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[danfrog]

 Trouble in the Enclosure

“Trouble in the Frog Enclosure”The following information will be very helpful if provided when requesting assistance with either your frog or enclosure. To help with your questions, please utilize the below list and post the information in the proper forum area to get advice from FF members that keep the same frog. This will allow for little confusion and a faster more informed response.

1. Size of enclosure
Small critter keeper.
2. # of inhabitants - specifically other frogs and size differences.
Just 1
3. Humidity 70-80 percent
4. Temperature 84 right now
5. Water - type - for both misting and soaking dish
Treated with flukers
6. Materials used for substrate
Eco-earth
7. Enclosure set up i.e. plants (live or artificial), wood, bark and other materials.- How were things prepared prior to being put into the viv.
Little one had a bunch of moss and a water dish that was way too big at petsmart. Currently the smallest water dish and a cut plastic vine.
8. Main food source
Will be nightcrawlers chunks about the size in between the eyes. Fed nightly
9. Vitamins and calcium? (how often)
Calcium d3 twice a week, vatamins once a week.
10. Lighting
My room lights for now they are sufficient for day and night cycles.
11. What is being used to maintain the temperature of the enclosure
Small heat pad attacked to the back
12. When is the last time he/she ate
Petsmart said crickets this morning
13. Have you found poop lately
Not yet but, nm pooping right now lol
14. A pic would be helpful including frog and enclosure (any including cell phone pic is fine)
15. How old is the frog
Smaller than a quarter. Petsmart got it in last night.
16. How long have you owned him/her
1 hour
17. Is the frog wild caught or captive bred
Captive
18. Frog food- how often and if it is diverse, what other feeders are used as treats
Will be just nightcrawlers for now
19. How often the frog is handled
Just long enough to transfer to the new critter keeper
20. Is the enclosure kept in a high or low traffic area
Low
21. Describe enclosure maintenance (water changes, cleaning, etc)
Water changes twice a day. Enclosure cleaning every three weeks.

by Lynn(Flybyferns) and GrifTheGreat

Any baby baby frog tips would be awesome. As always thanks!

[Louis Charles Bruckner]

Everything is spot on,
However I wouldn't dust worms it causes a big mess and make the worm excrete more slime and may
make the frog not want to eat worms.

I would feed a worm and what ever small crickets it will eat. at each feeding. When the frog is full it will not eat.
While it is this young I wouldn't worry too much about over feeding, after all it is a really fast growing baby.
with proper feeding you can expect to double its size in about 3 weeks.
When I got my little Pepito in the beginning of 5/13 he was the same size as your little one and now 8/14 he is almost 3 inches in diameter
and weighs 83g.
(I would also get a digital kitchen scale to keep an eye on the frogs weight.)
I would gut load and dust the crickets.

when misting be careful not to mist the temp/humidity sensor it can cause it to malfunction.

Welcome to the forum and glad to see you are doing all the right stuff for your new frog.
in sexing the little one , it might take a month or two for nuptial pads to show. (for a male) on the top of his thumbs.
You really can't go by if it make sounds, both female and males make sounds but only the male croaks.