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This night, I saw my poor frog Frodo curled up on his plant all lonely staring out into my room. So I decided to get another White's.

2 questions:

1. How loud is a male WTF's call?
2. How long should I quarintine my new white's.

I do not personally have a White's but I do hear that their call is quite loud. As for the quarentine, most say about 3 months. You can always have a vet do a fecal test to rule out parasites sooner, but you really don't want to put them together sooner than 2 months. This will give you time to watch the newbie, see how they eat, make sure that their feces is "normal" learn their little quirks and feel secure in the fact that they are healthy before introducing them.
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Heather
Dozer & ZeroCool

Really? 3 months? I recently got a second White’s at a show, and I am only planning on quarantining him for 1 or 1.5 months. If the frog is captive bred, and is behaving normally for the length of the quarantine I don’t see any reason to quarantine that long.
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0.0.5 Blue Dendrobates Auratus
3.2.1 African Dwarf Frogs (Hymenochirus boettgeri)
2.2.0 Asian Floating Frogs (Occidozyga Lima)
1.1.0 White's Tree Frog (Litoria caerulea)

I think the reason most say 3 months is because if the frog is young some parasites don't show symptoms right away. 3 months gives the frog time to grow and to ensure that there aren't any dorment illnesses.
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Heather
Dozer & ZeroCool

Well, first of all your frog is not lonely. Whites are not social creatures, they do not seek out the company of others. When you introduce the new frog, you wont see the two of them interacting with each other, and then one day you might decide the two of them look lonely. It's a cycle...thats how I ended up with so many when I first started. I agree that it wont hurt the new frog to be in quarantine for an exended period of time. Just make sure that the two of them are very close in size to prevent one from trying to eat the other. Their calls are not that loud, of course it all depends on how many you have a room. Two wont wake you from a sound sleep IMO. What size enclosure do you have, by the way? How big is your current Whites?
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*~~Whitney~~*

There are two types of people in this world, good and bad. The good sleep better, but the bad seem to enjoy the waking hours much more.

I have him in a thirty gallon tank. He is about three inches.

The reason I worry about the call, is when I had horn frogs, thier call was so loud it kept me awake at night. It was so loud you can hear it from outside and my window was vibrating. I know frogs aren't really social, but it wouldn't hurt to get him a tank mate, so at least he gets to see another frog in his life. Also, with my fire bellied toads, they seem to enjoy the accompany of each other. They are in a 29 gallon, and the are always huddled together.