Spring Peeper Advice?

[UncleChester]

I've never kept Peepers but love watching them in the wild.

I have found peepers at eye level in trees. Both calling during mating season from a tree and also in the fall just hanging out during the day, so they do use vertical space as well (I just saw one a couple of days ago about 3' off the ground on a Ligularia plant). Mostly I've found them on the ground, but this could be because they are easier to spot hopping about on the ground. The adults seem to be quite at home swimming in water as well, so I would expect a pond wouldn't go unused. The males do call while hanging on to grasses in or just above the water. By the way, have you heard a peeper call? It is loud. Like, real loud. Loud enough to discourage me from trying to keep a few of them, though I might cave one day because I find them so fascinating.

Anyway, good luck and keep us updated on how you get on with them. Like you say there isn't a whole lot on the web about them in captivity, so your first hand account would be interesting.

[LilyPad]

Thank you Brian. I did a lot of work tonight. I moved the toads into a new, bigger viv. I changed the substrate in the old toad viv and cleaned everything out really really good. Then I put in 4 big leafy plants and one short wide bromeliad. I have a small branch in there but I will get a bigger one in. Right now I have that small water dish but when they get bigger I will probably get them a jacuzzi like the tree frogs have.

I think I will get a blog going about how things are going with them so there is more out there for people who need advice starting out with them. Hopefully they will do well in captivity. I did hear the peepers when we were up north hanging out in the evening. They are LOUD but that doesn't bother me, they wont be in any bedrooms.