I had to leave town unexpectedly for several days, and when I got back, all the water in my terrarium had evaporated, and now I have a sick frog. The terrarium is about 40 gal, with soil as the substrate, and a big bowl of water sunk in the soil to make a little pond. I have been keeping live plants in there, but I'll need to replace them, since they dried up too. For the past 3 1/2 years I have kept two red eyed tree frogs and two fire bellied toads in this terrarium with no problems. Natural light, and temps between 68 - 77 F. One of my red eyed frogs died while I was gone, and the other one was all shriveled up and very listless. He and the two fire bellied toads (and the dead one) were all laying on the bottom of the water bowl. I immediately removed the dead frog and filled the water bowl, and the toads seem ok. One is not looking great, but I think he'll recover. What I am worried about is my surviving red eyed frog. He moves when I prod him, and he's already looking better just sitting in the water. I put crickets in but of course he hasn't eaten. I'm wondering if there's anything else I can do for him.
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Sick Tree Frog
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The best thing you can do for him is get him away from the fire-bellies. they really do secreate a higher ammount of toxins, especially now because they are stressed. setting up a hospitol tank would be the best possible thing you could do. just moist paper towel a few simple hides, make sure the temps are fairly high, a heat lamp would be nice and helpfull.
Honestly, you shouldnt be mixing these two species. Sure they survived for a couple years, but there is no way they were THRIVING. Both species have VERY different requirements. species that come from completly different enviroments should never be mixed, especially in small tanks (you need at lest 10gallons *roll eyes*). and No, the fact that they both came form the same pet store dosent count either.
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