My Owonake Flying Frogs

[Viv]

Hi. These are my Owonake flying frogs. These are pictures of them and their setup.
The plants are pothos, a tislandia, some other type of tislandia, snake plant, and other various types of foliage plants. I will move them into a bigger tank when they get older. Comments are welcome.

[John]

Hi Alex. I am not familiar with this species, but they seem small to me. Are they youngsters? The terrarium looks like it could use a size increase and a lot more vegetation. I hope that's constructive criticism.

[Greenlove]

Cute frogs! I tried looking these frogs up on the internet and I can't find any info on them. Where did you buy them, how old are they, how big will they get, what do they eat, and what is their native country? The second picture looks like your little fella is malnourished or dehydrated. Does he/she have a good appetite? Do they need that much water or would they be okay with a few soaking bowls? (just wondering if they would like more land area). Can't wait to see the bigger and better tank you will be putting them in. Very cute! Thanks for sharing.

[Viv]

John:
I got these frogs in September at a reptile expo from a breeder who said they were a month out of the water. I was reading about keeping small frogs and it said to keep the size of the tank small so it would be easier for the frogs to find their food.
Greenlove: They are called Owonake Flying Frogs and they are found on an island off the coast of Japan,(or around that part of the world) I am starting to think they look a lot like Rhacophorus reinwardtii. The left side of the tank usually has a couple of cm of water but I forgot to fill it up that day. For some reason, during the day, the frogs seem to look smaller and in the morning after I feed them, they look a lot bigger and more fat. Haha. I boght them from a breeder at the Timonium Reptile Expo/ show. There were a lot more frogs there. They even had A. morrletti and lots of dart frogs. I will make the same type of build but in a bigger tank. Thanks for your replies.

[Greenlove]

I read that somewhere too, about keeping them in a smaller enclosure while they are young because they can't or won't hunt very far for their food. I actually found that out the hard way. I put mine into a nice big enclosure and then had to keep pushing the fruit flies and pinhead crickets toward them so they would eat, otherwise the feeders would run away and my froglets just sat there. After a few months, after they had become experienced hunters, they were ready to be moved to the mansion.

[Viv]

Haha. Thats pretty funny. Do you by any chance know if they are Rhacophorus reinwardtii? Thanks.

[Greenlove]

Haha. Thats pretty funny. Do you by any chance know if they are Rhacophorus reinwardtii? Thanks.

No, I'm sorry, I do not know.

[Rocko]

Sorry to bogart this thread a little, but how small is the right small for babys? I'm having some troubles with feeding a young one myself.

[Greenlove]

Sorry to bogart this thread a little, but how small is the right small for babys? I'm having some troubles with feeding a young one myself.

Well, my froglets are about 2 months old and they get 1/8 inch crickets and fruit flies. Newly morphed froglets need pinhead crickets (very small) crickets and fruit flies. The rule of thumb is to feed insects that are smaller than the width of their mouth. If your unsure, it's always better to go smaller than bigger. Hope this helps. Good luck.

[Rocko]

Yeah mine should be large enough for the 1/8 inch, but I was actually talking about enclosure. Currently the little guy is in a 10 gal, but definitely does not hunt down the crickets around the tank, in fact I've only ever seen it eat one cricket and that was because the cricket climbed over it.

[Greenlove]

Yeah mine should be large enough for the 1/8 inch, but I was actually talking about enclosure. Currently the little guy is in a 10 gal, but definitely does not hunt down the crickets around the tank, in fact I've only ever seen it eat one cricket and that was because the cricket climbed over it.

LOL. Sorry, I misunderstood what you were asking. I had one frogglet in a 15 gallon because he morphed much later than the others. That was too big to feed him in but we managed. When I fed him every night, I had to keep pushing the feeders toward him, then he would eat. But I was okay with doing it that way because then I knew EXACTLY how much he was eating. I always made sure he ate at least 5 crickets and 5 fruit flies before I shut off the lights. I always left a few feeders in the tank hoping they would make it back over to him later, 75% of the time they were eaten by morning. So, my suggestion is if you don't want to take the time and effort that I did, get a smaller tank (5 gallon) until he gets bigger and can hunt down the feeders or some people take their frogs out and feed them in a small feeder container and then when they are done put them back in their enclosure (I would not do this myself, as I would think it would cause the animal to be stressed). Does that help?

[Rocko]

Yes thank you, mine unfortunately does snatch up the extras while I sleep, so I think I may put it into a smaller enclosure.