White specks on White's tree frog

[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.

[Sierra]

Petco/petsmart is pretty bad I suppose, I have never really looked at their frogs before, but I've heard stories. The main problem is petstores don't really know how to care for them right or they can't afford or choose not to pay for the right supplies. Some also mix the species which I can't stand. When is that ever a good idea??

[wesleybrouwer]

The spots are completely normal , one frog gets them the other don't.
It is actually quit like with humans, they can be seen as birthmarks in human.

[Sissy Anne]

Petco/petsmart is pretty bad...

I got my White's from Petsmart, but he was a gift so he was already out of the enclosure when we went to pick him up. The "amphibian and reptile expert" advised me on a 100W bulb for a 10 gallon tank... that lasted about an hour. Not only was the temp up to 90 before I even got the frog in there but it melted my hood, which clearly stated no bulbs larger than 26W (which we already had set up, btw, and she insisted it wasn't good enough). Now I pay attention when I go. They have baby bearded dragons currently, which need a basking spot of 120 degrees.... yea, it's 85. Petco isn't much better, Unfortunately.

[horselover19918]

I got my White's from Petsmart, but he was a gift so he was already out of the enclosure when we went to pick him up. The "amphibian and reptile expert" advised me on a 100W bulb for a 10 gallon tank... that lasted about an hour. Not only was the temp up to 90 before I even got the frog in there but it melted my hood, which clearly stated no bulbs larger than 26W (which we already had set up, btw, and she insisted it wasn't good enough). Now I pay attention when I go. They have baby bearded dragons currently, which need a basking spot of 120 degrees.... yea, it's 85. Petco isn't much better, Unfortunately.

Petco and Petsmart are pretty bad when it comes to the size of the cages and how many frogs are kept in them at a time. I have seen them keep up to ten frogs in a cage smaller than a ten gallon. The Petco neat my apartment, though, keeps the humidity up and feeds the frogs. They could be kept in much bigger cages but they are doing their best with what they have.