I've had my Gray Tree Frog (Paddy) for a week now and she already went through a major growth spurt! She appears to be a happy healthy frog

Now for the questions...

Substrate - I have coco husk substrate in the bottom of her tank. She hates it. She doesn't even like jumping on it to catch crickets, when she has to, then she sits and cleans herself and acts all irritated. I had moss in there originally and that didn't bother her, but I was worried about impaction so I ditched it. Is there anything else I can do for substrate that wont bother her as much?

Feeding - How much is she supposed to be eating? I feed her 3 crickets a day and she gobbles them up right away. Should I be giving her more if she's so eager to eat them? Or am I overfeeding her?
- What types of food other than crickets would offer her a nutritional benefit? I know they are supposed to have a variety, but I read mealworms are pretty nutritionally lacking in benefit, is there something better?

Lighting - I have whatever light came with my Zilla tropical habitat set up -

  • 5.5" reflector dome
  • Day blue light bulb

Is that what I should be using? Also, the light rests directly on the screen, it gets pretty warm, as of so far, she has never gotten near it, but could that burn her? How would I fix that?

Heat - She has a heat pad (from the zilla habitat set up that I got) And it does NOT want to stay stuck to her tank! I have taped it on, but the tape warms up and unsticks from the heat pad and it falls back off. Is there a better heatpad that will stay stuck on? Or a diff type of heat source that would work for her? I know frogs are sensitive to heaters.

Climbing - So far I have not seen her do any climbing. I had one of those bendable branches in there and I figure that must not have been stable enough for her, so I put a zoo med twisty vine in there as it is thicker and much more stable..and I still don't notice her doing any climbing. She just sits on top of her log hideaway that I bought.

Reptocal - She hates it. When I coat the crickets she snaps them up and spits them back out. Eventually through the night she will get hungry enough to eat them and they'll be gone by morning, but she very much dislikes it. Also on that subject, how often should I use the reptocal? So far I've only done it once in the 8 days that I've had her.

I think that's all for now! I have not take a pic of her habitat as I've changed the set up, but I can show you the first ones I took if you'd like to get a better idea of what's going on.