my wild frog hasnt made a sound.

[LuvMyTK]

Heather, thank you so much for your advice. lets start from the beginning. We caught him in our backyard about a week ago. we had an old beta aquarium that I put him in to take to our local petsmart to see how to care for him and what he eats. The girl seemed pretty knowledgeable and was not very nice but whatever. She pointed me to a plastic tank and said the bigger one would be best for him. I wasn't able to afford the biggest one at the time, especially since I didn't know if there was anything wrong with the frog and if he was going to make it through the night. My 4 year old daughter was so excited to have caught him and I was actually a little excited too since I had caught tadpoles as a kid around this neighborhood but my mom would never let me keep them long enough to turn into frogs lol. so we got him a tank, Im not sure how many gallons it is I didn't pay attention but its the second biggest one in the plastic type. I also got him some fake leaves, and a wooden log thing to perch on. once we switched him over he stopped hopping all over and climbing the walls of the tank by the next day. He started eating the crickets the day after that and has been ever since. The girl at petsmart would not be specific as to how often to change his tank and she wasn't specific on what kind of tree frog he was. The dirt I bought for him was the kind you put water on and it grows, im not sure what its called. Ive been using tap water, once again the petsmart girl told me to use tap water, and I didn't know to dust the crickets so I will go pick that up today. as for misting I wasnt aware of that either. im so glad I decided to join because theres a lot I don't know obviously and of course I want the best care for our new edition. I haven't handled him at all, I didn't want him to be more scared than needed so we have pretty much left him alone besides switching the tanks. He is pooping, and loves the small store bought crickets. besides that the most action we have seen is his burrowing into the dirt. let me get those pictures up, give me just a minute.

[LilyPad]

If you're having trouble getting pictures up, this site might help with identification -

Identifying California Frogs and Toads

Stop using the tap water unless you have something to dechlorinate it, no matter what the girl at petsmart says. Until we know the species, it's hard to offer any more advice than you've been given.

[LuvMyTK]

If you're having trouble getting pictures up, this site might help with identification -

Identifying California Frogs and Toads

Stop using the tap water unless you have something to dechlorinate it, no matter what the girl at petsmart says. Until we know the species, it's hard to offer any more advice than you've been given.

I wasn't too keen on going to petsmart in the first place. I would have rather gone to an amphibian store or something close to that but we don't have one in my area especially not at 8 at night. I'm going to look into one though if its not too far we may take a trip that way.

[LilyPad]

We posted at the same time earlier. I will start by saying that keeper is way way too small. My crickets are in a bigger keeper than that. I would get at least a 10 gallon tank. If you can't afford that, I'm sorry to say you'd be better off letting this guy go. If you really want a pet frog, I would do some research and figure out the best type of frog for you and its needs. With my first tree frog, in a very basic 10 gallon tank, branch, water bowl, with lighting, that wasn't even close to an ideal set up, I spent probably $100. Making a guess, I would think that's a Northern Pacific tree frog, but I have no experience with that species. Hopefully someone else will chime in.

[LuvMyTK]

Do you know what the burrowing himself into the dirt is about? he started that last night and is continuing to do it after he ate this morning. I am going to try to find him a bigger tank. we found him in a puddle underneath a leaky hose in our backyard so hes been in the tap water from our area. because he is wild caught are you sure its necessary to dechlorinate it since he is used to that already?