White's-TreeFrog is being inactive...?

[Crystal6]

My White's Tree Frog, Retsu-chi, used to be very active when I got him. For weeks after I got him he would wake up a few hours after the heatlamp turned off and roam around poking at the top of the cage until I let him out and allowed him to explore.(With my supervision of course.)

Lately however he does not do that. (Lately as in, for one week now) He remains in his hiding place asleep unless I take him out for food or handling. Speaking of that I switched my feeding schedule 3 weeks ago to be once a week instead of once every 2 days. He used to eat 6 or 7 crickets at a time during that, this time however he ate only 5 and then immediately lost interest. He favored instead: Jumping out of the cricket gutloading/feeding tank onto the top/side and jumping into his own tank where he proceeded to return to hiding and go back to sleep.

Could this be bad? I don't want him to become totally inactive despite the fact that my tank is long instead of tall. Was it the new feeding arrangements? Or do white's normally do this after a few months of getting used to their homes? (Had him since the show around october 10)

[Wambli]

Has the temp in your house changed? Has the humidity changed with the temp? My Dumpys eat 3 times a week... I put 12 crickets in each time... they each have 4 or 5 right a way... then finish the others off the next day. When my house gets to cold at night they do slow down. Maybe a form of hibernation... so I try to keep the night temp constant. My dumpys also love to get out and watch TV every night. My one red eye (the female) loves to get out and be held... but the male always pees on me... so I don’t' get him out as much. good luck...

[Crystal6]

Has the temp in your house changed? Has the humidity changed with the temp? My Dumpys eat 3 times a week... I put 12 crickets in each time... they each have 4 or 5 right a way... then finish the others off the next day. When my house gets to cold at night they do slow down. Maybe a form of hibernation... so I try to keep the night temp constant. My dumpys also love to get out and watch TV every night. My one red eye (the female) loves to get out and be held... but the male always pees on me... so I don’t' get him out as much. good luck...

Well... it HAS started snowing and therefor the temperature of my house has decreased. (Especially at night. It can get down to 60 in here.)

Should I leave the heat lamp on over night to counteract this? It is red so I worry he will forget the difference between night and day but I don't want him freezing into slowness. It sounds... unnatural....

[Kurt]

You can replace the heat bulb with a ceramic heat emitter. It gives off heat, not light.

[Crystal6]

You can replace the heat bulb with a ceramic heat emitter. It gives off heat, not light.

"Ceramic Heat Emitter"? Never heard of that. (sounds useful to have in my frozen world...) So now I ask: Cost? Size? Where would I find one? Does it go inside the tank or outside of it?

[Kurt]

It screws into a light socket. It should not be inside the tank, because you don't want the frog coming directly in contact with it. You can find a ceramic heater in Petco or any other pet store for that matter.

http://www.zoomed.com/db/products/En...JIZWF0aW5nIjt9

[Tropicok]

I use a regular 40 watt bulb in the daytime and a 75 watt infrared bulb at night on my terrarium with the screen top. I use a ceramic bulb in the outdoor shed over my tortoises. Ceramic bulbs get very hot and can melt plastic. (Trust me on this.) It's best to hang or suspend them from above so plants, frogs, turtles or the tank don't burn. I like them because they don't put out any light at night. I'm still experimenting with light/heat sources and will have to invest in a timer. I have a new used set up that I am about to fix up, and will pick up frogs at Arlington Show in March. And Thursday I will be getting the Exo-terra tank with 2 White's tree frogs from a fellow OCHS member.

[kimburrlee]

i have two whites dumpy tree frogs. one named tatupu is very active and very friendly he always have a HUGE appitite, but my other dumpy tree frog Hoosh he doesnt have an appitite at all. its always so hard to get him to eat anything!! im lucky if he gives in. i always separate them and put hoosh in a smaller tank with about two cricketts till he eats or i give up becuase the temp and humidity arent very good in the smaller tank so i dont want to keep him in there for a very long time. if i put cricketts in our big tank then my other frog tatupu will eat them all at any chance he gets. also with my littler frog hoosh if i dont wake him up he sleeps in the same spot all day and all night for days at a time i hardly ever see him waking up at night. hes never in his water dish he just has one spot and sleeps there all the time. im horrified hes going to die and i dont know what to do with him. our tank stays at around 70 to 80 dagrees and humidity at all times. i know its not from that. and they have a nice home i just dont know what to do. we had them in the smaller tank and he was active but we felt we should have gotten them a bigger one and ever since weve had their big tank he just sleeps someone help me understand whats going on with my little hoosh. also ive noticed that in the day time tatupu will sleep ontop of hoosh all day till he wakes up at night when we turn on the night light and tatupu will hop around the cage and eat and play in his water dish but hoosh just lays there. i feel like tatupu sleeps on top of him becuase he knows he might be sick or somthing. idk. i dont see anything wrong with our frog from the outside. but i dont know what to do. . please help me out!!

[Kurt]

It sounds like the frog is sick. He needs to see the vet, actually both will if they are roommates. Now if your country and location were posted it would make it easier for us to, hopefully, find you a frog-savy vet.