Reptile & Amphibian Forums

I brought home three baby RETF's yesterday from the Columbus Reptile show. The breeder was very helpful with information. I have had the enclosure set up for over a week in anticipation of getting the frogs. When I bought them they were all in excellent health. All three were asleep on the side of the container the breeder had them in. They are also only a month or two old out of froglet stage.
Now to my concern. I got them in their new enclosure and I did not notice any activity last night. I have 25 watt red bulb on them and the temperatures remains at 75-77 degrees. Humidity is about 60%. I have live plants and some plastic. All water in the enclosure is spring water that has been treated. Two of the frogs turned a very dark green and displayed some red on their legs after a few hours in the enclosure. I feared red leg. Since last night one has turned back to the normal green. However one is still very dark green. Good news is that I do not notice any red on any of them any more.
Am I worrying over nothing? I think this may be because of the stress of a new environment. They are not eating either which concerns me. The breeder said that they are eating 1/4 inch crickets. That threw me a bit because I would've thought that they would only be eating pinhead ones.

Does anyone have any suggestions or information? I just want to make sure the little guys are well taken care of and healthy.

Thanks,
Aaron

Hey, it sounds ok for the most part with them not eating. If it gets to be a couple weeks and they still are not eating, you might try putting them in a small cage to watch and make sure they eat. You could always try force feeding them. But, most likely it's their new environment they're trying to get used to. As for the color change, you need to bump your humidity up to about 70-75%. They change to a darker color when humidity or Temp is low. Hope this helps.