Pacific Chorus Frog questions

[Moonfall]

I got my first PCF recently and want to ask some questions. Any other tips you guys have are awesome, too.

Does she need another frog for company? Will she breed with a male? See below, haha.

What if she is going to lay eggs? It's breeding season and she was in a pond. What do I do if she does? I don't need a bunch of frogs, a few, sure, but not however many she could lay.

Do I need to do anything special for her in terms of heat/humidity, or will misting and keeping her area moist work?

Lily turned brown overnight. What does that indicate?

Will a diet of mostly crickets work? How many and how often should she be fed?

Will plain, boring old dirt from our garden work as substrate? I am wanting to set up a vivarium type cage, maybe plant some plants, too.. I am going to put in a pond if I can make it work.

How big of a tank does she need? She's in a small one now, but I have a ton of different ones and also can buy a tall one if needed for her to be happy!

Obviously, I havn't done much with PCFs before.. they are different from White's, so I'm all new to this and doublechecking lots of things.

[Moonfall]

I have another couple of questions, also bumping my topic.

How long do PCF live for?

What sorts of plants should I use for her tank? I am tempted to go dig up my yard and put a few hardy weeds in there for her to play on. She lived near here so they would not be abnormal for her.

I'm setting up a pond/drainage for her tank because they look cool and I want to give it a go. I have put small stones for the drainage layer. They are glass, and sanitary. Can I use window screening for the middle layer? I have it on hand and it would allow water to drain but not dirt, and prevent my froggy from going down into the stones and getting hurt.

How large of a tank should I give her?

[Leefrogs]

I have no idea about PCF. There is a care sheet to left coloum. Turning brown is stress if she was green. A wild frog will probably need the largest cage to be even slightly happy.

[Moonfall]

I looked at the sheet, these were just questions I had after that.

Her color fluctuates, it's interesting. She turned lighter green today when she was near the window getting more light, but darker when I re-did her habitat with dark substrate and put her in a less bright area.

She seems to approve of the set up I made her.

It's a drainage-style "pond", like many of you use for vivariums. One end has an open area for water, the other, an "aquifer" under it for water to drain to, and then dirt above a screen, a hide, and a big *** weed that she likes to sit under.

She ate, and she's been pooing. These guys poo fairly often, more than my white's tree frogs did. ut everything is moving smoothly, she seems to be less stressed than one would think, she just kinda hangs out in or on her flowerpot and wanders around sometimes.

[Moonfall]

BUMP. Still needing some answers to my questions. (;

Lily's doing very well, though! She's active, healthy, and she eats eagerly. She likes to sit in her water and climb on the stuff in her cage, her color is currently an olive-like green and she blends in with where she is sitting very well. I'm running to the store later to get some stuff for her set up, I'm hopeful that they might have some hardy plants I can get and I might buy a tall terrarium that opens at the front. I have always wanted one like that, and if I'm going to go all out and try to keep live plants and stuff running, that sounds like a good idea. Depends on the cost, though!

I will post photos of her set up when I get it finished.

[Tony]

You can set them up like pretty much any other tree frog. They do not need to hibernate, so you can use tropical plants and keep them indoors year round. I would not advise bringing in soil from outside, it is not likely to harm the PCF but it would increase the risk of cross-contamination to your other frogs. I keep my group in an 18 x 18 x 24 Exo Terra, at a minimum I would recommend a 20 gallon aquarium or 18 x 18 x 18 Exo/Zoo med terrarium. If you are interested I could also give you a quote for a custom terrarium at whatever size you want, just shoot me a PM.