Please help me with my new frog!

[plumrusty]

At work when we receive our house plants I often find a store away, 7 to be exact. This last one came from Florida traveling 5 to 7 days in a refrigerated truck. I don't know really what it is or how I should care for it. If you have any words of advice I would love to hear from you.

[GrifTheGreat]

At work when we receive our house plants I often find a store away, 7 to be exact. This last one came from Florida traveling 5 to 7 days in a refrigerated truck. I don't know really what it is or how I should care for it. If you have any words of advice I would love to hear from you.

Go out and buy some Unflavored Pedialyte and prepare a bath no deeper than up to the frog's chin of de-chlorinated water and Pedialyte at a 10 to 1 ratio so for every 10 ounces of de-chlorinated water add 1 ounce Unflavored Pedialyte. Soak for 20 minutes and be sure the water is luke warm.

I can't get a good look at the frog from the pic so I can't determine species.

[UncleChester]

It looks like some kind of treefrog, but without pictures from other angles its hard to tell. It appears to have a stripey sort of pattern on it's back, which makes Cuban, Cope's Gray, Pine Woods, or Bird Voiced most likely. Check out: Identifying Florida's Treefrogs and please get back to us.

A few days at the temperatures that won't kill off a typical house plant will also likely not be a major issue for a Florida treefrog, but it was likely lethargic when removed from the truck. Dehydration is also probably not a big concern either, a truck full of plants is humidity city.

[GrifTheGreat]

It looks like some kind of treefrog, but without pictures from other angles its hard to tell. It appears to have a stripey sort of pattern on it's back, which makes Cuban, Cope's Gray, Pine Woods, or Bird Voiced most likely. Check out: Identifying Florida's Treefrogs and please get back to us.

A few days at the temperatures that won't kill off a typical house plant will also likely not be a major issue for a Florida treefrog, but it was likely lethargic when removed from the truck. Dehydration is also probably not a big concern either, a truck full of plants is humidity city.

The frog doesn't look dehydrated at all. I'm suggesting the Pedialyte bath for a boost. Should revive the frog and provide energy.

[UncleChester]

The frog doesn't look dehydrated at all. I'm suggesting the Pedialyte bath for a boost. Should revive the frog and provide energy.

If the frog is alert, willing to eat normally, and otherwise healthy I wouldn't bother with pedialyte. Which of course raises the question- is the frog alert, willing to eat normally, and otherwise healthy?

[GrifTheGreat]

If the frog is alert, willing to eat normally, and otherwise healthy I wouldn't bother with pedialyte. Which of course raises the question- is the frog alert, willing to eat normally, and otherwise healthy?

Good point. Hopefully the OP will get back to us with an answer.

[plumrusty]

The frog very lethargic and I haven't seen him move or eat. I have put 5 crickets in and I count only 3 but who knows with crickets. I haven't messed with him much at all I don't want to stress him out. I'm doing the soak now and I will post more pictures. I appreciate all the advice and help, thanks again.

[UncleChester]

The frog very lethargic and I haven't seen him move or eat. I have put 5 crickets in and I count only 3 but who knows with crickets. I haven't messed with him much at all I don't want to stress him out. I'm doing the soak now and I will post more pictures. I appreciate all the advice and help, thanks again.

In that case, the soak was probably a good idea. Make sure it has places to hide and climb. You could try the http://www.frogforum.net/vivarium-te...owl-trick.html (basically a small glass bowl crickets have trouble escaping) as a way to keep crickets available to the frog without letting them roam free and get lost in the cage or otherwise harass the frog.

The toe pads in the picture here look like they might be on the large side which would point towards it being a Cuban, but I'm not positive on that.

[plumrusty]

I just want to thank everyone for the help and advice with my frog. The two times I have handled my frog he didn't even move but after his soak I couldn't believe the difference. This frog was ready to jump back to Florida. I have eight frogs total and all of them settled in great but this one had me worried, thanks for all the great advice. If you think of anything else I'd love to hear from you.