Looking for new frog/frogs

[Larry Wardog]

Where are your sources that they do travel?

i've never seen a study concerning the movements of frogs and toads except during breeding migrations. Those were personal observations, along with other observations from other people and a few books.

I'm not saying enclosure size doesn't matter, I'm just saying that I (and many other people) have kept adult grays in ten gallon vivariums with virtually no problems. If you want to project yourself onto a frog (which is, frankly, an unintelligent and extremely apathetic animal) and give it a super sized enclosure so it will be "happier", go ahead but don't try to discourage other people from keeping them by pushing your unfounded opinion.

As a grey owner, I would not recommend a 10 gallon for anything other than a hospital tank. As Jason said, there are other signs than just trying to escape. I started with my first grey in a 10 gallon, I recognized quickly that it wasn't enough space. These frogs are very active at night and need space to move and exercise. When I had one housed alone, I had him in a 20g high.

So many care sheets I've read suggest the very minimum size of tank for any animal. When buying larger tanks than suggested, you're actually doing yourself a favour as well as the animal, as the substrate doesn't spoil so quickly and as a result, a complete tank clean out doesn't have to be so frequent. An animal could show stress with irregular activity for the animal, snout abrasions, going off food, decline in health, etc.

Even though they're small, gray tree frogs as I'm sure you know jump long distances and are very active at night. They will be very limited in a 10-gallon, sure you can keep one in there but for a little bit of extra money you can make the life of the animal so much better. Some books I've read have recommended a 10-gallon, whereas others it's been at least 20-gallons. I keep 2 green tree frogs in a 20-gallon and I wouldn't put them in anything smaller but it will come down to the keeper in the end.

This is people on your own thread that disagree with you




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[Dace]

This isn't my thread.
I am aware that toads are fairly intelligent, at least by amphibian standards, but they're still really dumb compared to any mammal or bird. Even some insects such as solitary wasps display the same capability for learning and even simple problem solving. Toads are still just ambush predators, concerned only with breeding, eating and staying hidden. They don't exhibit complex social or territorial behavior, they barely hunt, and they certainly don't need cognitive enrichment to be happy. For a frog or toad, "Not diseased, injured, starving or in immediate peril" (or what is perceived as immediate peril) almost certainly translates to the same thing as "happy."
Saying that frogs have "territories covering miles" is an extremely wild claim and I have personally witnessed evidence that it is not true.
Take a look a the snake keeping hobby. Snakes move around all the time when they want to eat or breed. They cross roads and enter houses in search of prey, places to bask or hibernate, and mates. But what a snake really wants to do is curl up in a warm, safe hole or under a rock and digest its latest meal. In captivity, hobbyists keep and breed snakes in tiny containers that they can't even stretch to their full length in- yet they're perfectly happy. They might roam in search of resources in the wild, but in captivity where they have all of their feeding, temperature and breeding needs hand delivered to them in a small, safe space they never feel the need to go anywhere and are perfectly content. I'm not saying this is the same for frogs and toads, they are very different from snakes and certainly need some space to move around but it's just an example of how captivity and the wild can be very different places even for the same wild animal.

[Dace]

And take a look at the way this university suggests rearing grays: (for laboratory research, not pets)
http://www.biosci.missouri.edu/gerha...0husbandry.pdf

by our standards, this approach is positively spartan, and I would go so far as to say the frogs might not be as "happy" as they would be in a large, naturalistic vivarium. But clearly they've had success with it, and the frogs have all their basic food, moisture and sanitation needs met and it's entirely possible that they don't notice or care about the difference.

[glutes]

This isn't my thread.
I am aware that toads are fairly intelligent, at least by amphibian standards, but they're still really dumb compared to any mammal or bird. Even some insects such as solitary wasps display the same capability for learning and even simple problem solving. Toads are still just ambush predators, concerned only with breeding, eating and staying hidden. They don't exhibit complex social or territorial behavior, they barely hunt, and they certainly don't need cognitive enrichment to be happy. For a frog or toad, "Not diseased, injured, starving or in immediate peril" (or what is perceived as immediate peril) almost certainly translates to the same thing as "happy."
Saying that frogs have "territories covering miles" is an extremely wild claim and I have personally witnessed evidence that it is not true.
Take a look a the snake keeping hobby. Snakes move around all the time when they want to eat or breed. They cross roads and enter houses in search of prey, places to bask or hibernate, and mates. But what a snake really wants to do is curl up in a warm, safe hole or under a rock and digest its latest meal. In captivity, hobbyists keep and breed snakes in tiny containers that they can't even stretch to their full length in- yet they're perfectly happy. They might roam in search of resources in the wild, but in captivity where they have all of their feeding, temperature and breeding needs hand delivered to them in a small, safe space they never feel the need to go anywhere and are perfectly content. I'm not saying this is the same for frogs and toads, they are very different from snakes and certainly need some space to move around but it's just an example of how captivity and the wild can be very different places even for the same wild animal.

You are right, snakes prefer to curl up and sleep. Frogs like to jump, hunt and explore. I kept two whites in a 10 gallon for a while and they both nearly rubbed their noses off. Their colors were dark and mottled as well.now, in a 65 gal, their noses are perfectly intact and their colors are a even blue to green. So does tank size make a difference? Yes it does. Just because an animal can survive, you won't see it's true capabilities until you help it thrive.


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[Dace]

You are right, snakes prefer to curl up and sleep. Frogs like to jump, hunt and explore. I kept two whites in a 10 gallon for a while and they both nearly rubbed their noses off. Their colors were dark and mottled as well.now, in a 65 gal, their noses are perfectly intact and their colors are a even blue to green. So does tank size make a difference? Yes it does. Just because an animal can survive, you won't see it's true capabilities until you help it thrive.


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did you read the end of my post?
the frog I'm talking about keeping in ten gallons are gray tree frogs, which are about a third the size of whites. I've never had issues with nose rubbing, only two short, isolated incidents with feeding, and their colors are usually fine.

[glutes]

did you read the end of my post?
the frog I'm talking about keeping in ten gallons are gray tree frogs, which are about a third the size of whites. I've never had issues with nose rubbing, only two short, isolated incidents with feeding, and their colors are usually fine.

They may be smaller, but they still need the same amount of space. All tree frogs despite the type need as much space as you can give them. If you can't give them at least 20 gallons, you should not own tree frogs. Oh, and did you read the end of my post?


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[Lija]

Dace and everybody else - warning! Please read forum terms of use before posting further.

and just to clarify - "happy " in a hobby means not stressed out animal and that is what any responsible frog owner need to try to achieve. Snakes in small tubs are not "happy", but unlike frogs they are more forgiving to husbandry mistakes and similar to frog hobby, responsible snake owners are keeping their snakes in adequate enclosures (tubs).


To OP - you haven't specified the dimensions of the tank, but by the looks of it, it is not suitable for tree frogs, sorry. Tree frogs need space, the bigger the better and if you could provide the size of the tank we could advice you better.

[Dace]

You're all saying it's too small but you aren't giving any evidence other than your own, emotionally- driven opinion.
why exactly would all tree frogs need the same space regardless of size?