Red eyed tree frog breeding

[Wendy]

Hi,
Just seen your post about the frogs looking GRAVID, sorry but I'm a newbee and now concerned this is a worry. My female green tree frog in the last few weeks seems pretty fat. I havent tried to mate my frogs and dont have a rain chamber. I have two males and one female, about 1.5 years old. She is alot more greedy than the other two though, so thought she was just getting a bit fat.
What does being gravid mean? Is it that they are ready to breed? And is it ok if they don't breed.
Thanks in advance for any help on this.

[Crazy Frog]

Hi,
Just seen your post about the frogs looking GRAVID, sorry but I'm a newbee and now concerned this is a worry. My female green tree frog in the last few weeks seems pretty fat. I havent tried to mate my frogs and dont have a rain chamber. I have two males and one female, about 1.5 years old. She is alot more greedy than the other two though, so thought she was just getting a bit fat.
What does being gravid mean? Is it that they are ready to breed? And is it ok if they don't breed.
Thanks in advance for any help on this.

Hi wendy I am no pro in tree frogs as I am also learning but I could say gravid means that your female frogs have eggs in them which usually you need to conditions them a dry cool period and then a hotter humid conditions and power feeding is needed before the female have eggs..correct me guys if I am wrong like I said I am no pro.

[Crazy Frog]

Day 2 the eggs started to become bigger and lot of them look the same as the first 2 clutches of infertile eggs that was lay 1month ago , could it be my problem as I would cut out the leaves and hang them on fishing lines in a pail and cover the top could could that be the reason of too humid and no ventilation causing the eggs to spoil?? Could you guys with breeding retf share how are the eggs keep? Do they need to be keep in a well ventilated area but at the same time with high humidity ?

[Crazy Frog]

A picture of the pail I keep the eggs in but it cover up and the eggs at day 2

[CJ PELCHER]

Being gravid means the female is full of eggs and ready to breed =)

Hi,
Just seen your post about the frogs looking GRAVID, sorry but I'm a newbee and now concerned this is a worry. My female green tree frog in the last few weeks seems pretty fat. I havent tried to mate my frogs and dont have a rain chamber. I have two males and one female, about 1.5 years old. She is alot more greedy than the other two though, so thought she was just getting a bit fat.
What does being gravid mean? Is it that they are ready to breed? And is it ok if they don't breed.
Thanks in advance for any help on this.

[CJ PELCHER]

Day 2 the eggs started to become bigger and lot of them look the same as the first 2 clutches of infertile eggs that was lay 1month ago , could it be my problem as I would cut out the leaves and hang them on fishing lines in a pail and cover the top could could that be the reason of too humid and no ventilation causing the eggs to spoil?? Could you guys with breeding retf share how are the eggs keep? Do they need to be keep in a well ventilated area but at the same time with high humidity ?

No humidity is perfect...you need that. Not being in 85-100 percent humidity is the main cause of death in red eye eggs. Mist them (dont HEAVY spray) 2-3 times a day... put water at the bottom for them to fall into. Once you have them in that container (tadpoles) you will need to change the water out daily...and i would suggest a cricket keeper for starters with gravel at the bottom. Feed once a day. One algae wafer will feed about 100 tadpoles for about 2-3 days after first birth... once they get 2-3 weeks old you will need to up it to about 2 wafers ..and up to about 4 wafers at the most for about 100 tads. =) good luck =)