Hi,

I’m a new owner of red eyed tree frogs. Before this, I only owned leapard geckos. I bought two baby RETF’s from reptiledepot two weeks ago. They looked healthy when they arrived. I set them up in a 12"x12"x18" terrarium, with coconut substrate, frog moss, a log, some vines and some artificial leaves from Petco. I put distilled water in their dishes and misted them a couple times a day to keep the humidity up around 70%, although it would drop between mistings. I use a blacklight on top to keep the temperature up around 79F during the day.

It’s hard to tell, but the frogs have seemed lethargic. Maybe that’s because they’re nocturnal and I don’t seem them move too much. I can’t tell if they are eating. I put some mini mealworms in a dish. Sometimes they vanish, but I’m not sure if that’s because they escape or get eaten. I also bought a whole bunch of 1/8" crickets. I saw one of the frogs eat one, but again I have no idea what happened to the rest. They also change from bright green to ugly brown all the time.

Anyway, one of my little guys died last night while I was playing Wii right next to him. One minute trying to climb the wall, next minute on his back. The other guy seems okay to me. Does anybody know what could have happened?

Thanks,
Matt