Some (more) Questions and Concerns for a new WTF owner...

[trkent]

She's a total little piggie! The first night I had her actually I was so fascinated by her that I had a cricket between the tips of my fingers and she snatched it right out of there!! It was pretty sweet to be honest! lol.

She just recently shed for me which was quite the experience. I thought she was puking - scared the **** outta me! But no, she was just eating her skin. Which was neat to watch! Speaking of water - I removed about 3/4s of the water and set her in the dish and she hasn't left since you posted your mention of trying less water! I guess she's just not a fan of swimming! Haha, all jokes aside, I guess I just had a little too much in there. Didn't seem like a lot to me but she's small - so now I understand.

I'll have to try a couple of different caves, I guess. I'd love for her to have a place to sleep. I'm afraid I can't easily move her perch because it's silicone glued in there. But if she's comfortable there I don't wanna force anything on her. Thanks again for your help.

[LilyPad]

I have a few tree frogs that never touch the water, that's normal, it could mean that you have an excellent level of humidity and your frog doesn't find a reason to soak

Inactivity may mean the tank is a little small or frog could be a little overweight too. Do you have pictures you could share with us? Our uploader isn't working correctly but you could use a hosting site like photobucket and paste the link here. It could be stress too, you can cover 3 sides of the tank with some kind of paper and it should help her feel more secure. When I moved my frogs to a new viv once, I had to cover almost all 4 sides before they settled in. Eventually, after a couple of weeks, I took all the paper off the front and they were just fine, some frogs just dislike change!

When you see your frog half awake, she may just be watching you for food They tend to be hungry little buggers!

You could try bowl feeding so the crickets do not go hide on her. Just use a smooth glass bowl, 1.5-2 inches deep. The edges are slippery so that they can't climb it and can't get a grip to jump out. That's how I feed all of my tree frogs and it seems to work out well. Might take her a few days to get used to it though.

Not using the hide is perfectly normal, she's a tree frog not a ground frog hehe.

What are your temperatures like? Is the perch near the heat lamp and she just doesn't want to leave the warm spot?

Make sure you use something to dechlorinate your water and dust the crickets with vitamins and calcium.

[irThumper]

Here's an album of sleeping WTFs if you want to compare Sleeping Froggies Photos by irthumper | Photobucket

[trkent]

She seems a little more fond of the dish now that I barely have any water in it. I removed about 3/4 of it. It's been getting dirty now so I guess she likes to go in there when I'm not around. Yeah, I can take some pictures and upload them later. She's still kinda small so I have her in a 15 gallon terrarium for the time being. I know she'll need something bigger as time goes on.

I cover her up at night because I absolutely cannot sleep without a fan on and I don't want it to dry her out or anything and she seems to like that. By the time I wake up and check on her I see little poos everywhere (lol) and that her food is almost all gone! So I guess she's getting used to getting active/hunting at night! Which is nice! And yes, her perch is up high. Highest point to her lamp - which I think is why she loves it. And if she's happy, I'm happy.

Yes, irThumper! That's totally what they look like. Kinda cute isn't it? I thought at first that she was just exhausted and staying awake because I stressed her out but I guess that's just how they sleep!

You guys are awesome, seriously. I love this forum! Thanks for being so kind. <3

[LilyPad]

Sounds like everything is going well!