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I am pretty sure what I found in the water bowl yesterday was eggs from my Cope's Grey Tree Frogs! I am very excited. The male, Star, has been in the water bowl in the mornings and evenings for the last few weeks calling, which is how I know they are Cope's and not the other grey tree frogs. Lily had been watching him closely when he was calling and sitting in the water looking like he had hiccups. I guess while I was away, Lily laid eggs.

I took one out and looked at it under the stereoscope and it was gooey/gelatinous tannish-brown with a dark spot in the center. From a distance, it looked a cream color and I thought it was mold or something, even though the water was fresh.

Anyway, neither of them sat in the water yesterday. I am wondering if I should move them out. I wasn't sure what they would look like, but I found some old pictures posted here that looked like them, so it could be. I have another small container I could use and I read the posts about how much water and how to treat the water. I just don't know when to move them or if I should leave them alone and see what happens.

I am gone all day and I don't want something to happen to them. Most of the information already posted pertained to other types of tree frogs so if anyone knows what to do with grey tree frog eggs, I would appreciate any advice.

Thank you, Diane

>>Anyway, neither of them sat in the water yesterday. I am wondering if I should move them out. I wasn't sure what they would look like, but I found some old pictures posted here that looked like them, so it could be. I have another small container I could use and I read the posts about how much water and how to treat the water. I just don't know when to move them or if I should leave them alone and see what happens.
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>>I am gone all day and I don't want something to happen to them. Most of the information already posted pertained to other types of tree frogs so if anyone knows what to do with grey tree frog eggs, I would appreciate any advice.

You should put the eggs into another container. A small bowl would suffice for the time being. I kept mine in a dish that held like 2-3 cups of water. Don't need anything fancy. Change the water in the bowl once a day. You can use an old gallon container to store pre-treated water to keep on hand to use. Any standard dechlorinator from a pet store will suffice to use to treat the tap water. I normally treat the water and let it sit overnight before i start using any of it.

Keep an eye on the eggs. Good (fertile) eggs will develope black centers. Bad eggs, the centers will remain an all white or ugly/fuzzy gray. Sometimes eggs that are half and half in color can go either way so you just keep an eye on them until they finally decide which color to lean towards.

When I raised mine a few years ago, i found having a very fine mesh kitchen strainer worked well to pour the contents of the bowl into when cleaning.... would keep me from accidentally letting any eggs (or tiny tadpoles) from going down the drain.

If any of the eggs survive to hatch into tadpoles, you will eventually need to start changing the water after every feeding (2-3 times a day). Once the babies get too big for the bowl, then you can think about moving them to something larger. I normally fed mine broken up algae wafers.... start with a tiny piece and work your way up. If there is food left over then you know you gave too much.. if the food is gone fast you probably aren't giving enough. I would feed twice a day.

Once the tadpoles start developing legs, then you need to make sure they are in a secure lidded enclosure to keep them from climbing out and getting lost.
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PHWyvern

There are alot of breeders on talkto.thefrog.org and you may want to post over there for this one. This forum runs alot slower and with eggs you will need to move quickly.

Good luck!