Whites Tree Frog Injury.

[JennTigercat]

I am concerned about my whites Tree Frog. it has injured its nose by jumping at the lid on the tank. I have two kept in a 20 gallon tall fish aquarium. The temps are 75-76 degrees F during the day and down to 73 at night Humidity is between 50-60%. I am not sure if it tried to get a cricket that may have gotten onto the screen or if it was trying to get out. Is there anything I can do to prevent it from injuring itself further. I have two I think both are males, but have not had any calling to be sure. Also I have been thinking about possibly turning the tank vertical and making it a vertical tank. Would this be better for them or is it better to keep it horizontal to give them more room.

[DonLisk]

Hi Jenn. Going vertical would give them higher places to perch and sleep but make sure you give them accents that high to do so on. Branches, Snake Plant and tall Bromeliads are the way to go.

As for the wounds, they are going to jump around and bash into things so Neosporin (With NO pain reliever) should be on hand to apply to such. Barometric changes such as big storms coming in seem to change their activity level and cause some funny crazy try to lift the top off conditions. Try to keep the sharp edges to a minimum in their tank because they fall and land in some awkward positions :-)

[kueluck]

Jenn, I have the screen type lids and have lined them with nylon type screen material, which will cushion the hits when going for bugs or just jumping around the tank.