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I recently purchased a new GTP, it is 18", and housed in a 24"x20"x24" vivarium, with several plants, providing a good deal of ground cover.
My question is, i also have a Dendrobates azures froglet that I have in a temporary tank that I am in the midst of setting up a vivarium for, but am wondering about, at least for the time being, how compatible it would be with the GTP?
I know that ETB are compatible with dendrobates, and I saw at my local zoo (the Toledo Zoo), a GTP housed with a community of D. Azureus, however, they are much larger than my single frog currently is. I am curious to hear from anyone with experience with these two species, or even people with experience in general, and their opinions.

The vast majority of my chondros (in the evening) will strike at a moving shadow. I strongly belive those azureus would be snacks for chondros.

I always tell people "when it comes to chondro husbandry.. if you have to question yourself.. dont do it."
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Julian Garcia
Chondros Exquisite
Seattle,WA

I keep Emerald tree boas and dart frogs together with no problems but Green Tree Pythons eat frogs, lizards, insects and lots of other things. I would not put them together. Robin

Thank you, I have a few other questions I would love any advice you could give me. I've been reading about green tree pythons for a while now, and one thing no one seems to agree on is the ideal temperature what is your opinion? Currently My tank is about 85-88 degrees on his basking perch and 80-83 degrees at his lowest perch, during the day with an average temp drop of 4 degrees at night. Also, his first feeding is about due, I had read not to feed for the first five or so days and last night and tonight when the day bulb went out he quickly moved to the lowest branch and has been hanging his head above the ground scoping for movement. He is very active and seems comfortable in his tank. Do you think he will eat well if I move him to a feeding box like I do my other snakes, if so should it have perches? If not, is feeding him in his enclosure best? I plan on feeding him after lights out. Thanks for all your help.

I feed all my gtps in their enclosure after the sun goes down which is their trigger to go into feeding mode around here too.

Definitely sounds like your snake is ready for a meal. After feeding though, don't be surprised when it hangs down asking for another meal tomorrow night and the next and so on!!! Just feed one appropriately sized meal once a week and you baby will do fine. If it's a small neonate you can step up the meals to once every 5 days or so. The tiny guys have pretty quick metabolism and digest their small meals fairly quickly.

To answer your other question. People believe that if they feed their snake in another enclosure other than the one they are kept in this will avoid them mistaking your hand for prey. Though arguably you "trigger" the snakes feeding response anytime you take them out of their enclosures. Though that’s beyond the point.

While it can be done its much easier to feed chondros during the night. Chondros will often burry their heads in their coils when disturbed during the day time hours (it can be difficult to invoke a strike).

In short.. keep them in their enclosures and feed them at night.
You can also employ the same practice to your other boids... You'll find that they will readily adopt the same behavior.
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Julian Garcia
Chondros Exquisite
Seattle,WA