I'm in MI and I found a gray tree frog on my hose as I was unwinding the coils. My 7yo dd is smitten with it and wants to keep it for a family pet. I made a terrarium for it using my plastic Exo Terra Faunarium, which is about 6.5"l x 10.5"w x 7"h. It SEEMS like a large enough container for such a small frog, but I've read in a couple places since then that at least a 10-gallon tank is recommended. Can someone confirm this, and if so, help me understand why such a small frog needs that much space (so I can explain it to my dd)? I don't see how we can keep it if it needs that size tank plus a lid, unless we got lucky and find one quickly at a garage sale, because the ones that I saw with lids were $50 or more...
Also, I got 15 crickets for a dollar at the pet supplies store. Can I just put them all in with the frog, or do I have to give one at a time? If it's the latter, I guess I need somewhere to keep the buggers in the meantime...hmm. They had a small size and large size, I got the small, but no idea if that's what I was supposed to get? They're about a centimeter long.
Thanks for the help!
Dawn