Whites Tree Frogs

[Frogman1031]

Hi!

While you CAN put the frogs straight into the tank, a quarantine type setup is important to put the frogs in for at least 30 days.

A quarantine setup should include only the basics
-moist unprinted paper towels as substrate
-a water dish for soaking
-a place for the frogs to hide
-a few fake plants to climb on

It is important to monitor feeding and poop during this period.

Since you have three, i would not recommend letting their food run loose. Bowl feeding would be a good idea. But you should try to tong feed them so you know for sure exactly how much each frog is eating.

Remember to dust the food with vitamins and calcium and gut load them.

Generally, tree frogs do not swim well. Some individuals do seem to have a talent in the area of swimming though. I would recommend not having the water be deeper than the frogs chin. Also, i have found that adding a pond/water feature just ends up making a big mess. But if you are up to the challenge, go ahead.

In that size tank, even three is pushing it. I would not get another frog without getting a bigger tank.

Do you have confirmation from the seller that the frogs are all female? If not then there is a chance you will have a male among them.

[Syrinx]

Hello,

Thanks for getting back to me so quickly. I will definitely follow your advice about a quarantine tank...

I have Tree Frog dust by Komodo already waiting to be used I have got tongs to so again I will follow your advice about feeding, they have been fed on crickets so far by current owner. What vitamins am i looking for, i may already sufficient ones but just to check?

I won't be getting more frogs until we get the larger tank, i certainly wouldn't get more for the smaller one.

With the water area i'm not going to make it deep enough for them to go under but its handy to know what depth you think is best Thank you basically it would be a big water dish.

I haven't asked directly about the sex of them, i asked for their names and they were all girls names. But then again i had a male cat called Sassy because somehow the vet for a year said he was female until we changed vets and the new one got so offended he made it his mission to show us Sassy was a male.

Thanks again

[LilyPad]

I looked up the komodo tree frog dust and cannot find whether or not it contains calcium and D3. If not, you need to get a D3/calcium dust also.

If your water area isn't big/deep enough to be filtered, it needs to be changed daily. That would be something to keep in mind.

I also would quarantine for 30 days. Not only can you monitor their eating/pooping easier, but if they do have some sort of infection or parasite, you will not need to destroy an entire viv to clean it out.

Welcome to the forum, Ed! Here is a good care sheet for you to read through Frog Forum - White's Tree Frog Care - Litoria caerulea

[Lija]

Welcome to the forum Ed!

[Syrinx]

Hello and thanks for the welcome

I have Nutrobal that i supply in a dish, Calcium liquid that i add to the water dish and Komodo Cricket dust for locusts for my Geckos.

I was going to use the Komodo Tree Frog dust instead of the cricket dust and provide crickets rather than locusts.

Good points about the quarantine I will set that up tonight.

The water area was going to be deep enough for a filter but it will be sunken in pebbles (large size) the pebbles will make the water up to the frogs chin and get shallower. I'm up for cleaning it everyday if necessary but when i tested the set up for 3 months the filter kept the water super clear. Obviously there was no animals in there so i thort maybe every 2 or 3 days change. With no animals it was about every 2 weeks. It has a waterfall in it so that circles the water too. it seemed well worth the effort for a small amount of water but it looked great (to me) . When i set it all up again i'll take pictures.

Out of interest what type of hides up high do you use? I have loads of foliage but someone recommended large bambo canes suspended.

Thanks

Ed

[LilyPad]

Calcium liquid isn't absorbed as effectively as dust. I would get some calcium powder, here is a schedule for it - http://www.frogforum.net/food-feeder...schedules.html

As long as the pebbles are big enough that the frogs cannot fit them in their mouth, that is okay, if they can fit in their mouths, you could have a problem there. Personally, I have a water area that is 4 inches deep for my greys and have found them to be great swimmers. It has river rocks so that it gradually gets deeper, making it easy to get out, and there has never been an issue. I have heard that whites are fairly good swimmers also. I love water features, but make sure all your pumps and filters are easily accessible for maintenance. Nothing like having to tear apart half of your viv because of a sputtering pump.

This thread may be worth reading through to help fine tune things with your first viv - http://www.frogforum.net/vivarium-te...ion-101-a.html

In both of my tree frog tanks, I have branches in there but have a vine suspended across. Make sure everything is really secure, whites are heavy and will only use a branch/vine that feels stable to them.