ASAP Leopard Frog Habitat/Handling

[DanDrobates]

Kudos to you for taking a proactive approach. As far as your set up goes a 20 gallon is fine for a leopard froglet. I wouldn’t recommend the frog moss though as it usually rots and you’ll end up removing it in a few weeks. Eco earth or plantation soil is fine but use a barrier to prevent it from getting into your water feature. Crickets are a good mainstay for diet but remember to gut load them with fresh vegetables. I would advise against offering wild caught prey though as the risk of contaminants is too great. As far as supplementing goes there is conflicting evidence on amphibians requiring D3. I would recommend using repashy supercal once a week or so. It is possible to over supplement fat soluble vitamins such as A and D so dont over do it. As far as handling goes I recommend not handling any amphibian as their skin is too sensitive and it will only stress them. If you need to handle out of necessity use vinyl gloves moistened with purified water and keep it minimal. Good luck.

[Alyssa Martin]

Kudos to you for taking a proactive approach. As far as your set up goes a 20 gallon is fine for a leopard froglet. I wouldn’t recommend the frog moss though as it usually rots and you’ll end up removing it in a few weeks. Eco earth or plantation soil is fine but use a barrier to prevent it from getting into your water feature. Crickets are a good mainstay for diet but remember to gut load them with fresh vegetables. I would advise against offering wild caught prey though as the risk of contaminants is too great. As far as supplementing goes there is conflicting evidence on amphibians requiring D3. I would recommend using repashy supercal once a week or so. It is possible to over supplement fat soluble vitamins such as A and D so dont over do it. As far as handling goes I recommend not handling any amphibian as their skin is too sensitive and it will only stress them. If you need to handle out of necessity use vinyl gloves moistened with purified water and keep it minimal. Good luck.

Thanks so much Dan!

I ended up choosing to not go with the moss per your recommendation, and am quite glad I did.

I did the rocks initally and boy was I wrong to do that. I ended up with mud in the span of an hour! They have a proper barrier and it's much easier to manage now!

I apologize as I should have said a "natural diet" not wild. Just things naturally found in the wild but not caught outside (bought from a store.)

Bought the repashy and it works very well as far as I can tell. It should last a good long while to, I got the 3 oz and it's huge!

I've handled them twice now, but that should be it for the span of their lives. I handled them out of the carrier for a second tops and once today for some pictures for identifying. Otherwise there not handled at all from this point forwards.

Thanks so much for your advice it was extremely helpful!

[DanDrobates]

Glad I could help. Good luck with everything.