Pacific Chorus Frog

[killerecho]

I just found one of my PCF metamorphs dead in the water. It had all its limbs and had already begun to resorb its tail.

I don't know what caused this - drowning maybe? I had only half an inch of water, wet paper towels and rocks that it could climb on in the enclosure. Also, temperatures have been hotter than ideal, so there's that. I always figured that metamorphs at this stage still needed a thin layer of water to take a dip in, but maybe it's better to do away with that and only use wet moss and paper? I have two more tadpoles that are perhaps a week away and would reeeeally like to avoid a repeat.

Any help would be appreciated.

[John]

Definitely drowned. Frogs drown incredibly easily if they can't exit the water very readily. Once the front legs pop you need to put hem in a container that doesn't allow them to drown - have a read of the gray tree frog article and see what I say in there about this.

John

[killerecho]

I had thought a half inch was shallow enough; guess I was wrong. Painful lesson learned.