American Green not eating?

[Inrk]

My apologies if this is posted in the wrong section.

I got my frog about 5 days ago and he has not eaten since. He is being kept in a "critter keeper" that's a decent size while I wait for his nice terrarium to arrive in the mail. The problem is the pet store only had large crickets that were way too big so I have been trying to tong-feed him mealworms as he hasn't moved since I got him and I don't want them to borrow. He doesn't run from it he just starts beating his throat really fast (don't know what that's called but I assume that a fear response). He'll have a proper home in about 3 days but I'm afraid that he still might not eat due to the small enclosure. I'm heading out now to see if that have small crickets. How long can they go without eating? Me being a tarantula guy, i'm used to weekly or sometimes even monthly feeding for my spiders, but have no general idea about frogs.

Also can someone recommend a very good care sheet or just post the general heat/humidity requirements? I'm reading a few which contradict each other.

[Bombina Bob]

Welcome to the forum To start, the frog's enclosure is a bit small, but that should be fixed soon the minimum size for a green tree frog should be a 10 gallon tank. Humidity should be roughly around 60-75% and temps should be in the high 70s. always have a source of water for your frog as well, provide this with a shallow water dish and be sure to use a water conditioner or RO water. Substrate should be paper towel for quarantine purposes. keep us posted on your little guy!

[Inrk]

For some reason they are STILL out of small crickets and only have large. Any other way to get this guy fed with mealworms? Also are tree frogs communal? Would it be better if there were two or are the better solo?

[ColleenT]

can you get a few moths tonight?

[Inrk]

can you get a few moths tonight?

I thought moths were poisonous? The dust in their wings?

[Bombina Bob]

Tree frogs will accept moths but don't feed any insect that glows (aka fireflies) and be sure to feed
freshly moulted mealworms if you can. it can be hard on their stomachs and difficult to digest.

[deranged chipmunk]

Most frogs will stop eating for a while while they acclimate to their new surroundings. This case will be even more exaggerated since it is such a small enclosure.

No frogs are really "communal". Will they tolerate another AGTF in their enclosure? Yes. Depending on the size of the enclosure. But it's not like the frog will be lonely if there isn't another frog in there with them.


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