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Hi there

I've been reading the kingsnake forums for many years, but now that I actually needed to post couldn't remember my old login

Yesterday after much research my husband and I brought home a presumed male chubby frog. He looked amazing and did well at the store.

He is housed in a 10 gallon aquarium. The left corner is a waterfall with chubby frog size shallow pool at the bottom of it and hanging plants. We have 3 inches of substrate, there is a large wide flat piece of drift wood in the center of the tank. The wood offers a cave from behind and large place to crawl upon if he so chooses up towards the day or night light should he decide he's cold. We also have thick vines throughout, both near ground level and towards mid/top level.

In addition to the waterfall we mist as well.

Here's my concern he has disappeared into the substrate (we knew he'd bury of course)... When do we look for him? When should we worry and go digging for him, The substrate hasn't been disturbed so I don't believe he came out last night. Any words of advice would be very very welcome. Thank you so much for reading

I'm just an amateur, but I do know frogs can climb. Make sure he didn't climb out, so check right away.

Otherwise, and if you wish to feed it regularly, maybe lessen the amount of substrate. But your setup sounds excellent.

I owned a Spadefoot toad for a while and he exhibited the same burrowing behaviors. I wouldn’t be too concerned about him climbing they aren’t the most agile of creature’s lol. But I wouldn’t disturb him by digging him up just now either. He could just be stressed by the move and being in a new environment, digging him up would only add to this.
Not finding the burrows entrance is pretty common, they’re surprisingly good at covering their tracks lol. Try looking to see if he’s coming out at night, newly place frogs tend to be more nocturnal. If you find no sign of him for a few days then that’s when Id go looking for him. Be sure to check every nook of the cage before over turning substrate though, they can wedge themselves into the most abstract areas.
Anyways I hop this helps C=

Chubby frogs are very good at both hiding under the substrate as well as climbing anything and everything including just the corner of a tank....all glass and nothing else. They are extremely good at climbing. If you provide alot of furniture for them to hide themselves and to climb on they will be more active and seen alot more. As stated above, I wouldn't worry too much just yet. What are the temps and the humidity in the tank?
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