Leopard Frog Help

[Wogsmom]

Well, we moved him into a 20 gallon on Monday. He has a nice rock soaking tub about 3 inches deep (only have it filled with water about 1.5 inches) with rock stairs leading out. I used the block dirt bedding that you soak for 30 minutes as it soaks up the water. It made a nice dirt bed. I did the bed about 2 inches deep across the bottom and then place round larger pebbles (as big as his head) all around the tub. I placed him in the tub with room temp dechlorinated/ oxygenated water with a scooper (didn't touch him). He seemed so happy. He sat there for about 10 minutes and then OUT on the land. He loves the dirt. He spends most of his time around the edge of the water or back in the moist dirt. I am having a blast with the little guy. We bought baby crickets and gave him his first one today. You are right, even at 12 weeks that little guy can already jump. Gonna have to get a special hood. Thank you for your help. I am sure he will be just fine. I have to say he is very funny. He seems to sleep so deeply and then all of a sudden he does a lap with no rhime or reason. Too much fun.

[Kurt]

Just make sure any gravel and/or pebbles are not small enough to be accidentally swallowed by your frog, as this can cause bowel impaction. FYI, the "dirt" as you are calling it is ground up coconut shell.

[Tiger Cub]

Hello. I am so glad to have found this forum. I have a Leopard Frog named Lucky that I adore (he was an Uncle Milton's Planet Frog special). He has taken an entire year to morph and has yet to absorb much of his tail, but just this week got all 4 legs and the tail is shrinking so based on your post warning of drowning I've moved him out of the Milton/Planet Frog plastic habitat, and put him in a small shallow dish where he can breath and be submerged at the same time. But I'm so worried I did this too soon, or that he'll wriggle up and over the side of the dish and his little legs are not yet big enough for him to manage to jump back in? Or whatever. I just want the little guy to make it. Not sure how well the four legs work yet. Any advice on how to get him through this stage of his morph safely is TRULY appreciated. Lucky's "life partner" frog drowned in the terrible Planet Frog habitat shortly after he'd absorbed his tail so I am completely terrified to leave my little frog in any deeper water now that all four legs are out... Any and all advice on how to know if I've moved him too soon and how to keep Lucky alive period is greatly appreciated.

[John]

As long as he is near moisture it won't matter if he leaves the water when his tail is still partially present. The water is only required to keep the skin moist, so being in a moist environment is sufficient. As regards how to take care of it once it has metamorphosed, jumping frogs need large terraria, so keep that in mind (I doubt that planet frog thing is very big).

[Tiger Cub]

Thank you very much for the info. John. Yeah the planet frog thing was way too small and yucky and deep but the little guy did climb out of his rock bath thingy I bought for the terrarium and scared the daylights out of me but I found him among the moss, (he actually seemed fine) but put him in a Tupperware container he couldn't jump out of just until I get a little more clarity on what I should have in this terrarium. I don't want him to get hurt on anything. Can he navigate around a piece of drift wood? Not sure if he'll eat the coconut peat or the spanish moss stuff I put in there on advice of my local pet store -which didn't seem real knowledgeable so I'm sort of a wreck on whether I've gotten his or her new habitat right. ... p.s. as for my name "Tiger Cub" ... just in case you're wondering ... not a sex kitten, unfortunately, just a middle aged Tiger Cub Scout Den Mom ... LOL

[Kurt]

Can he navigate around a piece of drift wood? Not sure if he'll eat the coconut peat or the spanish moss stuff I put in there on advice of my local pet store -which didn't seem real knowledgeable so I'm sort of a wreck on whether I've gotten his or her new habitat right. ... p.s. as for my name "Tiger Cub" ... just in case you're wondering ... not a sex kitten, unfortunately, just a middle aged Tiger Cub Scout Den Mom ... LOL

He/she should be able to navigate around driftwood. The substrate should be fine, no worries. The substrate you want avoid is gravel. If accidently ingested, it can cause bowel impaction.

What is middle-aged and what is a tiger-cub scout? Just wondering if I am middle-aged.

[jody]

please be careful using the petstore dried moss. it has cause lethal impaction in my frogs when ingested. the crickets hang out on it and bits are eaten accidentaly when the frog strikes. the moss contains pine needles and other small bits of leaf and sticks that cannot be digested.