I have decided

[j3000]

Well I was up to 2:00 am reading everything I could find on White tree frogs and I decided they are the ones for me they have a good lifespan with makes paying 20-40 dollars a frog worth the investment. Plus they are very forgiving if I make a mistake. And the fact that they have a wide variety of food that I could feed them makes it easier for me to find food for them considering it is a 2 hour drive to the nearest pet store. And taking care of the Terrarium I want to build will make it easier for me to clean considering I have a mobility problem.

I also want to thank all of you, for your help and I want to add I have been on other frog forums and I have to say you guys and girls are the best people I have ever met. And I hope someday I can met you all personaly so I can thank you face to face.

And could I see some of your whites set up so I can have a idea how to set up my Terrarium.

Thank you all, Jason

[bshmerlie]

The Whites tree frog is a very good choice. There are many members here who keep them. Have you had a chance to go through the photo gallery? Look at vertically oriented tanks with a lot of branches and large leafed plants. They are a large tree frog so stay away from delicate plants. They like to perch up high so give them as many places that they can climb to as you can. Purchase a captive bred frog only from a reputable breeder. Avoid the big box chain pet stores. By doing this you may have to pay a little more for the frog but you're more likely to start off with a healthy frog which will save you a lot of heart ache and money in treating a sick frog. Let us know when you get one and post pictures. Welcome to the addiction.

[clownonfire]

Well I was up to 2:00 am reading everything I could find on White tree frogs and I decided they are the ones for me they have a good lifespan with makes paying 20-40 dollars a frog worth the investment. Plus they are very forgiving if I make a mistake. And the fact that they have a wide variety of food that I could feed them makes it easier for me to find food for them considering it is a 2 hour drive to the nearest pet store. And taking care of the Terrarium I want to build will make it easier for me to clean considering I have a mobility problem.

I also want to thank all of you, for your help and I want to add I have been on other frog forums and I have to say you guys and girls are the best people I have ever met. And I hope someday I can met you all personaly so I can thank you face to face.

And could I see some of your whites set up so I can have a idea how to set up my Terrarium.

Thank you all, Jason

Jason, so happy you and your wife made a choice! It seems like both of you read a lot before making that final decision. Enjoy your Whites!!

[Leefrogs]

I cannot post a thumb nail, sorry, but u can check my alblum to see my slightly over-planted viv. I use votive containers, bansai pots, and a square bowl for plant pots. I put 2 inches of rock, coco fiber, and moss over that. Since my one WTF seems to get a mouth full of moss everytime he eats, I have siliconed pebble together to cover the moss. But I did all that to bring floor level up to pot ledge, not required really, just for looks. My stick is aged and like driftwood almost, no bark and from outside. Bake for an hour at 200 deg and u can save$ and have a more genuine look to viv. I also used shelf mushrooms off of birch trees , if u plan on using silicone for anything, let it dry 2 days before putting frogs in. Work on your viv for a month, set it up, balance temp, humidity and plants. Common house plants work fine as long as they're not sharp or toxic, so clippings from garden or friends plants work well. I find small plants at the florists or from Walmart keeping that part under 20$. Wash your roots and leaves, re-pot in coco fiber as moss is too soggy. Tough plants that need less attention, jade tree, mother in laws, and bamboo, and spider plant. Goof luck and have fun. Keep us posted!!!

[j3000]

I love the look of your enclosure I finaly figured out how to get to your invidual photo album and that is the look I am looking for I basically wanted it to look like I walked out in the forest and saw this frog and sliced out a peice of earth and brought it into my home I want people to look at it and see this beutiful forest display then say oh my god there are frogs in here. I want the frogs to be this beautiful surprise.

And don't worry about me putting frogs in there right away. We have alot of painting to do first in the living room and the color scheme will match the terrarium and I don't want the fumes from the paint hurting the frogs in fact I am boarding all our pets before we paint. Just for that reason.

Also we are still in our winter months here Northern Michigan and I don't want to risk transporting animals during these months so it will give me alot of time to get everything together first. And trust me I will have a tone more posts before I am done I want to Know everything before I get myelf into anything. Before we got our first daschund me and my wife spent a year reaserching them knowing what the risk are Knowing what kind of problems we might have and how much will it costs to take care of those problems. It is a O.C.D of mine..

[Leefrogs]

cool, you're up in my neighborhood, we have sol much from nature we can use. Almost all hardwoods are safe if completly dried, and sanitized, 3 varieties of mushrooms that grow on birch, all shelf mushrooms are eddible, if yr starving?!?! LOL!! U can probably find a nice drift wood some where, looks nice and a great hide!!! I think u can pick them if they're beached, but not submerged in water, check your local laws. Moss doesn't hold up long because it's variety needs a frozen spell, but moss that's on a stick (after baked) will grow back slowly, and don't forget to pick some nice beach rock, as they love to cool themselves before swimming. Kernit and lump have a marble ball from a fountain and a old cue ball. They perch on these every night.
I am going to do moss on a screen for a bottom, as soon as greenhouses open, maybe a couple kinds of Spanish moss. I'm going to be able to lift out moss sheet to clean. Also, I know what it's like to have physical problems, mine is arms and hands, and I find whites low maintanance, pick up poops 2x a week, and wipe down favorite perches 1x a week, and change water ev day. I use a turkey baister, so I'm not fumbling around with the big bowl, paper towel wipe up, and viniger water mix to spray it out 1x a week. Viniger competely evaporates and kills germs and bacteria. I did my first cleaning after 2 months, took hours, but was suprised I can go maybe 4 months between full cleaning. But I have allot of plants and rock.

I can't wait to see what u do

[j3000]

I live at the tip of the mitt. So Iam surronded by forest and lakes etc. And my physical problems are with my eyes. that is why I can't drive I am legally Blind but functionally blind. The number one problem I have is that the way my eyes are they scramble info to my brain. The result is that I have dizzy spells that may last a few seconds to several days. I have fallen more times then I can count.

[Leefrogs]

Vertigo, ya my cuz got hit in head with a tree, same problem, but he can see, brains all mixed up though!!! LOL. Frogs are native american animal of re-birth, and healing. We could both use some of that!

[j3000]

Well I have been threw 5 eye surgies I finaly lost all my sight in my right eye.. What happened was that about two years ago a week before christmas I had a seizure That erased 6 months of that year. My father passed away at that time and also I had a cousin that died in a car accident. I had to relive those death again it was the first time ever I swore at my mother because I didn't beleive her until my family took me to the grave site.

[Leefrogs]

wow , rough. And soo much at once. You deserve some happiness. and a few laughs...

[DonLisk]

Vertigo is so tough. Had for two months after a motorcycle accident and then almost two months after laying on a couch, I walk out of my motorcycle trailer and trp over a guide wire and re break my collar bone.
No Fun

When planting you viv, remember to not use anything fertilized, and rinse you plants off well.
You will love the Whites. Have 4 here :-)

[Kisa]

Like Ginger said, frogs are great for healing. Not only do you get to experience what it's like caring for a new pet and have fun learning all the things you need to know, but you gain companions. And all frogs, especially White's, have wonderful and distinct personalities. Some people are misinformed and will call frogs as pets "boring" when it fact they are more fun that I could have ever imagined. Setting up a viv and caring for the animals you choose, it's like experiencing motherhood on a smaller scale. I know that may sounds dramatic, but that's the way I think of it. Once you start collecting frogs, you're not going to stop, the hobby literally becomes and addiction. XD

I got my first frog, Bruce Campbell (White's Tree Frog) in December of this year, picked up a baby white's yesterday whom I christened Bruce Wayne and have ordered two more frogs (Phyllomedusa Tomopterna) today from Mike Novy, they should be coming by the end of next week. And I haven't even started researching dart frogs yet. >> By the time I'm done my room is going to be a menagerie of frogs, I'll probably start having to charge admission. XD

I'm glad you decided on white's, I hope you get everything out of owning them that I and others on this forum have. ^ ^ Best of luck.

[Leefrogs]

Kisa, are those the blue tiger legs? Omg!! I'm very envious!