Red-Eyed Leaf Frog/Red Eyed Tree Frog Care - Agalychnis callidryas

[Dixiefrog]

I'm very new to owning a red eyed tree frog and want to go about it the right way and have to learn the hard way. I feel I have everything set up correctly......except I don't understand what kind of lighting or heat to use? I have been on every web site and at the pet store and get all different kind of stories. Do you use a basking light for the heat? Because I can not get the temps in my tank up high enough to help with humidity?

Thank you,
Linda

[laura26]

oh my god no dont use a heat lamp you will dry they out and kill them My reptile guy says to use a uvb light at like 2 its made by exo terra and if you dont have live plants u dont need the light get the heating pad for the bottom of the tank

[John]

My reptile guy says to use a uvb light at like 2

And that's why he's a reptile guy and not a frog guy. I've never used a UVB light for an amphibian.

Heat lamps are alright provided you use an appropriate power one for the terrarium, and maintain the correct temperature and humidity. I personally never use a heat lamp though - I would go for a heat mat on the side of the terrarium or for a normal incandescent light bulb (or both).

[Dixiefrog]

And that's why he's a reptile guy and not a frog guy. I've never used a UVB light for an amphibian.

Heat lamps are alright provided you use an appropriate power one for the terrarium, and maintain the correct temperature and humidity. I personally never use a heat lamp though - I would go for a heat mat on the side of the terrarium or for a normal incandescent light bulb (or both).

This is were I'm having my problems! Lots of different answers! I finally found a reptile ,Amphibian store! Not many left these days. I got the heater for the bottom.....I did have a bulb that kept the temps around 80 so it wasn't going to dry them out I don't think. But to be safe took care of all of that. I appreciate any info you can give on taking care of these guys. They are awesome and I have learned a lot in the past three weeks since I posted my question.
I have two frogs and have added plants now and would love to go bigger with lots of plants but want to wait and make sure I can handle this first.

Thanks for your help!

Linda

[John]

Please start a thread in the tree frogs section if you have queries. This thread is specifically for talking about the care article.

[John]

I've closed the comments section because people are using it to post questions about the frogs, rather than comment on the article. If you want to ask questions about Red-Eyed Leaf Frogs, please use the Tree Frog discussion area.