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I was wondering if a red eyed tree frog and a leaf tail(fimbriatus) can co-exist in the same enclosure. Temps are about the same. Both need high humidity. Not much difference except for places in the world. But hey what do i know? Thats why im askin ya'll. Thanks

It is not a good idea to house two nocturnal species together, nor is it a good idea to house animals form entirely different parts of the world together, nor should you house an animal with another species it may be able to eat together, and finally, you should probably never mix at all, unless you are highly experienced, have a great deal of knowledge about both the animals in question, and have a very large vivarium to work with (assuming the first two criteria are met.

Jared
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even if a gecko were to lick an amphibian ( of just about any type) there are pretty good chances it could become sick or even die depending on the species you are talking about.
if for whatever reason you still are wanting to do this, atleast look for animals from the same island/country you are talking about.
your other option would be to split the cage with a decorative divider or something, where the animals do not come in contact with eachother.
Fimbriatus get quite large, and could easily take down a 3/4-full grown red eyed tree frog if it wanted to.

yeah i kinda figured it was a bad idea but i wanted to check anyway. thanks yo.

then to be sorry
it will be better for your frogs, and your geckos to keep them separate.... let us know when you get some fimbriatus, they are awesome!

Besides the toxins frogs have on their skin, there are different bacterias and such they each harbor. They are both gorgeous creatures and look awesome in their own habitat set up!

I have had redeyes for 4 years now, and they do well with one another (thats it)

Questions are a good thing, and also reading about each species , as much as you can find helps decide what you want to keep.

The lovely Lilly

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PHEve / Eve

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I love RETF's I have had six of them for several years now. Late at night (after a good misting) it is so cute to listen to the males calling. I really have been tempted to set up a rain chamber and breed them but I have enough baby critters hatching out around the house as it is. I don't need to start setting up tadpole tanks now.

Steve

I'm just a beginning breeder but I have hatched out two beautiful, healthy babies by putting the eggs up on foam. So far I have not lost any to doing it this way (knock on wood). I had an egg that I tried to just set in the perlite and a baby grew in the egg but then the egg ended up cracking and the baby died. So the foam has really worked for me.
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~Jess

My message above this was meant for the incubation set up thread.....oops
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~Jess