We've rescued a largish wild tree frog, and need some pointers on caring for it.
While on a hike in a local park, we noted Florida at its "finest": Crews tearing up underbrush and destroying perfectly good wildlife habitat. By the gods, this place disgusts me sometimes...
As it is, we found a very frightened frog clinging to a fallen branch. It's about 4cm long, somewhat chameliod (it change from grary to brown to greenish-gray), and it has the most gorgeous liquid-gold eyes. The skin is very "warty" on its back.
The frog was quite cold when we found it. Having a spare 45-gallon tall tank, we took some of the ground cover near where the frog had been, and put it in the tank as bedding. The frog itself seemed somewhat comoatose; my belief is that it had been scared out of hibernation by the work in the park.
While we have numerous lizards and turtles, a frog is something new for us. I assume it's an insectivore. At this point, it dug itself under the leaves and dirt, and seemed to go to sleep. After four days, it hasn;t started to stink, so I assume it's gone back into hibernation. When should we expect it to awaken?
Thanks much!
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Scott Robert Ladd
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