Ornate Horned Frog Setup

[CinnamonPearl]

This is the final setup I'm going with. Sorry if the picture isn't good; I just misted. I added some moss to help with humidity and to make the tank a little more visually interesting.

By the way, the soil is pretty dry most of the time. Will that be problematic?


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[Gibson]

There really doesn't look like the frog will have enough room to burrow as it gets bigger. I'm not sure about the moss either, with impaction and all. Personally I would ditch the hide and give the frog more room to burrow, because by the look of the enclosure he might have trouble getting comfortable as he gets bigger. It also may just be the angle of the picture, though!


And yes, you really need to have the soil moist for the frog. Would just dumping a bunch of water in the soil be good idea? Can someone back me up on that? I mean, he has the drainage layer and all. When I kept horned frogs I used a heat pad on the side and put a towel over the screen top to keep in the heat and humidity.


Mike? What do you think?

[Namio]

I think if the hide was sawed in halves it would fit perfectly in the tank. Having moss or not has always been debatable. Personally I have had no problem with moss being in the tank if care and attention are taken. Ideally the moss would be much safer if the frog is tong-trained which reduces unintentional ingestion. The substrate should be moist, but not overly wet that it's soggy. Gibson is right about having drainage layer helps maintaining substrate moisture. Dumping some water would be ok as long as the substrate isn't overly wet (it promotes unwanted bacterial growth) since you have a nice drainage layer.