Wild Caught Gray Tree Frogs? Breeding them for Captive Bred?

[kueluck]

If you can find some froglets go for it!! Chances are they won't make it to adulthood anyway. I just hate to see people taking breeding adults since they are the minority to survive to that point.

[Gentlemangorath]

If you can find some froglets go for it!! Chances are they won't make it to adulthood anyway. I just hate to see people taking breeding adults since they are the minority to survive to that point.

After removing the tadpoles from the pool and transferring them to the smaller kiddy pool to develop, my girlfriend and I were often find froglets on the sides of the kiddy pool/swimming through the water, so it'll probably be easy to find some froglets, provided that those little guys decide to come back again this year. I think maybe I should take three-four, and hope that there's a decent ratio of male to female, should I ever decide I might be ready to try breeding them. Sounds like a reasonable idea?

[DeltaElite121]

Lynn, it is the same in my neighborhood. I used to catch toads out here when I was 13 years old (about 13 years ago now). There would be SO MANY toads that at night, the streets would be literally littered with them. They'd come sit out on the pavement when it's still warm and eat insects around people's neighborhoods. I want to say I saw on average 5 toads for every 50 feet.. and these were the ones I wasn't actively looking for that were just sitting in plain view. There was always a ton more crawling through people's yards searching for food. The last time I saw a toad was 4 years ago, and I accidentally stumbled upon it when I saw odd movement in someone's yard. It actually made me very sad seeing it, because I knew that's the last time I'd most likely see one for many, many more years. Haven't seen one since then.

I understand what you mean, and I agree with it. It seems like our experiences are very similar, and once the damage to the ecosystem is done, it's usually too late for us to repair it.

[Wulf]

I have to agree about not taking breeding age adults, they seldom adjust to captivity anyways. I have a female eastern I found on the road as a still bright green froglet. She still had a bit of a tail so I know she was very young, and showed no fear of humans. Being a high traffic night and drizzling, I wagered it a safe bet she would wind up roadkill. And I had a small set up from a male gray I had kept through it's natural life (r.i.p. Frodo), brought her home and she started eating later the first night. Now not so little Fiona is as tame and friendly as they come, she will pace on the front doors asking to come out, perch on my hand and snuggle right in, take a nap for as long as I allow her. (I wash my hands well in basic Dawn, rinsing with hot water, but still don't like to handle for too long as the oils and salt will replace itself on my skin) She will sit on a small glass hex bowl I have on my desk all day with me watching the computer screen, or just chilling while she watches me.
Grays have wonderful personalities, and can become very tame, but collect a few eggs in the spring, tadpoles or a young froglet, it will be worth the work of finding them. As they never know what they are missing, ignorance does seem to be bliss, they'll settle better to captive life if they don't know the difference.