Gray Treefrog questions

[John]

Tonight he won't shut up.

[Billy]

Tonight he won't shut up.

Sounds like he's settling in pretty well. I'm glad he ate for you, John. He's not driving you up the wall, is he? One of them is cool to listen to when it sings, but when you have a back yard that borders on a body of water....

[John]

Sounds like he's settling in pretty well. I'm glad he ate for you, John. He's not driving you up the wall, is he? One of them is cool to listen to when it sings, but when you have a back yard that borders on a body of water....

He mostly shuts up by about 1 am so it's not so bad. I wish he'd eat something aside from crickets.

[Jake]

He mostly shuts up by about 1 am so it's not so bad. I wish he'd eat something aside from crickets.

Occasional lobster roaches (freshly molted) are readily accepted. They move about as fast as crickets but can climb glass with ease, so if you do use them, be sure none escape.

[Kurt]

He mostly shuts up by about 1 am so it's not so bad. I wish he'd eat something aside from crickets.

You're lucky. My male red-eye makes noise off and on all night long.

[findiviglio]

Hi John,

I've noticed that gray treefrogs vary a great deal in personality...some follow you right out of the tank, others shy. I raised a large group from eggs some years ago...amazing how different they all were.

Unless well adjusted to tong feeding, most gray and other treefrogs tend not to go for meal worms, earthworms...perhaps not the right "look", given where they usually find food. I've found that they usually respond very vigorously to moths, flies and other flying insects, also meal worm beetles and other beetles, roaches as others have mentioned. When I had a large group (zoo) i left insects in overnight for the shyer individuals...placed wax worms in cups wired to branches. Small live silkworms always a favorite, canned accepted by tong-feeders.

Good luck, best, Frank

[John]

You've given me some interesting ideas in there, thanks Frank.

[John]

Just an update on this. The male has tamed down nicely and eats everything offered. They also bred for me, which you can read about in this thread: http://www.frogforum.net/showthread.php?t=232

[John]

I caught another male Hyla versicolor from a different part of Texas tonight. He won't shut up. Strangely though, my older male isn't responding to the calls. I did a bad thing - I should have quarantined the new fellow but I reckoned since they were all wild caught in East Texas there was minimal risk in putting them in the same terrarium.

[Kurt]

Sounds like he's settling in pretty well. I'm glad he ate for you, John. He's not driving you up the wall, is he? One of them is cool to listen to when it sings, but when you have a back yard that borders on a body of water....

I love to hear gray treefrogs chorus. I miss mine. I had a pair last year that I caught. I ended up giving them away to make room for more "exotic" types and have missed them ever since. They were the coolest.