Quote Originally Posted by frognerd101 View Post
Hello, it's Andrew.


I recently purchased a Budgetts frog from my local reptile expo, and he is a really cool frog. I know that you are supposed to have them in an aquatic habitat, and I am getting a filter and some other stuff for an aquatic habitat this week, but for now I have him in a terrestrial habitat with a very large, shallow water dish. Oh and I forgot to mention that he is a baby.

He just sits in his water dish all day, which is what I would expect from an aquatic frog, but this morning I found him lying upside down in the water dish, so I thought he was dead. I picked him out with a net, but he was still alive. I just purchased him yesterday, and he has already eaten 3 crickets with no problem.

Please tell me if I am doing anything wrong with this guy or if he is sick. Thank you very much
I'm no expert and don't own Bugett's frogs, but usually if they flip over on their back it is a sign of severe stress. Maybe place a background on 3 sides of the tank to make him feel secure. Pacmans will do this if severely stressed. If he has eaten though he is probably fine. I've noticed that they calm down more after they've eaten.