White's Tree Frog Questions

[Kurt]

Is it secure?

[Tom Highum]

well i don't really know i haven't changed it since i bought it. Its one of the zoo med ones with a front opening door and a screen top.

[Kurt]

If the doors lock and the top is secure, I would think the likelyhood of escape is slim.

[Archeopterix]

I had the locking screen lid, I think he was using some kind of froggie juju to get out. I even had it taped. It was weeeeird.

[Tom Highum]

Frogie juju

[Kurt]

I have never had a frog escape. Snakes, yes, but never frogs.

[into]

I had the locking screen lid, I think he was using some kind of froggie juju to get out. I even had it taped. It was weeeeird.

I watched one of mine escape last week and let her get away with it so I could see how she did it. She used her head and hands to pull the screen back enough to flatten her body and push her head through the small opening. I didn't realize they could be that FLAT. She got through unharmed and wasn't too happy to see me waiting for her on the other side to put her back in.

I am getting a new proper home for them.

[Kurt]

That shows some intelligence on their part.

[Tom Highum]

I have found them to be quite intelligent.

[Ra]

to expand on the question of temparature and lighting, would a 60 watt incandescent plant bulb be to bright for the frog, or should a red bulb be used instead?

[Kurt]

to expand on the question of temparature and lighting, would a 60 watt incandescent plant bulb be to bright for the frog, or should a red bulb be used instead?

Depends on the size of the enclosure. In a ten-gallon tank, a 60 watt incandescent bulb will cook whatever lives in it.

[Ra]

Depends on the size of the enclosure. In a ten-gallon tank, a 60 watt incandescent bulb will cook whatever lives in it.

I'm housing my White's Tree Frog in a 25 gallon tall terrarium (for now) and as the warm season closes up I need to get a good heat source going for the tank. I need something that will bring the temparature about 5 to 8 degrees higher,

[Crystal6]

Is it okay to keep 2 white's in one 20gallon? *mentally preparing myself for if I decide to get a second one*

[Kurt]

Is it okay to keep 2 white's in one 20gallon? *mentally preparing myself for if I decide to get a second one*

Its probably ok in a twenty high or extra high, A twenty long, not so much.

[into]

Is it okay to keep 2 white's in one 20gallon? *mentally preparing myself for if I decide to get a second one*

I recently put 2 in a 20 gallon and it didn't go well. I had to upgrade. Of course now they are in a tank that's almost twice the size and they both want out... maybe it's because it's their first night and everything seems new to them or maybe it's the thunder storm. But I would say 30 is better for 2.

[Kurt]

Thas what mine are in.

[Crystal6]

I have realized the impractical nature of feeding a pet frog crickets every single day. (crickets get stressed out easy and don't like to eat when you just moved them)

Thus: Would 3 every two days be okay? (For 1)

[Kurt]

I'm housing my White's Tree Frog in a 25 gallon tall terrarium (for now) and as the warm season closes up I need to get a good heat source going for the tank. I need something that will bring the temparature about 5 to 8 degrees higher,

Just be real careful and monitor it vigilantly.