My Owonake Flying Frogs

[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.