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I have kept red eyed tree frogs for several years. I just recently switched from a very sparse terarium to a nie jungle, half water/ half land setup. The only problem I'm having is that the crickets I throw in seem to drown a lot. Sometimes more drown than get eaten. Does anyone have a solution? Thanks.

What do you have in the water end in the way of places to climb out? You'll need lots of things for the frogs to grab onto and it will also help in the way of drown crickets. Large piles of river rocks, branches, drift wood, plants (pothos grow great in water!)

Hope this helps!
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Heather
Dozer & ZeroCool

I have a nice gentle slope, with plenty of plants and rocks for frogs and crickets to climb out on. It just seems that the crickets are really stupid. I used to have several dead crickets, each feeding time, when I used a water bowl, but now that the water area is much bigger, I have lots more dead crickets. Maybe I just happen to have a depressed bunch, that are suicidal.

Yeah, crickets aren't really big thinkers LOL When I had a tank set up for Leo frogs I noticed that the ammount of crickets in the water dropped A LOT after I planted some ivy and pothos along the edge of the land. They would get to the line of plants and turn around rather than walk right into the water to a soggy death.
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Heather
Dozer & ZeroCool

Well, that's not really a natural RETF set-up since they pretty much live in the canopy of the rainforest, so I'd ditch the water altoghether. What I've done in two of my tanks, including my RETF tank, and works great is use an elevated water source. I put a wire around the water dishes and attached it to the top of the tank so I can change the water easier, but it also keeps the crickets out. The frogs have no problems finding it, RETFs are especially good at this, and it looks pretty nice since I can keep the tank lusher and more *wild* now.
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