Frogs Getting Along??

[Jolenels]

How long does it take for a new frog to be accepted by an older frog. Gru and Kimchi have been together for over a week now and you can tell they are not bonding. First off they always sleep on opposite sides of the tank. Never near each other. Plus, they are rarely awake at the same time. If Kimchi wakes up and Gru is up then he immediately goes back to sleep. If Kimchi is already awake and Gru wakes up he goes to the ground and hides behind the fountain. Gru is king of the fountain, he perches there and calls, we have yet to hear Kimchi call as far as I know. Where he stays until Gru goes back to sleep.

Is this normal? Will it fade? Or are they just destined to stay away from each other?

[irThumper]

Sounds like some siblings, and like some married couples, I know... lol I'd give them a little longer, they haven't had enough time to really get used to each other yet. As long as there is no fighting or bullying going on, or someone trying madly to escape the tank, I wouldn't worry too much about it

[Jolenels]

Ha funny you should mention escaping. Kimchi tries to make a break for it EVERY time I open the doors. I swear, if Gru is sleeping, he is lying in wait for those doors to open. Twice he has hit the door just as it was opening because his timing sucks. Now I make sure he is sleeping first lol

[irThumper]

Oh dear! Little booger sounds like my Honey-Lime lately. Swear I don't know what I'm going to do about that guy, seems perfectly healthy but very restless, and is on day 6 of his food strike now... Nothing else has changed except the season *shakes head* :/

[Jolenels]

Gru is a pig. Kimchi isn't much of an eater I've noticed. In the time I have had him (Heck, I don't even know if it is a him or her) I have witnessed one cricket being consumed. Gru goes cricket happy when I feed them but since Kimchi is never awake at the same time as Gru he never get's to devour a whack....or else maybe he doesn't want too? I'm sure he has eaten a little as he has been slightly fatter some mornings but I know he isn't getting to eat every night. I also have noticed her prefers to sleep at the very top of the tank or else only a few inches above the substrate, tucked behind the darn fountain. I thought tree frogs were all meant to sleep up high?

[elly]

I don't think most frogs bond very much. Sure, some people's might hang out together, but they really aren't a social species, except for mating. Like irThumper said, no fighting and you're good.

Tree frogs don't always sleep up high, as you've discovered.

[mpmistr]

How long does it take for a new frog to be accepted by an older frog. Gru and Kimchi have been together for over a week now and you can tell they are not bonding. First off they always sleep on opposite sides of the tank. Never near each other. Plus, they are rarely awake at the same time. If Kimchi wakes up and Gru is up then he immediately goes back to sleep. If Kimchi is already awake and Gru wakes up he goes to the ground and hides behind the fountain. Gru is king of the fountain, he perches there and calls, we have yet to hear Kimchi call as far as I know. Where he stays until Gru goes back to sleep.

Is this normal? Will it fade? Or are they just destined to stay away from each other?

Frogs really are not social animals at all except for mating and males fighting for potential mates / territory.

My whites, one sleeps up high and one I truly never ever see until the lights are out and he begins crawling all over the enclosure. I really haven't a clue as to where he goes, he seriously disappears. I actually tried to find him one day and I couldn't the guy is a ninja.

[irThumper]

My guys are funny that way. They've seemed to have various favorite sleeping places, from one particular top corner they have argued over, to a plant, to the PVC hide, which they've shared to varying degrees of success. But nope, they don't always choose to be up high... particularly Martha, who I've seen climb her rock thing only ONCE since I got her, and that was to get a cricket