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My Milky Cave Tree Frog

hireinnaa_Y Nov 04, 2003 07:07 PM

It seems they arn't much different from most tree frogs. Cept with mine I gave him a ceramic pot to hide under, and he doesn't go underneath it, I propped it up with a couple of rocks, it must be to low or something, or he just hasn't figured it out. Somtimes he just hides under leaves and things durrying the day. This is my first tree frog, but from what I read I think that mine is smaller than a white's. He (Moses) realy likes his stuff that he climbs on to be tall and slim (are most tree frogs like that?). And I only keep the water dishes rather shallow, quater of an inch if even, cause he doesn't seem to like them if they are any deeper.

Like I said this is my first one (of any kind of tree frog), I think they're realy cool. I realy like to watch him climb around on stuff, and jump from leaf leaf.

Oh, does any one know, do they realy come from caves? They seem to like plants aufel well.

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andersonii85 Nov 05, 2003 01:19 PM

They are not always found in caves, but they did get this common name due to the fact that they can often be found in caves during the dry season. I have also read ( my spanish isn't really good) that they tend to retreat to caves during the warmest parts of the day.
I have a cork bark curl placed in the tank with mine and they all seem to hide in there almost all of the time except for at night when they are most active. I have the cork curl mounted vertically....resembles a hollow log.
Well, Good luck with your first tree frog! You picked a kind of hard one to keep since the info on them is difficult to find and translate, but I'm sure you'll do fine.
Enjoy!
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Justin
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