My red eyes and their enclosure

[Krispy]

Well, I've recently adopted a poor pair of red eye tree frogs from my mother. They were wouldn't move or eat. Anyways long story short, after a few weeks she finally believed me. They are smart and they were kept with an emerald tree python... Now... Lol I sure wouldn't move if the next step of the food chain was there either... Needless to say they rock. This enclosure took forever to make and yes its planted.









Feel free to ask questions, or offer advice!

[irThumper]

Frogs in with a boa?? Wow... yep, I wouldn't be moving either!

These guys look like they are doing great now My only concern would be with the bark chips and having loose feeders... with White's tree frogs that is a recipe for ingestion/impaction disaster, but I don't know if RETFs operate the same way.

How did you make that set up? Is it in a wall...??

[LilyPad]

Poor babies! That must have been so stressful for them! I am glad you have them in their own home now. I like seeing their full bellies. If you bowl feed, the bark won't be as much of an issue for digestion, but it could still scratch up their sensitive skin.

Check out our RETF care sheet, it's pretty good - Frog Forum - Red-Eyed Leaf Frog/Red Eyed Tree Frog Care - Agalychnis callidryas

[Crispy42]

Poor guys! They must be so happy to be in a safe environment now. Good on you getting them out of that snake tank!

[Krispy]

Lol well... thank you for the bedding advice. I noticed the bark risk as well and will be growing moss and placing dried leaf litter in its place. They were already used to it from my mum. Sometimes they wait and catch crickets, sometimes they hunt... stinkers....

As for the box... no it is not in a wall. They are shelves from a gigantic entertainment stand i am building into a massive enclosure. All exposed wood was flex sealed(and baked after curing: tip) then partial assembly took place. Another coat of flex seal(because i dont trust wood). Then a very thin layer of silicone over everything because of my moisture needs... more curing...(most time consuming). Followed by a trip to lowes. The acrylic for the door was $10 and they cut it for free. You also get to keep the leftovers. Decorative hinges and latches for small projects in the hardware area. The knobs are actually dragonfly coat hooks lol.
I must admit in all the time it took to prep/grow this thing ive had no moisture issues. Its mounted to an old mahogany telephone stand my wife had laying around for a few years.

Now. Ive noticed one is lighter/neon green with pretty sky blue sides and vertical creamy stripes. The other, while more pudgy is slightly darker(while still bright) green. This one has way darker blue on its sides and they are more splotch shaped than perfectly vertical. Any ideas?

[irThumper]

Fascinating! I bet you'd love the vivarium section of FrogForum if you haven't visited that yet Your lighter frog might possibly be a color morph... (RETF peeps?)