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    Okay! We've had a bowl in there for a few days, and I'm not sure if he's eaten any still--- so it seems to have been 3-4 days since he's eaten. My boyfriend is actually taking care of him. I am at home for the holidays. Is this something to worry about?

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    Hi Amy and welcome to the forum. I see in another thread you have upgraded Don Doritos home. Is he moved in? If so, then Its quite possible that he is just settling into his new environment and can sometimes take a few days to do so. Im not sure what you keep your temps and humidity at but any change to that can effect there eating habits. I wouldn't worry with just 3-4 days with no food :-).

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    Thanks! I just bought the arboreal tank and I'm about four hours away, so... nope. Dorito is not moved in yet. I will be moving him in later. When should I worry about him not eating?

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    I would start to worry after a week. How is Dorito doing? It's summer here and you guys are in winter so it could be the temp. Im not familar with your species of frog so i dont know what the temp or humidity it should be at. I would double check but most Tree frogs temp should be during the Day: 29 °C (85 °F) and Night: 20 - 24 °C (68 - 75 °F). I hope this helps.

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    Yep, it is winter... we have a red light on Don Dorito at night and a "basking light" for the daytime. Don Dorito (Whose name I am trying desperately to change to Suki--- we think he's a she, but who knows if it will stick. It hasn't yet.) has been moved to his new arboreal tank and is doing much better. He's eaten three crickets this week, and I just put in two more.

    I also bought a baby white's tree frog, who seems to be a bit unhappy with how the subrate sticks to her (she's always rubbing it off with her back legs), but we're hoping she's good otherwise, though she seems to struggle to stick to the wall. Heh.
    I've just put a more shallow water dish in her tank because she didn't seem to be using the other, deeper one, though I'd put lots of rocks in the bottom to be sure she didn't drown.

    Frogs are trickier than most people think! Haha.

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    Get some leaf liter and pour it in on top of the substrate. Your frog will walk on the leaf liter instead of the substrate and not get so dirty which willl then allow him/her to stick to the glass. Leaf liter will also help with humidity and will naturally break down in the tank.

    I get Sea Grape leaf liter from Josh's Frogs - Largest online herps feeders and reptile supplies store and he has a 5.00 shipping price which is very reasonable.

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    I got the leaf litter, It's working great! Thanks!

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