Why won't my Red Eye eat? Is she behaving normally?

[MantidBro]

Some frogs deal with being handled better than others, but they all do see us as a predator and can stress them out. The bigger worry is the oils and soap/lotions/sweat/insert other chemical here that could be on your skin. All frogs absorb moisture through their skin and can get poisoned or become ill from contact with human skin.

Ask petco to see if this frog was Captive Bred or wild caught. Odds are it is wild caught which will lead to them being more stressed out initially. Wild Caught frogs just went through be taken from their home and shipped halfway across the world. Then taken by you home and put in a cage.

Keep doing what you said previously. Offer fresh food nightly. Uneaten crickets can be put back in with the other crickets so they can eat and drink so they are ready to be food another night. Change the water everyday and try to not stalk him to much until he adjusts to his new environment.

What size of enclosure is he/she in? I looks like a 10g tank. This will be fine for the first 30 - 60 days or so but you will want to move him/her into something taller after that. Tree frogs are aboreal and do not like being down on the ground. This is most likely why He/She is sleeping as close to the top of the tank as possible. Your frog looks like it is at least a sub adult if not an adult. You will want to look at 24" to 36" tall enclosures for him/her.

The 10 gallon should really be setup like a hospital tank / Quarantine tank. No Soil, no plants (some plant clippings for hiding and climbing on is fine) a water bowl, and Damp (use Dechlorinated water for soaking the paper towels, misting, and the water bowl) unprinted paper towels as a substrate. This type of setup will help you get to know your frog and allow you to see any poop. With your frog being a potential wild caught animal I HIGHLY recommend you do 2 fecal tests 2 weeks apart to make sure he/she does not have any parasites.

My frogs dont have to worry about chemicals being on my hands so much. Im actually quite sensitive as well. Hmm im always clammy too, maybe IM a frog! :P well anyways i dont use cologne or spray or lotion. I really only use shampoo, and bars of soap, usually dove. honestly even deodorant i dont use as often as most people because not only is it known for being a carcinogen, but i have negative reactions to just about every kind there is! despite all this, i still wash my hands with antibacterial soap before handling any frog of mine, for te sake of germs and my sweaty, salty skin. And i rinse thoroughly, being sure not to leave a single trace. I even be sure to dry them with a new towel. ive heard of people wearing powder free gloves, would that be best?

Okay ill see if ican call petco tomorrow. I dont blame the little one for being stressed! id be stressed too. Animals are more like people than many seem to understand. If it would stress us out... Itd stress them out! I personally think that i have more of an animal mind than a human mind... LOL.

Just put new crickets in, ley te oyher back in the container to eat and such. Just changed the water too, before Frenchy woke up. Ive stopped stalking him, i have been extra careful today. I move the blanket, the "curtain", so only my eye can see through and nothing else. I dont think Frenchy even saw me, she was more active than usual. She jumped down into the cricket bowl, didnt eat any, but started doing those shedding movements. I slid a video behind the curtain so i could get footage of it and post it here. I didnt see any skin coming off but she was definitely doing shedding movements.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0evV...ature=youtu.be And she turned a darker green color during that process. What does this mean? after that she had quite a big poop, which i broke apart and took photos of. Looks healthy to me, and wasnt horrible smelling, just a tad smelly, but nothing absolutely horrible.


She laid it in the water bowl so it got wet.

Seeing all that, makes me realise how much they really hate being watched! my gray tree frog isnt like that. Goes to show that different species are just that, different.


Yeah i was thinking subadult/adult as well. Shes about 3" from snout to vent. i was planning to move her to something bigger as well. I just have to buy a new screen for the lid for that one. Thats one that can be put to stand tall, like 3 feet tall. The one i have now is about 1 1/2 feet tall.