house tree frogs together

[toxxxickitten]

I don't care if you were asking or not. If you give an ounce of care about your frog's well being I would remove the 2 Big Eye Tree Frogs from your White's Tree Frogs before something has a chance to happen. Just because you have kept these two species together, for now (I don't know how long you've had them together), does not make it a success or remotely okay. I'm also reiterating for anyone else who may search and find this thread that it is NOT okay to be housing these two species together. Big Eye Tree Frogs get an adult size of about 3" where as a White's Tree Frog can get up to 4.5" and will undoubtedly eventually eat your Big Eye Tree Frogs.

And back to the OP's question again.....NO it is NOT okay to mix species of tree frogs! If you had to absolutely mix species, for whatever reason...then they ONLY two species that I would even consider mixing with no ill effects would be Green Tree Frogs and Grey Tree Frogs, but I still wouldn't keep two different species together.

[EZweasel]

I don't care if you were asking or not. If you give an ounce of care about your frog's well being I would remove the 2 Big Eye Tree Frogs from your White's Tree Frogs before something has a chance to happen. Just because you have kept these two species together, for now (I don't know how long you've had them together), does not make it a success or remotely okay. I'm also reiterating for anyone else who may search and find this thread that it is NOT okay to be housing these two species together. Big Eye Tree Frogs get an adult size of about 3" where as a White's Tree Frog can get up to 4.5" and will undoubtedly eventually eat your Big Eye Tree Frogs.

And back to the OP's question again.....NO it is NOT okay to mix species of tree frogs! If you had to absolutely mix species, for whatever reason...then they ONLY two species that I would even consider mixing with no ill effects would be Green Tree Frogs and Grey Tree Frogs, but I still wouldn't keep two different species together.

I do agree with you but have, however, had luck with mixing American green tree frogs and australian whites tree frogs. I kept them in the same tank for over a year. I eventually seperated them because I got more dumpy tree frogs. They were indonesian though so were much larger and would MOST LIKELY eat the green tree frogs.

[DonLisk]

Just some notes on mixed species tanks.

As a rule of thumb, and you will find on every frog specific forum on the web, mixing species is never recommended. Main reason is that the transfer of what secrets from the skin of each species is different with every species. Since frogs absorb what they drink and everything that touches their skin, even the trace left behind when a frog travels the tank is eventually a portability of a contaminant to the other tank mates.

Will it kill a frog quickly? No, but frogs can live up to 20 years and what they absorb can slowly, over years, kill the frog due to the materials absorbed slowly deteriorating the frog internally.

Now, the argument here is the frog secretions are based on what they eat so over long term they should secrete the same poisons if eating exactly the same meals. Since I am not an expert on what exactly the break down of poisons are between frogs under these circumstances, and would take years of testing and tests from multiple tanks of frogs compared, it is why no one recommends putting them in the same environment..

Pet stores put them together in tanks for short term housing and display. Since they are trying to sell many species with limited space, you will find they combine many amphibians and reptiles together. It is about the money for the retailer and not long term health conditions.

[Beardo]

Just to expand on something Don brought to light (and nailed perfectly I might add), when dealing with animals that are wild caught, as many species common in the trade these days are, you also have to worry about bacteria, fungus and other icky microfauna that may be passed between frogs.

A white's tree frog from Indonesia has a much different internal microfauna than a Green Tree Frog from the USA......putting them together into a confined space where they are guaranteed to cross contaminate each other combined with the added stress of being captive will no doubt result in a bad situation for the animals, whether they are short-term or long-term.

In short, like the wise musicians 'The Offspring' once said:

YOU GOTTA KEEP 'EM SEPERATED!

[chosen2030]

Damn. I was really hoping I could house my Red-eyed Tree frogs with some Amazon Milk frogs.

[toxxxickitten]

Damn. I was really hoping I could house my Red-eyed Tree frogs with some Amazon Milk frogs.