White specks on White's tree frog

[amisbeef]

The white spots which are more like bumps aren't normal in Litoria caerula at all and if found should be cause for concern, but these bumped white spots are completely normal in Agalychnis callidryas and the species sometimes known as Rhacophorus bipunctatus

[Sierra]

Yeah, the lady that brought them in couldn't get the humidity right in their house, so the petstore wasn't very prepared for them. They were only there two days because I went there and bought them. I know what you mean about wanting to buy them all to save them! One day :P haha. I wish people could be more informed about their care.
The spots are really tiny, smaller than the tip of a ballpoint pen. He sure does eat though!

[amisbeef]

What are the conditions like at pets bought from like Petsmart and Petco..? I always hear people talk about these stores, but as I'm from England I have no idea. Are the tanks big? and how many animals do they have per tank?

We don't really have any huge chaine pet stores over here.. apart from Pets at home which only had Leopard Geckos and Bearded Dragons.. no frogs! So if you want to get a frog, you have to find a breeder, or go to the small chain reptile shops. Some are great, but when I moved up to University I was stuck with a Reptile shop which keeps their animals in exo terra standard vivariums, the small plastic ones! 10 inches long and 7 inches high! My most recent White's I'd certainly say I rescued.. He's a big 4 inch frog, quite skinny and had been there for atleast 5 months in that tiny viv!

So, yes, I was just wondering what the conditions of these stores are like?

[Leefrogs]

Each state has it's own regulations for furry animals. Very few states have regulations fir rep/ amphibians. Maybe Cali, I don't know. But wisconsin has nothing for them, like cold blooded animals don't have feelings or something. I got my 2 whites out of a shoe box size cage with 2 others in there. Desert for hummidity and a bowl big enough for 1 frog. Not exadurating that much, like a 7 gal, flat tank.

[amisbeef]

Wow, I thought the conditions I got my big Amos from was bad! Atleast he had the right humidity! Although it was a bare tank and he had a dish he couldn't even fit in, so upsetting to see stuff like this happening.

[Leefrogs]

ya, I had done so much study and getting prepared for 2 months first. Hard to explain, I was suprising my son for chistmas, so I setup way early so he'd be sick of looking at an empty cage and wouldn't check it in dec. I had also been checking frogs at store every time I got more supplies, kermit had arrived at the store nice and green, two weeks later he was brown. Major stress. All frogs 21/2 and3 inches, and spent entire lives being shipped from chain to chain. Big cities can get whites at one inch, and by time they get up here they're grown. Could be full grown and just stunted. They couldn't even tell me how old they were. So a month after I get them home, I drove 2 hours to get crix, and frogs were gone. They said they sold, but I suspect they died. I'd watched those frogs for two months, no sales then. But I hope sum1 got them for Xmas. But doubtfull. Chains aren't that bad in big cities cuz they sell quick. But up here, it's sad.

[Kisa]

All the Petsmarts and Petcos around here are the same, tiny cages with no room for the animals, improper husbandry, and employees who aren't trained to care for animals like frogs and geckos.

They all have the same setup, two lines of four small tanks (I'd say between 5 and 7 gallons, but no way it was a 10) for the smaller animals, then at the bottom they have two larger tanks side by side and at the very bottom they have a large tank for red eared sliders. Every Petsmart I've ever been in has this setup, with frogs, anoles and small lizards in the top two rows, juvenile snakes in the third row and one or two turtles in the bottom tank. The animals that they can't fit out for display go in the back room to sit in a reptile carrier surrounded by dozens of other animals that have different heating/lighting requirements all packed into one small room. That's where I found my Bruce, sandwiched between some snakes and other lizards that I couldn't identify.

And Prehistoric Pets is no better (that's a small exotics store down the street from where I live, not a chain so you'd expect better housing). They have WAAAAY too many animals for the space they're using, like I said before in a different forum they had a box turtle in a tank so small it couldn't even turn around! They had four or five fire-bellies in a tank that I wouldn't feel right making Bruce live in by himself.

Around here (so cal) buying any exotics, chain store or not, is like saving them.