It is true. Red eyes do great when the husbandry is to a 'T', but if anything is off, they are fragile. This means keeping the temps and humidity accurate, keeping their homes pest free, proper day/night cycles, changing their soaking water daily, dechlorinating the water, proper food with proper supplements, in a nice quiet, stress-free area is needed to keep them from getting sick. Trust me, I love mine and wouldn't change a thing, but healthy frogs are much easier to care for than ill ones. It's also good to have a herp vet on hand with some emergency medications and home remedies. We can sometimes catch ailments quickly and stop the processes before they become a battle.

I have learned this through experience, as Lynn has mentioned. Only one of my red eyes was purchased healthy. The rest were taken in sick to save them. It can be done but it's tedious work.

If you can keep them on a consistent, healthy routine they learn to tolerate us. They learn we are their feeders and will even come to the front of their tanks at dinner time. They sometimes will even watch us vs. us watch them . They're little faces so precious and their silly antics so amusing, how can you not just adore them?

We love ours. I can have a rotten day, be stressed out, or crazy busy and I come home and start their house chores and they give you that tilted puppy dog look like they're trying to figure us out and I can't help but smile. I think it's this big red eyes .