Trouble in the Enclosure

[GrifTheGreat]

If he is lethargic you can give him a de-chlorinated water bath with 2 to 3 drops of honey dissolved in it. the water level should be no deeper than up to your frogs chin. This will give a small energy boost and also reacts as a natural laxative in see he needs to poop.

Also a bath to consider is a UNFLAVORED PEDIALYTE BATH. Mix a solution at a 10 to 1 ratio. So for every 10 ounces of de-chlorinated water add 1 ounce of Flavored Pedialyte. Again water should be no deeper than chin level.

Note that for both baths the water should be Luke warm or just barely warm to the touch. Soaking duration for the honey bath is 10 to 15 minutes. Soaking duration for the Flavored Pedialyte bath is 20 minutes.

Make sure the Pedialyte is Unflavored.

[Taryn Cierra]

1. Size of enclosure: 5.5 gallons, but will be moved to a 10 gallon tank.
2. # of inhabitants - Only one, Clyde.
3. Humidity: Alway between 50-80 percent, but hovers around 65-70 percent most of the time.
4. Temperature: Day-80 degrees, night-70-75 degrees.
5. Water: Tap water treated with ReptiSafe. It is also put in a water pitcher so it can sit out. I refill the water pitcher when I use all the water in it. It is used for both water dish & misting.
6. Materials used for substrate: Eco Earth Coconut Fiber.
7. Enclosure set up i.e. plants (live or artificial): Right now he only has his fake, viney plant and a water dish. He did have half a hollow log, but I felt it took up to much space. Looking to add more artificial plants instead & maybe re-adding the log once he has a bigger tank. Everything was washed in hot water before being added.
8. Main food source: Gut-loaded large crickets.
9. Vitamins and calcium? Crickets are dusted once a week.
10. Lighting: While I am away, my bedroom light and when I am home I use his heat lamp on a low setting since it is already warm in my room.
11. What is being used to maintain the temperature of the enclosure: Heat lamp if temperature drops below 75 degrees during the day. Otherwise its already warm enough in my room and keeps the tank temperature at 80 degrees.
12. When is the last time he/she ate: Since all his crickets decided to hide in his plants, he didnt eat until an hour ago (1:00 pm) when I shook his crickets free from his plant.
13. Have you found poop lately: Yes, a couple days ago.
14. Clyde:
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Clydes underside:
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His tank: The last picture is what it looks like when his log was in his tank.
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15. How old is the frog: Not quite sure, he was the size of a silver dollar when I got him on my birthday, June 25th, 2012.
16. How long have you owned him/her: About three months.
17. Is the frog wild caught or captive bred: Captive bred I would believe since he was bought at PetSmart.
18. Frog food: I have not introduced anything other than crickets yet, not sure what else would be good to feed him. Also how big should they be before treating them to a pinky mouse here and there?
19. How often the frog is handled: Only when cage changes are due.
20. Is the enclosure kept in a high or low traffic area: I would believe low traffic until I get ready for bed usually.
21. Describe enclosure maintenance (water changes, cleaning, etc): Water is changed every day when I get home from work, or in the morning if I have the day off. I check for waste, dead uneaten crickets daily and remove them, his water dish is cleaned with hot water during every water change, and he gets a complete cage change once a month but now I have decided to start changing it completely every two weeks instead. Plants and other objects are cleaned during the complete cage change, or if they looked pretty soiled and dirty.

Now, what I am worried about is that he may have Red Leg since he is pinkish underneath. No matter what I am going to schedule a vet appointment but would also like your input.

[GrifTheGreat]

During the day his temp should never drop below 80° and night temp should never go below 75°, but it is better to keep them around 77° or 78°

[Taryn Cierra]

Thats good to know because the pamplet my mom got with him said for it to be as low as 65 degrees to 75 degrees at night. Thanks for letting me know!

[GrifTheGreat]

Unfortunately, there is a lot of incorrect and inconsistent information out there. This site has a lot of good info though.

[xJennie]

1. 10 gallon tank
2. a few crickets with my frog
3. around 60%
4. 75F-84F (stays a little past 80F during the day)
5. Distilled for misting.. I don't know which kind to use for soaking dish since I was informed distilled drains vitamins from the frog if used in the dish.
6. 3 inches of ground coconut fiber
7. He has a 2 rocks laying around in the aquarium, with his cave. They are all cleaned before I put them in his aquarium.
8. Crickets
9. Pretty much every time he eats a cricket. I feed the crickets Fluker's orange cubes and dust crickets with calcium.
10. Heat lamp, or just a regular light behind his tank, depending on the temperature in the tank. I don't want to overheat him.
11. The heat lamp.
12. About a week and half ago.
13. No ): he's been sleeping under the soil for quite some time now.
14.
15. I have no clue. He's about 2 inches wide.
16. About 7 months
17. Captive.
18. Crickets, he eats them whenever he desires to. I usually leave a few crickets in the tank for him.
19. Hardly ever, only during tank changes.
20. Low traffic.
21. Every month (unless he's under his soil) to replace his substrate, clean the rocks, etc. Water changes.. Used to be everyday. Before he dug himself under the soil.