Hi,

I'm a new frog owner (a few weeks). So what is the definitive deal on handling White's tree frogs? I've looked around on many many websites and have found statements regarding this ranging from "handle your frog as little as possible" to "it's ok to handle White's tree frogs regularly". So which one is it?

So far I've been handling my frog for at least a few minutes almost each day, and it seems that he's getting used to it (no longer peeing on me at least xD) but the problem seems to be that I don't know how to pick him up in a way that would be comfortable to the frog. I just kind of do it the intuitive way (after washing my hands with drinking water of course), wedging my fingers under him and then lifting, but most times he seems to not like this and tries to get away (not very far though, just out of the hand). It takes a few tries. When I do manage to get him, though, he seems to have no problem with being on a hand/arm and will hang out on my arm for pretty extensive periods of time before he gets jumpy, at which point I put him back. Is there a better technique for picking up a frog than just kinda grabbing him? I don't want to stress him out too much.

Thanks for your time,
A T