Whites tree frog is BLACK!

[AyamePasse]

The move was a few months ago (August, I believe)... Incidentally, our old housing situation was terrible for both frogs, as well as our lizards and tarantulas; it was my sister's house, and she liked to keep the house as low as 63 degrees Fahrenheit! As we were in a basement with no door to separate us from the rest of the house, all we could do was close the vents, turn on a space heater, use lots of heat lamps and hope for the best. Our new house is 73 degrees Fahrenheit with the space heater in a small, sunlit room where we keep the critters to get it warmer than that. He was doing great the first few months, croaking like mad, eating like a maniac... Cuddling next to his girl. I was thinking the warmer moister temperatures were doing him a lot of good until today.

He's eaten a couple crickets today though, and seems to be looking a bit greener, so I'll keep my fingers crossed. Maybe it was just a fluke? Albeit a VERY unusual one for him!

Edit: Make that THREE crickets, and a LOT greener! Hopefully that means he'll be alright.

[deranged chipmunk]

there ya go. glad to hear he is changing back for you. i will tell you what i tell everyone regarding their color change: if they are acting normally, leave them be. nobody really understands why they change. they normally come around though, as you already know. truth be told, i would have been a bit wary myself seeing his color.

[AyamePasse]

Thanks! ^_^ Yeah, as I know color changing is normal and not 100% understood, I tried looking this up before freaking out, but I couldn't find any cases of such a dark pigment! Guess he's just weird; I know he has one weird eye that he's had since I bought him as a little one. Maybe this is just another quirk that showed up really late.

[irThumper]

I wouldn't consider the color itself unusual... that shade happens to be my Jelly Bean's preferred shade, lol. Maybe his color change is just some sort of response to having the new female companion? If he were lethargic, not eating, not pooping, etc, and had turned dark THEN I'd be concerned, but being he seems to be normal in all other respects I'd say he's just a late color change bloomer Both your frogs are gorgeous by the way. I've never seen one so pale as your blue eyed female, she's amazing!

My Jelly Bean on right (sHEila lower left. RIP )

[AyamePasse]

Thanks for the reply! Yeah, I don't know what triggered it, but he's back to his old turquoise self again. I've had the female for some time now, and, as it happens, his response to her was actually an immediate attempt to mate even though she's not old enough yet. ;P

Your frogs are beautiful too, by the way! I'm sorry to hear about sHEila... How old was he? Was he already full grown when you got him?
Initially, when I got my male, I'd always wanted a White's Tree Frog for their gorgeous pale green color. But when I saw the pinkish, blue-eyed female about a year ago, I knew I HAD to have her. She's my pride and joy. ^_^

[irThumper]

I don't blame you, I would have snatched her up in a heart beat!

Thanks, I love my guys ^_^ I miss sHEila a lot, he was the only one who would "converse" with me *sniff*. All of my original four were juveniles when I got them, Jelly being the youngest, I think Shirley might have been a bit older and Honey and sHEila around the same age. No one ever says how old they are when they come into the store, unfortunately, so don't have an exact age. Martha is our biggest and got her as an older sub-adult. She's probably full adult now, though I bet she can grow bigger-- well I hope she grows longer anyway, she's already big enough around!

Hey, is there anyway you can find out from the pet store who the breeder/supplier was of your female?? Would love to find one like her

[AyamePasse]

That's terrible, so he was still a young one, huh? I guess I lucked out, I got my first at a big box store, and although he's something of a runt (and may be blind in one eye), he seems otherwise quite healthy... He was about the size of a quarter when I got him...

I'll see if I can ask them next time my husband drags me there, but it might be some time; they're in a neighboring city. However, if it helps, here is their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Tails...10857615635306, and the picture they had posted of the one I bought: https://www.facebook.com/11085761563...43661262354936
I'm not sure how good they are about replying to messages or comments, but they're not a big corporate store to my knowledge, so they may be pretty good about tending to customers on a personal level. You might be able to ask them yourself.