New frog mum - help ease my anxiety!
Okay guys, new frog mum and super excited, but I'm prone to worrying (understatement of the century!) so as I have no one local keeping frogs that I can bounce my worries off of, I'm posting here.
1. Everything I read online for White's and Magnificents seems to be saying that humidity should be around 50-60%, but when I checkthe recent weather for Broome (where these guys are found the AVERAGE has been 68% and it was 91% humidity today. The issue here is that in Brisbane right now we're running at about 80-90% humidity so there is no actual way to keep it LOWER. Should I just assume that the standard fluctuations will be fine as long as the humidity doesn't go too low?
2. Fed the new guys for the first time today. I have 6 little ones in an ExoTerra 18x18x24 tall with hydoballs and spagnum moss over the top. Two questions here:
-I'm feeding them using a cricket bowl so I know that they are eating. I watched 4 of the 6 eat (at least one, the fattest baby ate 4 in quick succession) but two haven't even looked at the bowl. Should I worry, or is there nothing I can do and just keep an eye on their condition? I'm leaving the cricket bowl in overnight and will take it out in the morning.
-With the spagnum moss, is there anything I can do to keep from having them get little bit of moss on them? It's not that bad and they seem to brush off most of it, but I worry that it might bother or hurt them.
3. One of the little guys has a gimpy leg (just realised it today, I didn't bother the yesterday other than to take some photos, and he wasn't walking around then so only noticed tonight after work). It doesn't look injured, no bruising or anything noticable. When he stands it looks a bit like the front right foot is twisted inwards a bit. Is he just 'special' or should I be worried? This first meal wasn't dusted with any calcium but the next meal will be.
He seems to get around okay, a bit slower than the others and his climbing isn't that good, but he doesn't seem in pain or anything like that. I've attached a picture. He's the one stretching on the leaf. He's small but not too skinny, and as you can see one foot (left) sits normal and the other folds in towards his chest. He does not stretch this leg forward at all. Again, I see no sign of injury or pain, just that the leg is not quite useful. =(
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