Eastern Dwarf Tree Frogs and substrate

[dwarfs]

Hi I have some eastern dwarf tree frogs and I was told that I should put some substrate into the enclosure. They had plenty of plants and vines and such to climb on but I was told the substrate would keep the humidity up for them. I bought some reptile one cocoa fibre substrate and the frogs seem happy enough, although I am wondering about a few things. The frogs like to jump in their water and soak a fair bit and they get wet and then get the substrate stuck on them. It also goes all over the glass as they climb and smear it everywhere. Also, when they are hunting sometimes they get mouthfulls of the substrate when they grab their food. Will this cause them any harm?? Is there anything better to use as substrate?

[Mentat]

If you are raising live plants, the best solution is to use ABG type soil with a layer of leaves on top. If there are no live plants, you could use couple layers of coco liner mats cut to same dimension as your enclosure bottom .

[dwarfs]

will the cocoa liner mats remain a little moist and still create the extra humidity? I will have to search online for them, I haven't seen any in the australian shops before!

[Mentat]

Yes, you can spray them same as soil. I've seen them on Amazon and greenhouse supply stores. Use two layers, so when the bottom one eventually rots, can use the top one on bottom and add a new one. Once frog poop is on mats you can add a culture of springtails and they will help keep matts clean .