Little Grey Tree Frog not growing!

[Rae]

Well my fingers are relatively short. But Sam is so tiny compared to Frodo the one in my avatar pic and Frodo has even grown since that pic was taken. Sam is about the length of Frodos butt to maybe neck if that. Frodo our adult male is probably 1.5 inches approx. and much plumpy. And Sam is maybe an inch. Im afraid hed still try and eat Sam am I over reacting?

imma try and find a ruler incase im off on measurements.

OK I remeasured with a ruler Frodo is just shy of 2 inches, and Sam is almost 1.25 inches.

[John]

I wouldn't worry. There's no absolute size requirement for these frogs. Are you sure Frodo is male?

[Rae]

Yes he calls all the time lol and loudly! I remeasured the frogs properly and reposted above on previous post. Both were on the glass so it was easy to measure butt to nose.

[Rae]

Ok im officially confused... going by size in the care sheets and other links I have read Frodo is a female.... but He calls all the time....

[LilyPad]

1.25 inches doesn't seem bad if it is a male gray tree frog. I don't think Leggy is much bigger than 1.25 inches. Paddy, my female, is a little over 2 inches and the other 2 females are somewhere in between.

[Rae]

So I should be 100% safe that Frodo wont try and eat Sam if I put them together? Sam 1.25... Frodo 2inches... and can a Female call I was told that was how I found out if Frodo was a male... he started calling so he was a male... am I wrong?

[UncleChester]

So I should be 100% safe that Frodo wont try and eat Sam if I put them together? Sam 1.25... Frodo 2inches... and can a Female call I was told that was how I found out if Frodo was a male... he started calling so he was a male... am I wrong?

I would NOT put them together at this point. I have 3 Grays, one is gimpy and 1.25", one is a male over 2" (who calls reliably), and a female who is 2.25". There's no way I'd put the small one in with the larger ones and the size difference is almost the same as yours. I'm pretty sure they could get the little one down if they tried hard and I'm pretty positive they'd at least try, which could never be good even if they don't succeed.


As mentioned, your little one might be nearly full grown, so you can't expect rapid changes visible to your eyes at this point. Keep measuring Sam as consistently as you can to track growth.


This brings up an issue though in how to accurately measure snout to vent length on a frog apart from eyeballing it with a ruler when the frog is on the glass. Is there a standard accepted approach?