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I am the proud momma of three WTF that are about 8 mo. to a year old. i have had them now for about a month and half and i have loved every minute. i have only owned leopard frogs before, so this is my first time with tree froggies. Anyhow, i have one little guy (well, i think little gal because she relatively large...not enough to consume the others, but bigger...and i haven't heard a peep from her like the other two)who has been acting very out of white's character.
When she wakes up in the evening, usually around 7-ish, she is very active. she spends about an hour circling the walls of the tank and will spend about another half an hour digging up the front edge of the tank, where the panel comes off, like she is trying to get out. The tank is about 18"Lx18"Wx24"H and was a variety of hanging pothos, logs,and bamboo twigs to play on. also, when we feed them or clean them at night, we will take them out to hold or stretch the legs for a while, but she still seems very anxious to get back out.
I guess my question would be if there is something to do, like build a froggy "play pen" or get a bigger tank or put more climbing objects in the tank. breaks my heart to hear the little bugger trying to scratch her way out, and i am affraid shes going to end up hurting herself because she gets so frantic about getting out. There needs to be a frog hampster ball.

I felt a sence of deja-vu in reading this post - I think all tree frog owners go through this - I don't know if there is a cure - We've got a bunch of WGTFs (7) and have had them now for arround 3 years in an enclosure which is 770mm X 770mm X 1050 mm (30inch X 30 inch X 41.3 inch) and they still spend some of thier evening testing the edges off the roof looking for a way out - others will try to burrow through the edges of the earth/glass junctions. In fact Jeffery got his lastname of 'Frogbottom' due to the fact that this is the bit you see most often looking from the front of the enclosure - Jeffery's Frogbottom as he trys to get out through the triangular opening in the top. Also the best reference book I have on Frogs (called simply 'FRogs' by Michael J Tyler (Collins ISBN: 0 00 2164507)) mentions that despite all the efforts of Hepatologists to setup elaborate vivariums their charges (frogs) tend to spend most of their time in the top 2 inches trying to get out! - So I think It's a global problem. I'm planning to add a second story to our enclosure to take it to 1540 mm high (60.6 inchs) to see if that changes anything - but I think it's a normal thing for them to test the limits of their environment and is not an indication of distress or even so much a need to get out. This I feel is confirmed when I open the top and let them climb out - they rarely try to go anywere - but simply sit on the rim and look arround. I hope this makes you feel better - get the book - I highly recommend it for many reasons.

4 2 1 (litoria Caerulea)
2 0 0 (litoria Aurea)
2 2 5 (Limnodynastes Tasmaniensis)
2 2 0 (Limnodynastes Fletcher)
2 ? ? (Limnodynastes Interioris) (not enclosed)
1 1 0 (Homosapien caucasious)

Thanks, mel. i guess i am an overly nervous first-time WTF frogmomma. i spent a lot of time doing all of the research to set of their home just right and the other two seem to have no qualms about staying in it, just my one little girl. as i said, i wish there was such thing as a frog hampster ball.