Help I have ants starting to nest in the Terraium where I keep my frogs!

[elly]

As far as the crickets go, maybe you could put the container on top of a stool or table or something and put a ring of Vaseline around the legs so that if the ants try to go up them they get stuck?

Letting the frogs go without soil in the tank would work, but you'd have to clean up the bottom of the tank when they poop. You could put down paper towels to make cleanup easier. I wouldn't keep the frogs in the small tank very long, but it should be fine just long enough to clean out the big tank.

As far as letting the frogs go, I wouldn't do it in the middle of a drought unless I could put them near a body of water. Personally I'd think their hunting skills would still be fine. Some people might disagree. The frogs are probably less scared of people than they should be but I understand wild Australian Green Tree frogs are pretty docile already so...?

[Dace]

Can you put the frogs and crickets on a table with its legs sitting in pans of water?

[InsanityShard]

Mum is going to pick up some ant tape and we'll stick that around the bottom of the terrarium, outside and on the legs. I had to take the frogs out. The situation has gotten much worse- they got the tip of Peppermints nose! She's a female, not the biggest one, but she's still fully grown. She now has a 3 mm wide nearly circular wound at the tip of her nose... I know I can put Betadine, an antiseptic, on a turtle as long as its kept out of the water while it soaks in. Would this be poisonous to my frog? Only Speckles is fine with heavy handling, the others will accept it but don't like you petting them and moving quickly.

[Dace]

That sounds like nose rub, not ant damage. She's probably just stressed out from being attacked by ants and moved around and stuff.

[InsanityShard]

What can I do for her nose? Or should I leave it? Again, they're wild caught, and only recently. I've had them less than a month.

[elly]

I'd leave it unless it started looking red or inflamed. You could put some antibiotic ointment on it. NOT ONE WITH PAINKILLERS though. Those are toxic to frogs.

[InsanityShard]

Alright, thanks. She's being stupid tonight, in the small tub, she's made it worse bu continually jumping, smacking into the roof of the tub with her head and back, trying to get the container open or rub her nose more. It's ridiculous. If I have to put it on her she'll be going into a tiny container she can't jump in, no water, for a couple of hours to let it soak in... -_- I just want to sleep.