red eye questions

[Bolisnide]

It's actually not advisable to mix species in one enclosure, no matter how large.

[Sissy Anne]

Well, I had heard it's not ideal but that was after they'd been roomies for a year. I checked with my exotics vet, she wasn't concerned, and they've lived together for years now and are both thriving and very healthy.

[flybyferns]

Well, I had heard it's not ideal but that was after they'd been roomies for a year. I checked with my exotics vet, she wasn't concerned, and they've lived together for years now and are both thriving and very healthy.

Sissy,
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Hope this helps
Lynn

[eric048]

U must have a really small white or a really big red eye I'm surprised they haven't eaten each other

[Sissy Anne]

Yea, I think I would have noticed that... Lol. My White's is male and on the small end of the scale, whereas my RETF is female and on the larger end of the scale. Side by side the RETF is about 2/3 the size of the Whites in length snout to vent. Now, my understanding is that any frog will eat any other frog, some more apt to do so than others, and a frog doesn't have to be larger to eat another frog, just hungry. BUT, they're very well fed and I watch them at night and I haven't seen anything disconcerting. Like I said, I actually take my herps to the vet for check-ups, which in my experience most herp owners don't regularly do, and if two different vets have told me that they're healthy and happy than I'm not stressing about it. I have plans for new enclosures, separating the frogs to give my RETF a more arboreal enclosure (those cylinder towers) and expand my RETF collection with some color variants/albinos at that time (leaving the White's in his own enclosure or maybe getting him a girlfriend). In the meantime, I keep a very close eye on them and haven't witnessed anything concerning.

[eric048]

anyway... I left some crickets in the tank for her last night, and she didn't touch them or move from her position last night, I added a stronger heat lamp and more suction cup plants to provide cover... I got her saturday night so it's only been a few days... I will keep yall posted