keeping reptiles with tree frogs?

[arielgasca420]

probably for the same reason you wouldnt keep guinea pigs and rabbits together. rabbits (50%)can carry a virus called pasturella which will lie dormant in their system, but can quickly spread and be fatal to a guinea pig if left untreated. The same thing happens with mixing reptiles and amphibians. I cant give you a concrete example, like pasturella, but you never know what exactly new diseases and parasites you could be introducing and what reptiles are susceptible to.
I have seen frogs mixed together and geckos mixed together, but never frogs and geckos in the same enclosure. I guess its just one of those lines people dont risk to cross.
You can mix however you wish, but thats a gamble you will have to take and see how it turns out.

[sinni]

thanks for that, i shall try and look further into it and let you know what i decide on

[arielgasca420]

let me know because I am always curious to find out about that stuff. people would ask me this question all the time at the shop. I have never had a concrete fact, only personal opinion from other interactions of animals. Dont get me wrong, I keep my guinea pig and rabbits together, but I made sure they all didnt have pasturella.

[BlueisallIneed]

Some also eat other animals, they may attack each other. Plus like what was stated before, diseases. White’s tree Frogs skin is VERY sensitive and you might put them at risk. I wouldn't advise it. An animal’s life shouldn't be trial and error.

[sinni]

like what was stated before, they will all be adults so they wouldn't be eaten, about diseases the crested i am getting is captive bred, and the frog is wild caught from Indonesia so any diseases will come from the frog not the gecko. and its hardly trial and error as they will be closely monitored.

[arielgasca420]

like what was stated before, they will all be adults so they wouldn't be eaten, about diseases the crested i am getting is captive bred, and the frog is wild caught from Indonesia so any diseases will come from the frog not the gecko. and its hardly trial and error as they will be closely monitored.

so if the diease is not coming from the captive bred gecko than it will come from the wild caught frog. its a vice versa situation. disease can both both ways, not just one way. in my opinion your frogs will be fine, but your geckos may be doomed.
We have given you the advice you wanted, you have taken it, and now you must make an ultimate decision.
you have to understand that we all care about our animals, but Grifthegreat, blueisallineed, and myself take extra precaution because we would rather be safe than sorry. I had my pyxie frog and pacman frog in the same enclosure. although they showed no aggression towards eachother it was not a reason to keep them together. I seperated them immediately before one became the others meal.

[IrishRonin]

About 8 years ago I built a huge Paludarium, though I didn't know thats what it was called at the time, in which I kept crested and flying geckos with red eyes as well as pygmy chameleons. I had it up for 2 1/2 years without a single incident, both sets of gecko even breed, before I had to get rid of all my collection. As far as sharing a water source I had a canister filter built for 4X the amount of water it was filtering so I never had an issue. My thoughts are conflicted here the set up was VERY cool as they all just lived in harmony but I was young and didn't think before I built it. I may have been just lucky nothing happened as all the inhabitants were very healthy when I got them. Now that I'm older with much more experience I'm not sure I would do it again, but it was one of my favorite all time tanks. I hope this helped

[helm96]

I am not sure about reptiles but I know that different kinds of frogs have different chemicles that they secrete from their skin. These secretions are poisonous to other types frogs and probably reptiles as well. I know this is one of the main reasons that you should not mix frog types.

[sinni]

thats mainly for frog like Amazonian milk frogs and fire bellied toads and things though right? i dont see the problem with whites and a crested gecko?

[helm96]

As far as I know, all frogs secrete chemicles. It is just that some are stronger then others. The secretions from a Whites is not that strong but prolonged exposure to it by other frogs and possibly reptiles could still poison, it would/could just be a slower poisoning. Mixing species is something that I do not do, it would be cool but personally it is not worth the possibilty of harming a pet that I bought with the intention of giving them the best care possible. Like Arielgasca420 said "Thats a gamble you will have to take and see how it turns out.".

[GrifTheGreat]

All frogs and Toads secrete toxins on their skin. While not all can harm us beyond irritating our eyes, skin, or just making us feel sick to other animals reptiles, other species of frog, amphibians in general, etc it may harm or even kill the other.

As was already stated disease is a major factor as well. These two animals will be sharing the same water source which in itself is not good. This will be the main source of disease being spread from one to the other. As was stated also they will not get along. Animals are territorial even to other species.

Just because you see it on YouTube doesn't mean you should do it. YouTube is notorious for showing improper husbandry, feeding, and all around abuse. It is good that you asked though before actually following that route. Better safe than sorry.