Can young White's Tree Frogs chirp?

[1beataway]

When I got my first White's, it was only an inch long. Very small. It was only a few months later before I noticed the "chirping." At first, I thought it was the parakeet in the room practicing a new sound, but after a couple weeks I found out it was the frog. So...I can't give you a better answer timewise, cause this was about a year and a half ago, but it was onlly a few months after I bought the inch long frog.

[Crystal6]

I actually witnessed it chirping today. Very strange though. Does their chirping mean they are able to mate?

[1beataway]

I don't think so, if they're very young. The chirping I noticed with mine was very different from their nightly croaking now.

[IgbyKibbits]

Hello Crystal!

I first got my little guys (who incidentally turned out to be a little guy and a little girl) last October. Kibbits was just a tiny guy at that point, no bigger than an inch probably. By late December, Kibbits (the male) started chirping. I didn't realize that was what he was doing until a few weeks later when he actually started croaking. In fact, when it first started, I assumed it was Igby, the older of the two frogs because he was still so small!!! But it turned out to be Kibbits; I think the little guy was testing out his voice, and it was funny to see it evolve that way! Started out as a squeaky chirp, then gradually turned into a squeaky croak, and eventually into his booming low croak at night. And boy was he proud of himself once he got to that low grumbling croak. : ) He had "croaking" contests with just about anything - the vacuum cleaner, thunder, the television, a truck outside ; ) Haha!

Sarah

[Crystal6]

Hello Crystal!

I first got my little guys (who incidentally turned out to be a little guy and a little girl) last October. Kibbits was just a tiny guy at that point, no bigger than an inch probably. By late December, Kibbits (the male) started chirping. I didn't realize that was what he was doing until a few weeks later when he actually started croaking. In fact, when it first started, I assumed it was Igby, the older of the two frogs because he was still so small!!! But it turned out to be Kibbits; I think the little guy was testing out his voice, and it was funny to see it evolve that way! Started out as a squeaky chirp, then gradually turned into a squeaky croak, and eventually into his booming low croak at night. And boy was he proud of himself once he got to that low grumbling croak. : ) He had "croaking" contests with just about anything - the vacuum cleaner, thunder, the television, a truck outside ; ) Haha!

Sarah

Hm. Perhaps male frogs can still croak even before they are sexually mature then?

I never thought of that possibility before. (I'm used to crickets who don't chip until they're full grown, I guess.)

[CaptainMorgantown]

A few weeks after I got my second Whites, which was incredibly small and still had a bit of a tail, I noticed a chirp coming from his cage, but I didn't think anything of it. Now, he is still quite young, but a lot bigger, and he chirps all of the time now. ALL OF THE TIME. Usually, it's whenever he sees or hears crickets. My avatar is a picture of his nightly ritual when I get him out to feed him: see the cricket cage, chirp with joy, and try as hard as he can to push his way into the cage.

[IgbyKibbits]

Great pic! You guys make me feel guilty for not posting some of my own : ) (In a good way!)