Quote Originally Posted by Rae View Post
I just got back from Petsmart and bought some Zoo-med ReptiSafe, I figure even if I don't get the whites I can be adding calcium and electrolytes to the rain water for my greys.

One of the staff there said she always used rain water for her frogs but she had darts and red eyes but she added repti safe to them so I dont know lol...
My only concern with rain water is that it probably doesn't contain any vitamins and minerals, just like distilled water. Again, I need someone to confirm this, but it makes sense in my mind.

If this ReptiSafe stuff has minerals & electrolytes in it, then problem solved (again, I do not know any of this for sure.)

I just try to think about how the animal would behave in its natural environment. So let's look at dart frogs: they live in the rainforest, sometimes their only real source of water is small puddles of rain water in plants and on leaves. So it makes sense that they would be able to tolerate distilled water or pure rain water.

Now let's consider grey tree frogs: their water sources usually consist of a steam, pond, lake, or vernal pool. All of these water sources would be full of minerals, because they have been washing over rocks & soil. This leads me to believe it is best to provide spring water, well water, or treated tap water for soaking, but it is okay to mist with rain or distilled water, since they do get rained on in nature.

I do not know a whole lot about white's tree frogs, but I would assume the water sources they normally spend time in are similar to that of the grey tree frogs. Probably ponds, lakes, rivers, or streams.