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Need guidence with Big Eyed Tree frog

ronald_durst Jun 07, 2009 07:02 AM

Ive never really been into frogs(more of a snake guy) but my fiance decided she wanted a pair of big eyed tree frogs when we were at the show in westwego. I reluctantly bought them knowing that i dont know much about them. I cant seem to find much info online.
I have them in a 10 gallon aquarium with a screen top. Ive glued some clear plastic material on the top to help hold in humidity. Ive got them on shredded coconut husk, the kind you buy in a block and it expands. Theyve got some fake plants and we plan to provide some real ones in the near future. I keep the enclosure temp at about 75f. we spray it down at least twice a day. lighting has been just the light from the dining room. Its using pretty dark in there most of the day. Ive thrown some gut loaded crickets in there and also some meal worms but i cant get the little guys to eat. They just dont seem to be interested. We've had them for about a week now.

SO what am i doing wrong? Is it too early for them to eat as far as new enclosure or do they need some daylight or uvb? What can i do better for these frogs. I dont wanna see them die because i failed to do the right thing. Any help would be great. Thanks

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otis07 Jul 02, 2009 12:02 PM

These guys live in the mountainous regions of Tanzania, where its pretty cool. I would suggest keeping them in the high sixties or low seventies. If you plan to breed them, you will need to cycle them in the winter and get temps down into the low sixties or high fifties.

I have always heard that animals stress from shipping, but I have never had an animal not eat the day I got it. Yours should definitely be eating after a week, thats for sure.

What species do you have? i have only seen two cb big-eyeds, and one of them was fs in europe. So, I'm guessing yours is wc. There is an infinite number of reasons as to why its not eating, but I would suggest putting them in quarentine and maybe getting some fecal tests run.

If you have any more questions, email me at otis07_hotmail.com, as this site is virtually dead so I don't check it often.
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