Help with Northern Green Frogs? Set up and care suggestions?

[Toadpher]

Hi Opossum,

I keep two Northern Green Frogs in my 60g paludarium, along with an Eastern American Toad and some fish. It sounds like you are on the right track. I hope you don't release them back into the wild, if they have been raised in captivity for any amount of time. As for care, they are pretty easy. I keep temp anywhere from 68-80 degrees F (depending on time of year), humidity at or above 50%. They are semi-aquatic and feel most comfortable having a large body of water to jump into if startled ( this is their natural instinctive behavior). They also feel most comfortable with live plants to hide in and a rock cave to sleep in during the day. I feed mine crickets as their staple diet, usually 3-5 large every few days. Feed them at dusk or night, as they are most active at these times. I'd limit the amount of hard-shelled inverts like mealworms, as they can get constipated, earthworms are a nice treat from time to time. I haven't been able to find any definitive documentation if they need UVB or not, so I run a Reptisun 10.0 UVB bulb, just in case. Over all they are great frogs for keeping and have lots of personality.

Here are a few pictures of my setup and pets!



Kira



Dudley, the alpha.



and Mr. Toad, just because.