Amazon Milk Frog.

[CaptainMorgantown]

Hi everyone!

Last weekend I impulsively bought an Amazon Milk Frog because I had a spare tank, and I don't really know a lot about them. The things that I have found online have been really conflicting (difficulty of keeping the species ranging from very difficult to beginner level), and I just wanted some information from someone that keeps them. I have a very small baby, and I have him in a little 8x8 tank until he gets bigger, then I have a 10 gallon waiting for him. So far he is eating very well, I feed him once every other day. The thing that is bothering me is that he doesn't move that much, even at night. If I ever have to take him out of the tank, when I put him back, he won't move again. I stay awake really late, and watch him for a bit at night, and he still doesn't move. Although, after I got done feeding him today, he did climb up and sit in the top corner of the tank. Anyway, should I be concerned, or are they just really inactive?

Oh, and here is a picture of him when I first got him. His name is Moot

[bshmerlie]

8x8 is really small and doesn't leave much room to move around in. He may have figured out there's no where to go. Also if they feel exposed they wont move at all for fear of being eaten. I have found the more densely planted the tank is the more frogs will move around. Fully plant your 10 gallon and get him in there. Remember they do get pretty large so he may eventually prefer a larger tank. Besides how can you have just one they're such beautiful frogs.

[bshmerlie]

Also if he is a baby I would feed a little every day.

[CaptainMorgantown]

I do have plants in there for him, and, although fake, do their job. When he does move, he does hide underneath them or goes into the water dish. I do realize that an 8x8 is small, but he is also less than an inch big, and the lady I got him from said that it should be no problem keeping him there as long as I move him when he starts growing, which i fully plan on doing.

Is there anything you could tell me about these frogs concerning their behavior? Are they actually hard to take care of?

[CaptainMorgantown]

Oh, the pictures that I put on there are him in the container I bought him in, not his actual tank.

[porkchop48]

IMHO they do not move a whole lot. At night when I feed mine they do actively hunt but they do not seem to just meander around. I feed mine nightly.

Milk frogs are pretty simple to take care of. Make sure he has a clean bowl of water and it is changed often. Live plants also work a little better than the fake ones, they help with humidity. I am just not a fan of the fake plants.

Glad to see a pic of him after he made it to his new home Steel city show?