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I need help with a temporary housing issue for when my family and I move. Orginally, I had planned on shipping my two frogs, goldfish and golden geckos, but I've come to find out that my dad and brother will be driving down(from NY to TX) and plan on driving straight through the whole way and have agreed to take the 'kids' with them. The only problem is that they will be leaving on Monday, returning as soon as they get to TX, and I won't be down there till the following Sunday, which means that my frogs won't be able to get sprayed everyday.
Is there some sort of temporary housing, something like gravel with shallow water(mind you, they will NOT be fed at ALL in this setup and as soon as I get to the house, they will be moved back to their normal cage more then likely before _I_ have my bed setup :-D) or would they be ok with a large waterdish and ecoearth that has been drentched in water before my dad leaves to come back with the rest of us??

Thanks oodles for any advice!!
~Cro

I really think you should keep the frogs with you. Your dad may not know where to put it, it could be placed in direct sunlight, near something harful etc. Also it's so out of your control when it will be miles away from you for very long. I would just put it in one of those tiny plastic critter keepers with some soft moss or something and a water dish. Feed it a huge meal before its' fast, and it should be fine. Chubby frogs are pretty hardy from what I've found. That's the condition that they are kept in at the pet shop and those are fine.

OK, keeping them with me will not be an option. It's either be shipped UPS or FedEx though extremely cold weather then extremely hot weather(it's about 19*F here right now and about 80*F down there) or be driven in a temperature controlled environment in the car and then placed in my closet on the floor, where there are no windows, heat/ac vents, etc of any kinda. I'm not so much worried about them being mishandled by my father, I'm just worried about them either getting too dry or either getting lost by the shipping company or the extremes in temperture, which is why I want to know what a good temporary WET housing for them would work.
Lemme just state one thing:
I will not be driving down with them, this is not a possibility. I'm trying to figure out the least stressful approach for both the animals and myself(Trying to move 2 cats, 2 frogs, 2 fish and 2 geckos halfway across the country, not to mention the rest of the family is no walk in the park).
My dad knows the basic care requirements of the geckos/frogs and also will listen to me when I tell him what exactly to do with my animals. Also, if the animals are shipped, my sister has to pack/ship them for me, considering we are leaving on a Sunday.

Thanks for your input, but me actually being with the animals is not going to happen, unfortunatly.
~Cro

Where are coming to in Texas? It is actually pretty cold down here right now (at least cold for us, its about 50-60 on average)It would be a whole lot cheaper and less stressful on your herps if you were to just have your dad transport them. You could put them in a temp enclosure of just shallow water and that will suffice. Only thing is like I said it is pretty cold down here and the water itself may get too cold. Maybe place a normal everyday heating pad under it on low if you do happen to have electricity yet.... Jon
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Thanks! I never thought of using a normal heating pad! I'll test out the temps w/the water in the temporary enclosure now so I know what setting to tell my dad to set it on and how to set everything up.
I believe there is already power in the house, my parents spent the night in it a couple days ago, its in Katy, TX.
The temps down there are a LOT warmer then up here, it's about 10 degrees out now and all of my UTH's and heat lamps are on overdrive! I can't wait to get down to some warmer weather! :-P

~Cro

I live in Central TX and its about 50-60. I say the normal heating pad because the normal uth's may be too much with the shallow water.If you put it on somewhere around low, it should warm it up enough to keep it within comfortable levels for your frogs. I probably wouldnt feed them right before leaving so that just in case it is a little cold for them they're stomach contents wont rot on you... Jon
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0.0.2 Giant Pixies
0.0.1 Green Ornate Pacman
2.1.0 Albino Clawed frogs
0.0.1 Superlight Baby Sulcatta
1.0.0 Baby leopard tort
0.0.2 Fly river turtles
0.0.2 Savannah Monitors
1.1.0 Orange and yellow flame Niger uromastyx
1.1.0 Mali Uromastyx
0.1.1 Ball pythons
1.1.0 pastel Columbian boa
0.1.0 Guyana redtail boa