Copes Tree Frogs?

[amythyst]

Oh I never actually thought about them baking in the sun, good job for saving them. Yes you can pick them up be careful of course because they're young, but when you pick them up its better to pick up frogs in a non-pinching style where you never squeeze them but instead scoop them up or something. I catch these little guys in my pond every year so I'm used to handing all kinds of frogs. Out of all frogs I believe tree frogs are the only frogs that don't mind being handled and adults will often just sit on your hand content. Toads on the other hand often whimper while trapped inside your hands lol.

Ok, so IÂ’m a terrible frog mom. IÂ’m not sure what happened but the little frog died. We were feeding him fruit flies but he didnÂ’t really seem that interested. He spent most of his time hiding up at the top of the tank, clinging to the sides.

i found him tonight just floating in the water at the bottom. He had turned almost translucent. I dunno what happened but did he drown? Did he fall off the top of the tank somehow and drown in the water? CanÂ’t they swim? I have about three ish inches of water at the bottom of the tank for the tadpoles and then some plants sticking out and also a very large rock stuck to the side of the tank that they can crawl up and out of.

I feel so bad but IÂ’m glad my son didnÂ’t find him.

[Yoda]

It's OK, I understand that it is like 5 times harder to take care of young frogs because feeding is often quite difficult! I hope they had decent lighting though! If you had rocks for the little guy to sit on they should be fine as long as they can actually climb onto it; your picture makes it look evident they can. Tree frogs drown fairly easily in comparison to some species and I've often found them drowned in rain barrels or steep garden ponds (made of plastic), because once their sticky feet become too wet they keep on slipping down and continually make the sides even more wet and drown after several hours. I see you have a rock so I honestly don't know what happened. Raising tadpoles is a great experience but once metamorphosis is complete it is safest to release them back into the wild. Raising a mature adult frog is the easiest! Don't feel any guilt over what happened it is all about learning from your mistakes!