritative discussion forum for pet frogs and toads, including dart frogs, tree frogs, bullfrogs, toads, etc en Thu, 21 May 2026 05:58:31 GMT vBulletin 30 https://www.frogforum.net/images/misc/rss.jpg Frog Forum - Blogs - LilyPad https://www.frogforum.net/blog.php/4322-LilyPad Red Eyed Tree Frogs - Day 12 https://www.frogforum.net/entry.php/773-Red-Eyed-Tree-Frogs-Day-12 Mon, 30 Jun 2014 02:27:01 GMT I have 2 lights on my future RETF tank right now. One is the cfl's on a timer. So it goes on at 7am and off at 7pm. I also have an LED strip, as I'm trying to encourage my new plants to root well and get some growth. The LED is not on a timer as it has a "touch" switch, so it, unfortunately, does not work with a timer. I have the 10 gallon RETF quarantine tank sitting side by side with their future home. Tonight I forgot to turn off the LED at 7 like I normally do. So at 9 pm, I went to quick put some crickets in with the frogs and turn off the LED so they would wake up. To my surprise, they were already awake! Not only were they awake, but as soon as I dumped the crickets in, Lo (little one) jumped after and caught one almost instantly. BG (big guy) tends to be a little more shy and sleepy, but even he/she only took a few minutes to chomp down a cricket.

I have to say they are doing well!! The first week, there was very little poo and only 2-3 missing crickets a night. Now their qt tank has multiple poos every day and has 0-2 crickets left out of the 6 that I put in there every night. Whoever thought I'd be excited about seeing poo :p ]]> LilyPad https://www.frogforum.net/entry.php/773-Red-Eyed-Tree-Frogs-Day-12 Red Eyed Tree Frogs - Day 5 https://www.frogforum.net/entry.php/768-Red-Eyed-Tree-Frogs-Day-5 Mon, 23 Jun 2014 02:18:13 GMT My kids have yet to find out that there are some adorable little retfs in the house. I'm hoping to keep it that way until 2 weeks at least.

Nicknaming them Lo (little one) and Bg (big guy) for now. Lo appears to have eaten last night. There is definitely a bit of belly on him this morning that wasn't there before. I may decide to do some ssd on the nose rub. Lo's seems to be a touch worse and I do not want it to get infected. I will take some pictures in the morning and get opinions on here. It may just be me overreacting.

Both of them were awake and active. I woke up at 2 am and peeked in to see them both sitting on the edge of the feeding bowl. I'm going to throw two mealworms in there tonight to see if they get eaten. ]]> LilyPad https://www.frogforum.net/entry.php/768-Red-Eyed-Tree-Frogs-Day-5 Red Eyed Tree Frogs - Day 4 https://www.frogforum.net/entry.php/767-Red-Eyed-Tree-Frogs-Day-4 Sun, 22 Jun 2014 03:20:51 GMT Last night, little one slept all night. Not once did he move or even open his eyes. Big guy was crazy hopping all over last night. When I woke up,... Last night, little one slept all night. Not once did he move or even open his eyes. Big guy was crazy hopping all over last night. When I woke up, 2 crickets were gone and big guy had a noticeably fuller belly. Little one hasn't eaten as of yet.

Tonight by 9 pm, little one was awake and active While the bigger one was still asleep. Hopefully little one eats something tonight! Definitely looked interested in some crickets! ]]> LilyPad https://www.frogforum.net/entry.php/767-Red-Eyed-Tree-Frogs-Day-4 Red Eyed Tree Frogs - Day 3 https://www.frogforum.net/entry.php/766-Red-Eyed-Tree-Frogs-Day-3 Sat, 21 Jun 2014 03:50:02 GMT I figured I would start writing in my blog instead of constantly updating the thread I posted. I put small dubias in with them the first two... I figured I would start writing in my blog instead of constantly updating the thread I posted.

I put small dubias in with them the first two nights. The bigger of the two showed interest, but when I awoke, there were still 6 small dubias in the bowl.

Tonight I was surprised, at 8 pm, before it was even pitch dark, the bigger frog was awake. Last night, they were both awake and carefully watching me at 9 pm. Tonight I was surprised that at 10:30, the little guy is still sound asleep.

Tonight I put 4 small crickets in the food bowl instead of dubias. I will see if that sparks their interest more. If not, tomorrow I may try a combo of two crickets, two dubias, and two small mealworms. I know it's normal for them not to eat much at first, but I will feel much more comfortable when they do.

I admit, after having grey tree frogs for so long, it's strange to have fussy eaters. Even when I got Atlas, who I thought would never make it, he ate fruit flies and small crickets with such gluttony, that I had to actually limit his food as he recovered from dehydration and starvation.

I love these babies already though! Have from the moment I saw a nose nudging the top of the shipping container trying to get out! I just hope I can get then eating and keep them healthy. ]]> LilyPad https://www.frogforum.net/entry.php/766-Red-Eyed-Tree-Frogs-Day-3 Raising Spring Peepers - Almost a win, ultimately a fail https://www.frogforum.net/entry.php/718-Raising-Spring-Peepers-Almost-a-win-ultimately-a-fail Mon, 28 Apr 2014 13:51:25 GMT Any of you that were following this blog, I decided to give my sad update. I ended up successfully raising all of my peeper froglets into... Any of you that were following this blog, I decided to give my sad update.

I ended up successfully raising all of my peeper froglets into adulthood. I had them for a little over a year. I had 3 males and 4 females. Then, suddenly, they all started dying off. I have no idea what happened at that time, I hadn't changed anything in the tank or with their diet or vitamins, lightbulbs, temps and humidity were all the same and even.

It started with two of them dead one morning, and then another one the next morning. I ended up putting each one in separate quarantine to try to figure out what was going on. All 7 of them were dead within 4 days. To this day, I'm clueless as to what happened because it happened so fast, and they all seemed perfectly healthy up until the hour or so before they died. I don't know if their food introduced a parasite or some kind of infection at some point or what. I didn't even have time to get them to a vet to figure out what was going on because it happened so fast.

It was all pretty upsetting to say the least. I loved listening to their peeps, as deafening as they were :( ]]> LilyPad https://www.frogforum.net/entry.php/718-Raising-Spring-Peepers-Almost-a-win-ultimately-a-fail Raising Spring Peepers - Week 8 https://www.frogforum.net/entry.php/59-Raising-Spring-Peepers-Week-8 Wed, 14 Sep 2011 02:37:17 GMT The spring peepers are still doing really well. It's pretty exciting to see how they've adapted and grown. I measured two of them on the glass tonight, and both were around 2.5 cm. There is one or two that are bigger, and another one or two that are smaller, but they all fall right around 2.5 cm. From what I've read, they should grow another 1 cm or so and then stop. The seven of them are eating 100+ fruit flies at a time now. I have 6 cultures going right now to keep up with them. I need to get them a bigger food source that is small enough for them to eat, that seems to be a challenge. It's hit or miss at the pet store getting small enough crickets...not to mention the fact that I have a hard time preventing those tiny crickets from escaping! I've got the fruit fly thing down, but not tiny crickets. I actually caught two small crickets today running around my living room.

I am trying to decide when to move them to the big tank. They are growing, but they are still small. They also know exactly where the food and water is in their tank, and I'm worried about them not eating well enough while they're still so tiny if I move them. I am definitely doing a horizontal tank though. I was debating whether I should do a vertical, but they make much more use of the ground than of the arboreal space. The biggest of the spring peepers, the fully grown male, has made a home under the water dish. The rest of them hide around amongst the leaf litter and bark. They still LOVE the bromeliad though. Every time that I peek in their tank, there is usually two or three of them tucked deep in the bromeliad leaves, soaking up the water.

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]]> LilyPad https://www.frogforum.net/entry.php/59-Raising-Spring-Peepers-Week-8 Raising Northern Spring Peepers - Week 4 https://www.frogforum.net/entry.php/36-Raising-Northern-Spring-Peepers-Week-4 Sat, 20 Aug 2011 03:05:18 GMT All seven spring peeper froglets are doing very well. They are eating a lot of fruit flies now. For the 7 of them, I'm putting 60-80 fruit flies in the tank at a time. More of them are gaining their markings and they are all growing and gaining weight. I have one that is a bit bigger than the rest, and is most definitely a HE. His voice has not broken yet, but he has definitely made some peeping attempts. I am very excited!



They are growing a bit more slowly than I expected. When I was reading about spring peepers, one study showed that it is rare to find a juvenile in the wild, suggesting in the same study, that they grow so quickly before winter hits, and that is why it is so difficult to find them.

They are using both the terrestrial and arboreal space... leaving me confused about whether to do a vertical or not when I build them a new tank. I think I am just going to make the tank big enough to give them plenty of space for both. Some like to hide under the leaves, while the others like the tip top of the plants. They all enjoy the bromeliad, especially after I mist. They all hop up on the leaves and soak up the water.

They are definitely more social than I expected. They are nocturnal, but will definitely wake up as soon as they hear me tapping the fruit flies out of the bowl they were dusted in, into the tank. I feed them in the same spot every feeding, so they all know where to go to find their supper!

I'm including some pictures so you can see how some of them have gained their markings...a few still have not. They really are a beautiful, slender, tree frog.















]]> LilyPad https://www.frogforum.net/entry.php/36-Raising-Northern-Spring-Peepers-Week-4 Raising Spring Peepers (P.c. crucifer) https://www.frogforum.net/entry.php/17-Raising-Spring-Peepers-(P-c-crucifer) Tue, 02 Aug 2011 15:41:19 GMT Image: http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h127/strawly-poo/IMG_2724.jpg I have the pleasure of raising seven newly morphed Northern Spring...




I have the pleasure of raising seven newly morphed Northern Spring Peepers. Due to the lack of information online, this is a learning experience as I go along. I am following some information I read about Pacific Chorus Frogs to get an idea of the proper care in captivity. Right now, they are about the size of my fingernail, incredibly tiny and cute.




The habitat I have set up for them is a 10 gallon tank. Substrate is eco earth. No background, but I will be covering the back of the tank. The substrate is covered with live moss, bark, oak leaf litter, and small sticks. I have a small bowl filled with small river rocks and then filled with water. Enough space for them to reach the water without drowning. There is two hides in there for them, four broad leafed plants, and a low wide bromeliad. They have on small branch in the vivarium. There is a 25 watt hood light on them during the day. As they get bigger, I will transfer them to a 20 gallon, and then a bigger tank if needed.










I started off by feeding them undusted pinhead crickets for 6 days. Now they are eating flightless fruit flies dusted with reptocal and reptolife. So far, they seem to like to hide while they hunt. They pick a leaf and dive under it while watching the prey, then they jump out and grab it, quickly moving back under the leaf. They don't seem to be as aggressive about food as my gray tree frogs or eastern american toadlets, but that could change as they grow.
They seem to be split on who is shy and who is comfortable with us moving around. I think I will move them to a quieter, less active room until they are all more comfortable. Usually when I peek in, or open the cover, there are three or four out in the open, totally comfortable with me giving them water and putting their food in. The others will hide instantly if they weren't already hidden.
You definitely need to have a well sealed tank for peeper froglets, they are so tiny and can cram themselves in any space and holes. I have not had any escapes, but one close call when I opened the tank to water, and didnt realize that one of the froglets was perched on the top ledge of the tank. It could have easily slipped away in the time it took for me to notice.




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