My first frog! (common gray)

[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)

[brian c]

yep i agree with amy on the tadpole before we started up our pool again you should have seen all them suckers!

[LilyPad]

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)

How big is she snout to vent? That is usually a pretty good indicator, although I have one female that is the same size as my male. Any dark markings on the throat?

[SomethingIsFishy]

I don't see any markings. Will have to get a measurement tonite, I'm at work right now...

[SomethingIsFishy]

Snout to vent is about 1-1/4"

[LilyPad]

Could be a young female or a male then. With females, the throat is nice and white. With a mature male, the throats get darker. I will try to get some pictures to show you later.

[SomethingIsFishy]

Managed to get a decent pic the other day.



(S)he is eating very well, and shows no signs of stress. (S)he took three crickets pretty much as soon as I put them in the tank last night!