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    Default My Green Tree Frog Won't Drink

    Hi, I moved about a week ago and I think it stressed Kermette (American Green Tree Frog). She refuses to drink and hasn't gone in her bathing dish once. Otherwise she is pretty happy and healthy. She has a strong appetite and is active with normal bowel movements. I've had to prepare baths for her in her travel carrier, but I do not want to continue having to pull her out of her cage, and have been trying to mist her directly as much as possible. I've been using water I brought with me from the old house for her dish/misting/fogger. I've exhausted that supply and have started using water from the new house today, mixed 10:1 with pedialyte (dish/misting). The cage was taken apart and cleaned for the move.

    Other odd behaviour includes:
    -more active in the daytime than normal
    -sits on the substrate in the early evening
    -poor grip

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    1-size of enclosure
    18x18x24
    2-# on inhabitants - specifically ( if there is another frog ---size differences ?)
    just her
    3-humidity
    65 - 75 %
    4-temp
    75-80F
    5-water - type - for both misting and soaking dish
    dechlorinated
    6-materials used for substrate
    exoterra plantation soil
    7-enclosure set up i.e. plants( live or artificial) wood, bark etc -how were things prepared prior to being put into the viv
    2 live (small) 1 fake (large)
    8-main food source
    crickets
    9-vitamins and calcium ? ( how often )
    this week dusting with fluker's repta-boost every feeding, normally calcium every other feeding. Crickets fed fluker's orange cubes
    10-lighting
    1x repti-glo incandescent 1x gro-lux CFL
    11-what is, specifically, being used to maintain the temperature of the enclosure
    lights+substrate heater
    12-when is the last time he ate
    regular
    13-have you found poop lately
    regular
    14-a pic would be great ( including the frog ) any little cell phone pic is fine
    15- how old is the frog
    2.5 - 3yrs
    16-how long have you owned him
    2 yrs
    17- is the frog wild caught or captive bred
    unsure, likely wild
    18- frog food- how often and if its diverse what other feeders are used as treats
    every other day, crickets only
    19- about how often the frog is handled
    never
    20-is the enclosure is kept in a high or low traffic area
    average
    21- describe enclosure maintenance ( water changes, cleaning etc)

    daily water change, poop removal,

    thanks for the help

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    Default Re: My Green Tree Frog Won't Drink

    She probably needs a little time to settle in, that's all.
    I would just get back to the normal routine an keep an eye on her.

    Just make sure the water you are using is treated to remove chlorine.

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    Default Re: My Green Tree Frog Won't Drink

    I would leave Kermit alone for a while. Moving is stressful and now she has you bugging her and misting her. If she's eating and pooping she must be taking in water. Mist the enclosure (not her) to keep humidity up and be sure she has a clean non chlorinated water source and see what happens. I think she'll settle down.

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