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Hello all.
I finally got the white dumpy tree frog i have been wanting for, oh, about 2 or 3 years. He is about 2 inches nose to rump. He is living in a 29gal with my african bouncing toad. these guys get big, right? About 5 inches or so? I read somewhere that in the wild they have been known to eat bats on occasion. Also, that it isn't uncommon to feed them pinkies when they are big enough. Does anyone do this, and is it a good idea? I've been feeding them about 2 crickets each every other day. Should he be eating less? I've heard both that you should feed them about everyother day, and that you should only feed them 2 times a week. Twice a week just doesnt seem like enough to me.

Before you do anything, seperate the white's and the bouncing toad. Bad idea.

Do NOT mix amphibians.
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Andy Maddox
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umm, actually, everything i have read about the two points to that they are communal and can live quite happily together. i have housed quite a few different frogs together and had no problems with it. why do you suggest separating them? i know that if the dumpy gets much larger than the bounching toad, there could be a problem, but what else?

First is the whites trying to eat the cagemate. Whites will not hesitate to eat anything that moves, even if it is close to the same size. Much like horned frogs. Second is cross toxicity. Many amphibians can be toxic to each other without actually being "poisonous." Stress, of course, is one of the largest factors in a mixed tank. More animals=more competition for food/space=more stress. Yet another issue is transmission of disease and parasites. More animals means more waste. More waste means more bacteria. Frogs can carry some nasty loads of parasites in them as well. If the stress builds up and the parasites take a good hold of the frog, death is definitely possible. The animals aren't from the same area either. Maybe if they were brozen frogs and leopard frogs, or something that naturally would occur in the exact same small woodland vernal pool. I would seperate them ASAP though.

Mixed tanks are just a bad idea. They simply have no benifits. If you choose to put more than one animal in a tank, make sure the tank is VERY large, the animals are the same size, and that they are similar species (such as something like gray and green tree frogs). And I probably would not even do that.

But that is my opinion. It is your tank, your animals, and your money. So if you really want to, go for it and best of luck to you.
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Andy Maddox
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MSN: Poloboy32486@hotmail.com

Houston Herp Key
The Reptizone

"Some things will never change. They just stand there looking backwards. Half-unconsious from the pain. They may seem rearranged. In the backwater swirling. There is something that'll never change-The Meat Puppets"