Age and heating issues.. Please help!

[elly]

Welcome and congrats on the new frog! I feel your pain about the heating situation. I can't put a very large heating pad on my temporary quarantine tank so I've also kept mine in the bathroom for a while, checking on them in the night. Eventually I found that a heat lamp with a100 watt ceramic heat emitter suspended over the tank (combined with a small space heater nearby) worked well. It does dry out slightly more easily, but at the same rate it would with just about any heat source. I spray down the tanks before I go to bed and they're still at an acceptable level in the morning. Maybe an extra-large water bowl would help keep up humidity a bit. Do you have any kind of substrate in there to hold moisture right now? I hate to suggest spanum moss because it's an impaction risk, but if you feed from a bowl the frog is less likely to accidentally ingest the stuff. Edit: Okay, I'm not battling Alberta level cold- apparently the solution I gave you is what you're already doing without success.It's late and things have stopped making sense All I can really suggest for heat is maybe a slightly higher wattage lightbulb?

[Lija]

Hi and welcome to the frogforum! Yeah... I know all about humidity and cold in alberta lol annoying..

anyhow im almost asleep, have trouble reading and thinking lol unless someone reply sooner, I'll be back tomorrow during a day.
where in AB are you from? Where did you get a frog?

one thing I say.. Put a frog in quarantine tank ( wet papertowels, changed daily, 3 sides covered with Smth not see through), test and treat for a start. Branches, decor, whatever that is easy to clean and desinfect.
You can use the same tank you have.

Lisa... We had snow storm in September....

[irThumper]

Hi and welcome to the frogforum! Yeah... I know all about humidity and cold in alberta lol annoying..

anyhow im almost asleep, have trouble reading and thinking lol unless someone reply sooner, I'll be back tomorrow during a day.
where in AB are you from? Where did you get a frog?

one thing I say.. Put a frog in quarantine tank ( wet papertowels, changed daily, 3 sides covered with Smth not see through), test and treat for a start. Branches, decor, whatever that is easy to clean and desinfect.
You can use the same tank you have.

>>>>>Lisa... We had snow storm in September....<<<<<

Dang!

[MariePey]

Lija;


You must be falling asleep or my Frenglish isnt picking up what you are saying.. lol

I am around the Edmonton area and Ive got my little guy at Big Als actually..i think i said petsmart in my original post which was a mistake i apologize.

I dont quite understand youre quarantine thing..? Why would i need to quarantine him and why put him in a empty tank if hes already sttled in his new house? Im sorry you lost me on that one.. lol

And yes.. for whoever wo ders.. here in Alberta we are in the minus 10 celsius already.. have had about a foot of snow that melted and came back and had a week at -25 celsius already... its COLD!!!!!! Lol

[MariePey]

Hi Elly

Thanks for your reply!

So.. I do spray him on a regular basis and for whatever reason our house stay very humid.. we even have a dehumidifier in our main area and we cant even get under 50 percent.. lol so humidity wise im doing ok. He does have a big water dish and i try to get the carpet moist in the morning when i get up and at night and it seems to work well.

For the heat part.. with the ceramic heater tho, im scared it will get too hot when im absent.. and since im using my actial house light fixture, i cant really put a timer on that.. can you please tell me a bit more about them ceramic heater please? Do you leave it on all day? Do you use a timer? And at night, it cools off to about 68-70 which should be fine for Gigs at night right?

And for the substrat.. i will not be using any kind of moss or fiber or shaved things.. i know Gigs might be more confortable on coco fiber but again.. i am terrified of blockage and impactions.. Im a horse trainer and i know all about them impaction, blockage and colics and thats the last thing i want for my lil guy. Like i said, after that throwing up episode couple days ago which a lot of it was substrate and a still alived half digested crcickets, it stopped me dead in my tracks. I kept the old cracked tank, put paper towel down in it, put it by my crickets and will be making it my feeding pen. Gigs is pretty untamed so if when i pick him up its for feast time, im sure in no time hell welcome me and my hands in his cage! Lol hes a man


Happy tummy, happy hubby they say! Ill win his affection and heart in no time without forcing him against his will!