Grey Tree Frog rubs his own belly.

[Tubby0512]

My Grey Tree Frog will sit on top of his tank and rub his own belly and it get really wet and he wipes himself down with the wet liquid he made from rubbing his belly. Well to me it looks like he uses if hands and rubs his belly and liquid is there. What is it?!?! I try googling it on what it is so any awnser here?

[CJ PELCHER]

Hes MOST likely shedding and it needs to be in a moist environment to shed. Frogs shed once a day to my knowledge. My red eyes do the exact same thing every day. Eventually they live the skin trail over the sides of my tank. This morning I had 2 skin trails just from last night.

[Tubby0512]

Oh i see i see. I open his tank and he come climbing out of tank and climbs on top where I spray in with water and he starts rubbing his belly than rubs his head with his hind legs. Its pretty funny to watch. Than I move him to a dry surface and he rubs his belly again and he makes his own funny liquid and rubs it on himself than climbs back in his tank.

[Tubby0512]

I also forgot to mention once he is done rubbing himself he licks his fingers. what does that mean?

[CJ PELCHER]

That is part of the shedding process as well... Make sure when you mist your foggy you don't use tap water... use distilled water OR get a water treatment to put in your mister.. Its not that expensive and your gray tree frog will reward you with more shedding =) Now that you found his favorite shedding time. Make sure you mist him every day at that time so he does have a nice shedding session. =)

[CJ PELCHER]

Im not sure ...you would have to ask an expert. He may be eating his skin rather than leaving it on the sides of the tank like mine do. But mine also put their fingers in their mouth throughout the duration of the shedding session which can last between 10-30 min.