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I've been interested in frog keeping for some time now, and have been reading that whites are good starter frogs. I do have a couple things I am having trouble figuring out though. Do they need a "buddy?" I'd be happy keeping just one, but if I need to get 2 to make them happier, I can do that too.

Also, how loud are they? I know that the males will call, but the viv would be in my room, so I can't have anything too loud(and I have neighbours, through painfully thin walls, and don't want anything that would be easily heard through them)

Thank you

>> Do they need a "buddy?" I'd be happy keeping just one, but if I need to get 2 to make them happier, I can do that too.
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No. I've kept one by itself for over 4 years. It eats, it moves around, it soaks, it tries to eat my hand, and it rarely hides. Seems happy and healthy. See photo below.

>>Also, how loud are they?

I think I've heard him call less than a dozen times in 4 years. It's not that loud. He seems to react to certain sounds, like a vacuum cleaner or the sound of the hand misting pump.

Good luck!

There are not any species of frogs that absolutly require a "buddy" but whites do seem to appriciate it more than other species.

http://picasaweb.google.com/mynameisMnM/Amphibians#5268737306242394962

Also, I am going to have to disagree with bradtort, my frogs are extremely loud. If you to my site http://freewebs.com/kapoktree under videos you can hear their call. I have my frogs housed in the basement and I can hear them all the way upstairs.
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A room of herps.
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What is your humidity?

To OP:

They don't require a cagemate and rarely call unless they have been cycled for breeding. During wet season, I have to play a looped recording of them calling in the wild in order to stimulate consistent calling which is intricit to the breeding process.

None of my males (only males have the ability to call) will call otherwise, and I've never had a group that contained a male that would.

The call is fairly loud, lasts between 10 and 45 seconds then immediatly stops usually. They are fairly unmotivated animals. It sounds sort of like ( bit.... bit... bit..bit..bit,bit,bitbitbit - end)

Whats my humidity?

I have no idea, I have a screen top and I rarely mist so its can't be more than 50%.

CKing, whites treefrogs and many other treefrog run male heavy, so the chances of getting a pair when purchasing two frogs is less than 50%. I am not sure what the number is for whites, but I have five and all five are males...
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A room of herps.
www.freewebs.com/kapoktree

>>I've been interested in frog keeping for some time now, and have been reading that whites are good starter frogs. I do have a couple things I am having trouble figuring out though. Do they need a "buddy?" I'd be happy keeping just one, but if I need to get 2 to make them happier, I can do that too.>>

The main reason for keeping more than one frog is to breed them. It is pure luck if you can end up getting a pair when you buy more than one. If you get a young animal, you probably have a 50/50 chance of getting a female. Most adults that are sold are males because the breeders do not like to part with females for obvious reasons.

>>Also, how loud are they? I know that the males will call, but the viv would be in my room, so I can't have anything too loud(and I have neighbours, through painfully thin walls, and don't want anything that would be easily heard through them)
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>>Thank you

They are loud enough to wake you up if you are a light sleeper.