Hi all

[hammydhamster]

hi all, happy to say i have finally dived in to the dark world of frog ownership. i have just bought two little white's tree frogs on saturday. they are about an inch in size, and are blue in colour (would post photo, but no idea how to do this yet). they are housed in a medium (45x45x60) exo terra rainforest terrarium.
so far so good.
only a few questions: (no doubt more to come!)
1: bluey has only eaten 2 crickets and yoda has only eaten 1 cricket since saturday. is this normal during the first few days?
2: is it ok to leave some crickets in the terrarium with them?
3: the substrate is plantation soil, is this ok?
4:the temp is constant at about 75. do i need to get a heat mat?
thanks in advance for you advice.

[Jace]

Welcome to the Forum. Lots of great people here who own White's who will be able to help you with any questions...though they may pester you for a photo or two. I, myself, don't own these types of frogs, but I can take a (hopefully) educated guess on a couple of your questions for you just to get it started.

1. It does take some frogs a bit to settle into their new environment. However, if a couple more days pass, you might want to take Bluey and Yoda into the vet just to ensure they don't have any internal parasites that are affecting them.

2. I would not recommend leaving crickets in with them, simply because cricketc can and will bite frogs. However, if you want to keep your crickets in one place to give your two a better chance of catching them, try placing a small glass bowl roughly 2" deep and sink it into the soil in your enclosure; place your crickets in the bowl or let them loose in the enclosure and they will usually end up in the bowl and be unable to get out. As your little frogs grow, increase the size of the bowl as necessary. Handy little trick several of us members learned about recently.

3. Soil is a good substrate. However, covering it with moss or leaf litter is recommended. It keeps dirt from sticking to your little guys when they do venture down, can help with humidity levels in your tanks and is visually sharp to look at.

4. This question I cannot help you with. However, there is a caresheet on White's Tree Frogs to the left under Frog and Toad Care Articles. It might mention in there the proper temperatures these guys need.

Congrats on Bluey and Yoda, and, just to get things really going....can't wait to see some pictures!

[Paul Rust]

Welcome to the forum, how about some pics?

[1beataway]

Hi there! How about some pics? I'm glad you started with White's; they're great.

Jace did a good job answering your questions. I agree with what he said concerning crickets, and hopefully your guys will start eating more soon. I also agree with what he said about the soil. Add moss on top. I don't know how your tank is set up but I would also recommend lots of vines and things for them to climb on. I think you're fine without the heat mat. Anyways, I personally don't like the heat mats. I use a light to help a little with the temperature.

[Jace]

Woo hoo! Glad I got some of it right . Oh, and just to note, I'm a she-lol.

[nana]

Welcome to the forums hunny and the world of white's

[1beataway]

Woo hoo! Glad I got some of it right . Oh, and just to note, I'm a she-lol.

I'm sorry! I just said that same thing to someone a few days ago. I knew someone a while back in my town who was named Jace and it was a he.

[Kurt]

Woo hoo! Glad I got some of it right . Oh, and just to note, I'm a she-lol.

I thought we had this conversation already.

You know the part that's right next to your post, the one with your avatar, location, counrty, name and so on? I think it should display your age and gender too.

[hammydhamster]

thanks for the warm welcome. i will try the the glass jar and the moss. i have managed to upload some photo's to my album. please feel free to take a look. any comments welcome. i will let you guess which is yoda and bluey (all in the name

[Paul Rust]

thanks for the warm welcome. i will try the the glass jar and the moss. i have managed to upload some photo's to my album. please feel free to take a look. any comments welcome. i will let you guess which is yoda and bluey (all in the name

I would recommend covering the substrate with moss and/or leaf litter so it doesn't stick all over the frogs. Otherwise looks pretty good.