Quote Originally Posted by John View Post
I find that very saddening, I'm afraid. You can keep a frog as it would prefer to live and still be able to take photographs like yours - it is possible to wash them off you know. (a) I don't think it's very humane to keep most species the way you are describing and (b) I doubt you're getting decent life expectancies out of them.
Wow - tough crowd. No holding back eh? I personally don't think that based on the info provided
the comment above was warranted....pretty harsh to judge a set up as being inhumane due to some missing dirt, and actually I take offense to the judgemental tone.
Cathy, I had stopped using a dirt substrate because our tree frogs are handled a lot and I too did not like the mess, nor did I not like being able to see and clean out their "poo" or being able to see crickets that had expired. I use reptile carpet on the botton, with a paper towel under their "hiding" spot which is changed daily...(ok everyone frown together now). I also have a lot of vines and artificial plants, and faux rock on the back of the tank. Our frogs seem to be healthy and if I may say so...happy. Your pictures are fab ~ looking forward to seeing more. Lisa