Tripod

[mel]

So glad to have found this site.

I have lots of questions and am in need of guidance. I had not intended to take on a frog as a pet but due to a Tragic Lawnmower Incident (that's what my family calls it now) we have welcomed Tripod into our fold. (Quick summary: husband ran him over and picked him up to find his right leg hanging by a piece of skin. We removed it and nursed him back to health.)

A couple of trips to the pet store later, we think we have him (her?) set up well enough but I want to make sure I'm doing everything right.

He (she?) is very small, only a little more than an inch in body length. We lined his/her enclosure with frog moss (the kind that comes freeze-dried) and have kept things moist. Initially, we tried feeding him/her crickets but it took a good four or five days after the "surgery" before he/she started eating. We are now giving him/her 3 or 4 crickets a day.

Clearly, a major question I have relates to gender.

I also have no real idea of what kind of frog this is. We figure it must be a tree frog but that's as far as we've gotten. I also want to make sure I am giving him/her everything necessary and that the current enclosure placement in the kitchen window is okay.

We live in Sherwood, Oregon - which is about 20 miles southwest of Portland.

Any help you could offer would be hugely appreciated.

Here are a couple of photos for reference: