Frog night light? I want to see them, but not disturb them.

[Kurt]

How think is the the substrate? You can also get a ceremic heater, which will screw into just about any incandescent light fixture. A dome, clamp-on light will work for this.

[Amphibians]

I use a Red bulb for heat and leave it on all night, red isnt supposed to disturb them at nightime, and keeps it from getting too cold. You should prolly raise the daytime temp to the 80+ region thats a bit cold for a whites tree frog.

[Trohr]

How think is the the substrate? You can also get a ceremic heater, which will screw into just about any incandescent light fixture. A dome, clamp-on light will work for this.

The substrate is about an inch and a half in most places. I need to give the whole thing a cleaning in a bit so I'll experiment with having a very thick area where the frogs can go to cool off, and a very thin area (maybe nothing but sphagnum moss) where it will be nice and toasty. If worse comes to worse I'll try a ceramic heater.

I might not get another top though- I propped the little access door on the top open a few centimeters with a pen, and put a weight on top.... Let it sit for about 30 minutes, and all condensation is gone. Temperature is hovering around 65-70, and Humidity is still 50%.

Might have done the trick~

Thanks for the input. I want my frogs to be as happy as can be :]

[Mattiez]

I've never kept whites, but 65 is definitely in the dangerously low end if they stay that way for extended periods of time. Also, are the woodchips small enough to fit in their mouths? If so, they pose a great risk for impaction. Even if they're generally big, they may break and some of the smaller pieces may be ingested. Perhaps switch to coco dirt?

[John]

I've never kept whites, but 65 is definitely in the dangerously low end if they stay that way for extended periods of time.

That's a very interesting statement to make. If you've never kept White's Tree Frogs, how do you know that "65 is definitely in the dangerously low end" ?