given wrong advice

[daydreaming]

hi, i went to my local pet shop where i was given information that i realise is now so very wrong. short of it is i ended up buying a tank exo terra 45x45x60 with all the accessories included and after a week i went back with my daughter to pick up some tree frogs.

this is where it all goes wrong, i was told i could keep 4 frogs and we choose 4 but we picked up what turns out to be a Tanzanian tiger legged tree frog (was told it was something else)and also also 3 whites tree frogs (one of which is a light blue colour).

the whites have an amazing appetite which i try to control by feeding every 2-3 days which i was told to do.

the tank temp rancges from 70-75 day time and 65 at night.

for humidity i mist twice a day and i also have a fogger which i use in the evening when i am at home as i have sometimes found that the water can get very hot (i think i have now sorted this problem). i do try and keep the humidity up but sometimes its difficult. roughly ranges between 50-70

my problems are i dont have the money to buy a new tank to seperate the tiger legged tree frog and i have found i have to copy the red eye tree frogs for care etc.

i also have not witnessed the tiger legged tree frog eat, i do go to bed about 10pm and i feed them every night between 8.30 and 9pm. im just worried that i havent been able to see him eat.

what can i do to make him happy until i can sort out another tank.

i realise i should have read up before hand but the person giving me all the information at the pet shop just seemed to know everything (which i have complained to the shops managment and also the local animal centres).

[Kurt]

What you can do is buy a ten gallon aquarium and a screen top to go with it or a plastic critter keeper of the appropriate size. If there is a cheap way to do things, I usually find it. Most pet store people don't know ****.



I am not familiar with the name Tanzanian tiger-legged treefrog, so I Googled it and found the picture below. Is this your frog? If so, this is a Kassina maculata, and it is a member of the family Hyperoliidae, reed and African treefrogs. Unlike most of it's brethren, it is terrestrial rather than arboreal. It is also quite toxic, so it definetely should not be housed with other frogs other than its own kind.

[daydreaming]

thats my guy alright, just concerned he may be suffering and there is no way im taking him back but i will be taking your advice whats the care for him do i follow the red eye care info

and thank you so much

[Kurt]

thats my guy alright, just concerned he may be suffering and there is no way im taking him back but i will be taking your advice whats the care for him do i follow the red eye care info and thank you so much

No, red-eyes are a different ball game all together. I have never kept this species before. After looking at that picture, I am surprised that I haven't kept any before.

I guess you could keep him like you would for a toad or other terrestrial frog. I keep my toads, tomato frogs, and rubber frogs on a bed of sphagnum moss. I provide a shallow water dish and a place to hide. All have screen tops or live in critter keepers, but I am not sure it makes that much of a difference. It does with arboreal types, as they need good ventilation.

[Billy]

By the way Kurt, how toxic are they? Are they up there with the Darts, or more along the lines of a larger Bufo?

[Kurt]

Not sure. I read some where that they were and should not be housed with other species.

[Billy]

Yeah, most pet stores don't know jack. I hear most employees telling customers that pacmans NEED to eat rodents, even as froglets and that they do BEST on such a diet. A shop that I got my P. edulis from told me and another customer that it also needed to eat all rodents, and that the obeisity(sorry can't spell) is a sign of a healthy frog. The other customer was going to buy him, but I spoke up first so he could live atleast a few years longer on a proper diet. It's now eating mainly earthworms, and no rodents.
It's amazing how well you can do things when it's done the cheap way.
That's a very pretty frog.