water bowl/dish necessary for tree frogs?

[Griffin]

I was told a little while back that water bowls/dishes are not necessary for tree frogs because they ubsourbe(wrong spelling)the moisture from the damp air.but now iam wondering if i should put the water bowl back in my terrariums because every single care-sheet for red eyes and gtf say to have a water bowl.

so should i or is it not necessary?


thanks guys


Griffin

[S13]

The answer is yes. They need this dish to soak in if they feel the need to. Make sure you are using dechlorinated water. I personally use spring water for their dishes.

[Griffin]

i had water dishes in my terrariums(red eye terrarium and gtf terrarium)for months and months and never saw a single frog in the water bowls thats why i asked someone and they said that

[Griffin]

ok i think i will put the water bowls back the the 2 terrariums,but its been almost a year since a water bowl has been in either.better safe than sorry

[ViperJr]

It's a good thing to have, but not always neccesary if an optimal enclosure is used (and depending on the species). For example, Understory Enterprise does not use waterbowls for their agalychnis-species (according yo their website), and they have breed them (all but spurelli) for some time with great success.
However, it's just an easy thing to do, and it'll help a lot in case they would need it. Just keep it clean!

[ViperJr]

Just make sure the water is clean if a water bowl is used. A foul water source is potentionally much more dangerous than without a water source.

[S13]

That's weird. I've seen my red eye soak in his dish a few times, and my new white's I just recently got was soaking in his last night. I keep them in there incase they need it. Like you stated above, better safe than sorry

[Heatheranne]

Mine do too

[S13]

Mine do too

Pretty popular dish. I have that one for my RETF also

[Griffin]

Nice pics guysthanks for the advice
and also what brand is the water dish i like the look of it,very natural looking,looks better than the exo terra one

[MantidBro]

Pretty popular dish. I have that one for my RETF also

Me too LOL!

[Heatheranne]

And Stickers likes to climb the waterfall.

[MantidBro]

And Stickers likes to climb the waterfall.

Cute! So you use one of those in the terrium, no issues occur? Id think cause of the water/humidity that there might be some problems? No? I would like to get one if its safe. How long have you been using those?

[Heatheranne]

Anytime!

[Heatheranne]

(@S13, I have that "jacuzzi" in every frog tank I own (4). I love it bc of the built-in stairs. It makes it easy for my terrestrial frogs to get out of.)

[Griffin]

i put in the water bowl in the afternoon and that night my red eyes were soaking in it

[mim]

mine always use their bowl, it helps soak thier skin when theyre getting ready to shed. i often find skin floating in the water when i get up in the morning. it also gets all the dirt off them (even if it is fora matter of minutes lol)

[BlueisallIneed]

Mine lives in his water bowl and the water fall I have for him. They drink from there skin so its like a glass of water for them to have around

[MantidBro]

mine always use their bowl, it helps soak thier skin when theyre getting ready to shed. i often find skin floating in the water when i get up in the morning. it also gets all the dirt off them (even if it is fora matter of minutes lol)

I see some skin in there too sometimes

[Frogfeet123]

Definitely need a water dish! My two love to soak and completely spread out. I had to get a pretty big dish because with the two of them in a normal sized one, they could hardly fit lol


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