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I haven't been able to find a lot of information pertaining to tree frogs. My co-worker (we work at a pet supply store) found one and I brought it home. This was a week ago. He's very small right now... an inch long or possibly smaller.

I have him in a ten gallon on terrarium lining (the astroturf stuff), with a big fish tank decoration that has a bunch of long flowers coming off of it for him to climb on, as well as some branches from outside. I have a shallow dish for his water, and I also mist him heavily several times a day. He has a 50w infrared lamp that I leave on for twenty four hours as his heat source.

He's eaten twice since I've brought him home (which has been a week to the day); four medium sized crickets at his first feeding and two medium sized crickets at his second.

I guess my question is...

Am I doing everything right? If not, what am I doing wrong? Free or not, I want to give this little froggy what he needs, even if it means spending hundreds of dollars to make him happy. I've already spent about $60.

Some more questions--

Would a diet of strictly (or mostly) crickets be alright? Can I feed mealworms? And one website I read said that the crickets need to be dusted with a calcium supplement. Is this correct? One of my co-workers said that you don't need the calcium supplement, because we "gutload" our crickets. So do I not need a supplement because of this?

What other kinds of insects (not including wild caught because I'm paranoid about pesticides) can I feed?

What is the temp in your tank? What is the humidity? You can feed mostly crickets, you can feed meal worms every now and then but crix should be your frogs main diet.Is the tank a standard 10 gallon or is it a 10 gallon high? The tank should be taller than it is wide. There should be plenty of leafy, strong plants in the tank as well. Make sure there is a water dish. What substrate are you using? I dust my crix with calcium twice a week, but once a week is probably fine. And yes you should gut load your crix also.

The temp is about 85 degrees. I'm not sure about the humidity, though. It's a standard 10 gallon, but I'll get a 10 tall soon.

Oh, and there's no substrate, just the terrarium lining (astroturf looking stuff). And there's a water dish also.

I think That temps. a little high. I'd like to see the tank stay between 75-80 degrees. It should drop slightly at night

Okay, thanks.

Hi, you should be able to find caresheets easily by doing a Google search for "green tree frog care sheet".

Actually, unless you're using AC you shouldnt need heat in the summer. And the wattage on that bulb seems pretty high, you shouldn't use probably over a 40W or so. But greens generally are fine in the room temp area with maybe a basking place on one side of the tank.

They need lots of climbing plants, and hides on both the warm and cool side of the tank. Plants like Pothos work really well for their size, they're cheap ($3 for a 3" pot at Lowes) and hard to kill. Just wash it top to root really well and repot in bed a beast or eco earth. It will grow fast. You need a minimum of a 10 gal, but I'd suggest a 20 gal high tank and you could put another one in or not. (If you do, quarantine the new one for a month or so.)

Water dish with treated water, or spring water. For small frogs put some small rocks to help get in and out of the dish. Crickets that are well fed are a good diet, dust them every other feeding. The crickets need to be the correct size, they should be approx. the size of the distance between the frog's eyes. Too big and you could have impaction.

You really need gauges in your tank, husbandry issues are the most common cause of sickness and death. The humidity should probably be around 60% at all times (consult care sheet for exact range).

The forum on repticzone, tree frogs, there are many with similar frogs and you could find help quicker if needed.

Thank you!