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hey guys!

today i went to a church picnic in the diamond bar area of southern california, and i was showing kids how to catch frogs and crawfish. i ended up keeping two of the frogs i had and now they are in a fish bowl with a rock to climb on and an artificial plant. i also put a screen over the top of it.

i looked up some info online (that is how i found out what they are) but most of the info only talked about where they came from and what they looked like

i have no idea how to properly care for these frogs, but i will do everything in my power to give them a happy life

it all comes down to these questions:

what should i feed these two?

what kind of habitat should i keep them in? (cuz i assume the fish bowl isnt good enough, i only meant it to be temp anyway)

is there anything else i can do to assure a long and healthy life?

thanks! i stuck a pic of the set up on here

Basicly anything you find on a google search for "green tree frog" will be correct for a pacific tree frog. I would set up at leat a 10 gallon tank, with a nice shallow waterdish, natural floor, mabe with bed-a-best on top, and lots of climbing branches! you can feed them medium/small crickets, as many as they will eat in 15-30 min, or enough to keep them a steady weight. although you will have people telling you to set them free, now thats you've taken them out of the natural enviroment at this time of year it would be very difficult for them to get used to the cold again, and to hibernate properly. the best bet for the well being of your little guys would be to try to keep them living "naturally" (set them up inside just like where you found them, keep the temps low) untill the spring then relses them back where you found them.
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ok thanks so much...

but one thing..

these guys are really small

they aren't even 1/2 and inch! will they be able to eat cricket? and i found them (as well as a bunch of others) in the water of the creek, but they should only have a dish as a water source?

thanks for your help!

Yeah, i have two of the little guys also from my yard as they are EVERYWHERE!!! They can be really interesting little pets. I think they will be fine if you can get some real small crickets. Ill get yelled at for saying this, but mine actually eat crickets about half the size of them!!! I dont normally do that, though i had to when i first got them because they were small. Anyways i have my two in a ten gallon with a 40 watt bulb over one end. I have spaghnum moss on the bottom and some rocks and plants(fake and real). They also have a little coconut hut. I just use a little dish also. Assuming you're new to frogs, once or twice a week dust the crickets with calcium/vitamin supplement specifically for reptiles and amphibians so you know. Also mine are out night and day(sometimes at night, sometimes at day) and one is very curious and brave while the other is a bit shyer and hides more. They often will sit out, and the most entertaining part of them is their feeding habits. They lunge out at their crickets, but before they do, they sometimes twitch their back toes!! Its hilarious. Ask if you need more help, you may decide to keep them instead of letting them go.
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Paullywog

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Hi there,

If I might throw in my two cents,
if you have aphids in your yard, and you don't use
pesticides the little Treefrogs will eat them as if there was no tomorrow. They grow rather quickly, so if you can get pinhead crix, those work also. As they get a little bigger,
you can find bugs at your porchlight at night, ie. Lacewings, small beetles, termites, small spiders, moths, mosquitos (I've actually never tried this, but it would make sense) just think small. They say not to feed a frog any bug that is bigger than the space between its eyes, but lord knows they will try. =)
I have raised a few Pacifics from tadpoles to hefty old adults who lived about five years, and as they grow, feeding becomes less of an issue in the sense of what is too big. heh. Well, there it is.... I hope your frogs thrive.

Talk to you all soon,

-Phil