Substrait

[BreedleDee]

I have 3 Green Tree Frogs. When I got them they had a Dirt substrait with Some type of moss over that, as I read more on here about how to care for them I read that they may eat the moss and gain an obstruction and that I needed to use the coconut substrait. So I went and bought that and started over. My question is do I need to put something over the coconut fiber or is that fine? Although it leaves my frogs terribly dirty. LOL Also it looks to me like when they eat they still may eat the coconut stuff also. Is this harmful to them or is it ok? Also since my last post asking about my frogs being brown 2 of them have turned mostly green and the other is on his way also.

[mrzoggs]

since they are getting mouthfulls of the stuff, i would suggest getting some leaf litter. you can buy it from many online vendors and/or some pet stores. you can also collect your own.

also you can bowl feed. it makes things MUCH easier. get a small glass bowl and put the crickets in there. for starters you can put some inside the bowl and outside until they get used to it. once they start eating out of the bowl, you can monitor how much they are eating per night, you wont have dead crickets laying all over the tank, you wont risk the frogs getting a mouthfull of substrate, and im sure there are many more plus sides that im forgetting right now lol.

[DC101]

but would 3 frogs be able to share the 1 dish? Wouldn't one eat them all and leave none for the others?

[mrzoggs]

yeah you can put a couple dishes in there for them. i forget green tree frogs are little pigs :P some people also feed theirs with tweezers. they have nice ones at the pet store. i dont suggest metal because frogs can lunge and hurt themselves.

[DC101]

Yeah, i have 3 and i may try putting 3 little dishes inside my vivarium for them. Does it need to be big so they can sit in it or do they sit around the rim and eat them???

I might just put 1 big one in there... im not sure.

[mrzoggs]

i dont think the size of the bowl matters. with my red eyes they just eat til they are full and leave the rest...the only problem with that is sometimes i put too many in there and i think they see so many that they are scared to jump in. i would try a few small bowls with 2-3 each in there. not postivie on how many greens should be eating a night. im having a problem with my new female being really fat. i dont know if she has eggs in her, is overweight, or is sick. shes a fatty. when shes on the bottom hunting, her stomach is buldging on the ground and out the sides inbetween her legs. im gonna have to get her checked out to make sure shes just fat and not sick lol. i wouldnt mind eggs except i dont have a healthy male. i have a male whos ready BUT he has hookworms

[Pibblet]

That's what I do! I just put a plain glass cereal bowl in there and keep an eye on who's eating and who isn't. Granted, once my bigger guy is done pigging out, I kind of shoo him out of the way so my slower bugger can have a go.

As far as the size, I would say big enough so the crickets won't readily jump out even with the loss of traction. Trial and error