Reed frog (Hyperoliidae) help

[passon13]

i'm not very familiar with these types of frogs but im my opinion, even though they live together in the wild does not mean they are compatible in captive care. The reason i think the one stopped eating was maybe because of competition? one can be a more agressive eater and starved the other one. i am by nomeans an expert, just my 2cents...
as far as rehab care. i cant help you there. good luck

[tgampper]

Hi Darryn:

There are a couple of reasons:

in the previous post, it was mentioned that there could be a compatibility problem, one frog may be out competing the other for food; or

an interesting behavior trait of H. marmoratus is that during the "dry season" it will reduce its metabolism by 50% of normal. The body color will lighten up to almost white and go off feed. You can read more about it here:

Channing, A. 2001. Amphibians of Central and Southern Africa. Ithaca and London: Comstock Publishing Associates - Cornell University Press.

Schmuck, R., K. Linsenmair. 1997. Regulation of body water balance in reedfrogs (superspecies Hyperolius viridiflavus and Hyperolius marmoratus: Amphibia, anura, hypeoliidae) living in unpredictably varying savannah environments. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, 118A (4): 1335-1352.

I hope it's not a compatibility issue, they would look great together!

[Buck Rogers]

Alas, it is a competitive issue. I separated the 2 of them and the 'bullied' one is eating perfectly again and doing great... so that means separate vivs. But on a good note then at least I can pimp out another viv:-) Whoop whoop!

Thanks for all the help guys :-)