My first frog! (common gray)

[SomethingIsFishy]

I'm in Union Grove... not too far from you...

[LilyPad]

and....ok... im finally ok with it besides what are the chances of a frog with a family they dont provide parents stuff as they dont take care of them at least these frogs dont i think

They are not communal frogs, so you will not find them living in families. The parents lay/fertilize the eggs and move on. Do not get me wrong, I usually frown upon wild caught. Even with these frogs, when people will not offer them proper care, it upsets me. While common here, I still do not want to see one suffer and die because someone caught one, threw it in a container, and tried to feed it foods that are not proper. With rare and endangered frogs, I personally feel the only people who should keep wild caught are people who could eventually breed them and help to expand their numbers. Not everyone agrees with this, but that is my feelings on it.

I'm in Union Grove... not too far from you...

Not at all! You are probably the closest to me that I've met on here so far. Only about an hour away.

[brian c]

im with you on the frog breeding is the only reason im ok with that its like turtles people take them for pets

[SomethingIsFishy]

I do understand the wild-caught dilemma. I certainly wouldn't take an endangered animal from the wild. Since these guys are so common here, I don't have any objections to keeping this guy.

I have a feeling that I might eventually end up with some red eyes, they are such cool little frogs. I will seek out captive bred frogs when I get to that point... That's a long ways off though...

As for my gray's diet, are there any specific things I should be gut-loading my crickets with to keep him well nourished? I've heard of fruits, veggies and cheerios...

[mpmistr]

I myself, and keep in mind this is my own ideology, would not take a frog out of the wild. Don't let my opinion sway you though, I myself just prefer to leave wild things in the wild. I like to observe the bullfrogs at the pond behind my workplace all the time, would I ever take one and put it in a cage? Heck no, I like observing them in their natural habitat. On the other hand, I think so long as you are providing appropriate care, having a wild caught frog is fine, especially a species as common as this one. My only concern is will a tree frog adapt to captivity or will it stress? I honestly have no idea. As a child I would keep wild toads for a while and then release them back in to the wild and nothing bad ever happened (I think).

As far as gut loading crickets. I would pick up some water crystals, it's cheaper then the gel stuff and since crickets are awesome at drowning themselves in the smallest amount of water they're necessary. For gut loading, I feed my crickets broccoli, carrots, kale, really whatever is in my fridge. You can toss an orange or fruit in there if you want too, I am pretty sure crickets eat most everything -- I saw some eating paper towel the other day, obviously they're not picky..

You may want to look in to breeding roaches, I know I am. Crickets are noisy and smell terrible, and tend to die for no reason. Did I mention they smell?

[LilyPad]

Michael, you have a point with the stress level. I was not the first owner of any of my WC grey tree frogs, by the time they came to me, they were already acclimated to captivity with exception of Atlas, who was barely alive and just a baby when I got him. My kids did catch some common green frogs from the pond behind our house and wanted to keep them. We had them for about a week and we still couldn't move or speak in the room they were in without them rushing for cover. We released them because of it.

If your new grey doesn't adjust well, it's about the time of year that you can start watching for newly morphed froglets or even tadpoles.

[SomethingIsFishy]

Great point about stress! This one seems to be adjusting well. She sleeps during the day, and is active at night. She doesn't "spook" at all when we are in the room. She eats very well, she took a cricket right in front of me, didn't seem to even notice I was staring at her.

(for the record I am just guessing that this frog is female, I don't know for sure)