Hello all,
So I am fairly new to keeping frogs or amphibians in general as pets and had a question for ya.
I recently set up my terrarium for my whites tree frog and have been doing a good job of maintaining temp. and humidity, but the terrarium is giving off a fairly strong earthly smell. Almost like a smelly swamp or something. Is this normal? Especially after only being set up for 48 hours. I was thinking that it may be because the substrate I'm using is that condensed dehydrated crud that comes with the terrarium set up (exo-terra) and that I did not get enough of the moisture out of it when I mixed it to water to "bring it to life" sorta speak and its wet all the the way through .. What do you all think? I am a little concerned for two reasons: one, I want my whites to be breathing fresh air and two because i will be keeping the terrarium in my room and would like it to smell nice in here...lol
thanks in advance.