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I bought my RETF about a month ago at a pretty well known pet store (That Pet Place). They didn't tell me anything was wrong with the frog at the moment. I am well aware that they take awhile to settle in, but hes slightly over the limit for eating as far as I've read. His tank has branches all the way across the top and some Croton plants (fake) tangled through them. He's got plenty of cover, although he doesn't use it. He spends most of his time on the glass curled up. I keep his tank extremely humid with daily mistings and a fogger. The temperatures and humidity is perfect. I also have a Banana Tree Frog in a 10 gallon tank. He is being kept in the exact same conditions without a problem.

Setup:

- 55 Gallon Aquarium
- Bed-a-Beast substrate
- Baked branches at 400F for 15 minutes to remove parasites/bacteria for his arboreal needs
- Gradient hot to cool setup
- Day bulb/lamp for heat, night time viewing bulb/lamp for heat
- Shallow water bowl with objects in it incase he fell into it and had to climb out
- 3 large fake Croton plants tangled between all the branches
- Cover over my mesh lid to help keep in humidity
- Sheet over the glass of the 55 gal. to make sure he doesn't see movement and stress out

Any help would be appreciated. I'm including more pictures on a separate post after this one if you'd like to see them.

So far I can only think that his cage is too big for him, and that I need to section it off until he is used to it.

And while on the topic, I'm am not 100% sure he hasn't ate yet, it's just a well educated guess from monitoring him.

Thanks,
Sean

cute froggie!! Well I'm sure after a month your frog has eaten.
I also have my 4 red eyed tree frogs in a large tank...(70 gallon tall) and at first I was all freaked out that they were not waking up and eating...la la la...
BUT the smallest one (whom we named Starvin Marvin cause he was super tiny when we got him) He is now as Huge as everyone else so somehow they are eating fine. It took a good month or so until they really settled. Now ...10pm, lights turned to night lights and like clockwork they are up eating (or at least hunting)
I found that it also helps to give them a really good mist right before lights out as they tend to wake up a bit quicker.
Good luck with your evil kermit frog...