i think my retf are fat...

Thats right.. the pair got up early this evening (using artificial lighting has helped give them day/night) and i snapped a few fun pics and i really think they are getting fat. If they are is that a bad thing? Aside from offering them fewer crickets is there anything i should/shouldnt do? I think its a good thing that they are at least keeping weight on right?

ill post pics if they are helpful ... was going to anyway ;)

i dont quite understand what your talking about hahaha

my red eye tree frogs have big fat bellys lol :O

ooooh hahaha im like retf.....come on pat you know what this is....come on...think

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2126/...07516fc6ac.jpg
can you sayFAT

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2213/...6652212ba7.jpg
and for the record.. ill post the "good" pics on another thread

oh my god those are freaking awesome

just wait till you see the "good" pics!!! I got a couple good ones tonight


...oh and thank you pat, i really enjoy having them

i honestly dont think ive ever seen one of these. i was thinking those big fat light green ones. but there eyes arent red i dont think


oh yeah :waits for pix:

In the mean time I do have another thread "my retf are home" that thread has lots of neat pics too

i was just looking at your website. awesome pictures. those your kids? they look just like you

;) yup.. sure are...perhaps thats why they look like me (although the little one looks alot like daddy) thank you for the compliment.. i really enjoy photography

bump... perhaps emily can help me out here

so i went to reptile depot, a reptile shop about an hour from my house, its the closest we have thats not a petco or petsmart, and NOOOO retf..........i was bummed

awe, too bad.. chances are depending on your location you might have to order them. Take a look at kingsnake.com and see what you can find there, ordering them is a possibility. I dont know anything about that particular store but you dont want to purchase anything from a store that doesnt pay attention to husbandry, i know alot of pet stores down here (not the reptile ones) are terrible about keeping temps/humidity right and with these guys you really want to get nice healthy frogs. Try to make sure they dont pick them up either... if the people know anything about the frogs have them help you select one (or two or three what ever you plan to get) so you get ones that are more healthy weight wise... the place i got mine from were very knowledgable and helpful in the selection process. You can also try talking to the shop (if you trust them to keep the animals in ideal living conditions) and have them order them.

good luck!

Those are some awesome RETF's! Do you think you can direct me to a good caresheet for theses little frogs?

My local reptile shop has some and im thinking bout getting some for my empty 10gal. But I wanna learn bout them first

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Those are some awesome RETF's! Do you think you can direct me to a good caresheet for theses little frogs?

My local reptile shop has some and im thinking bout getting some for my empty 10gal. But I wanna learn bout them first

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http://www.wnyherp.org/care-sheets/a...-tree-frog.php

this seems pretty legit

here are a couple more caresheets, i have always liked using more than two so i know if information is wide spread, just because one caresheet says one thing doesnt make it right kinda deal.

http://www.buywholefrogs.com/frogcare.html

http://www.amphibiancare.com/frogs/c...dtreefrog.html

also try looking around this forum, lots of good info!

ok, i have one frog that looks very healthy and plump and the other one is getting a bit skinney i think. would it usually take this long fo rthem to show signs of weight loss/stress. i do not handle them but because they live in a pair i wouldnt know who was eating and who wasnt. the one is def. eating as i saw its poops below it tonight (healthier looking one) the other one however stays in the other corner and if not sleeping in the dirt hes sitting in it (sometimes attached to leaves) so its tough to see poops from it.

well retf #2 (the one who is skinnier) is awake now (i have dark light on so i can see) and watching the crickets crawling around.. both frogs are "watching" them. im curious to see them actually eat. if nothing else i put in 9 and there is no way they are getting out of the ziplock thingy with a leg missing.

Wow they are so beautiful, I have also seen other pictures you have posted.

I am dying to get a pair or so...I find retf so inspirational

dang pounced and missed!! #2 missed! Im hoping it can snag a couple tonight and doesnt get discouraged (that sounds so funny) at least they are easier to catch now, shouldve done this a long time ago




oooo and one of my plants (not sure its name) has new shoots getting ready to come out, i didnt kill it! im so proud :rolleyes:

ashley, they are such interesting creatures to have. i have absolutly no regrets and if anything happens to either of these i would most certainly replace it. I dont know that I will ever go without having them again!

I have this melamine coated wood shelving unit that I have stored in my closet for months now just waiting to convert it into a retf habitat.

Once the reptile room is complete I think I am going to have to finally get working on making it into a cage.

#2 poo'd! There must be some intake.. he is kinda skinney compared to #1. #2 is usually pretty dark too come to think of it. I cant wait to see whats missing in the morning.


Ashley, very cool! I love having them.

there were only 3 crickets left this morning.. both frogs are awake and hovering above the remaining three! Woo hoo.

sounds like they are becoming successfully cup trained. :)

do keep an eye on the thinner of the two. spending a lot of time on the bottom, especially when sleeping is not normal for retfs but as long as it is eating and defecating he should be okay. its possible he was stressed while acclimating (which is normal as long as it doesn't last for too long) and that's why he was spending time there and coloring up so dark.

well, all the crickets were gone this morning.. i have one frog on the wall (fatty) and the other on a leaf that was leaning over the food dish.. they both look pretty good today, ill have to see what they look like tonight when they are awake and moving about. they are always that really pretty pale color while they sleep and when they are awake they are pretty dark, can it be they are stressed when awake and not when they are asleep? or is it just that they change colors when they are awake for camo purposes.

they are lighter when sleeping and darker when active and awake--i'm not sure it's for camoflauging though. do both of yours stay that really dark color when they are awake? mine were always more of a bright green (like the frog in your avatar) unless they were stressed or sick (not saying that yours are, just that that's how mine were).

both are very dark when awake and moving...only that avatar green when sleeping

interesting. maybe they are a different locale (nicaragua, costa rica, etc.) than the frogs i had are normally darker.

mine are darker, or yours are darker?? i was thinking it was because they were in defense/hunting mode and tahts why they would be so dark...who knows, as long as they are alive and eating im happy ;)

oops, i didn't really word that right at all. i meant that your frogs are darker than the frogs i had. here are a few old pics of mine taken during their awake hours (i think the top one was taken with flash and the bottom was without):

http://mlededee.com/herps/frogs/gertie112905.jpg

http://mlededee.com/herps/frogs/froggie013005c.jpg

I think they are slightly different actually.. their heads are even differnet a little bit, although it could just be different animals (you and i are humans but dont look alike type thing) they are beautiful great pics!!

real quick, because im concerned with the ones weight should i be feeding them nightly? They are sitting above where the food dish was (Took it out for cleaning) as if the crickets are going to appear lol

they are close to adult size so they shouldn't need to be feed every day unless they are underweight. that said, i'm not really even sure what the proper weight is for a retf (but they shouldn't look thin), but you might feed them a few crickets tonight and see if they go for them. how many crickets of what size did they eat last?

well i put 9 in there two days ago.. last night there were 3 and today they were gone.. They are pretty big crickets, xxxxxxxx about that long.. sorry but everyone calls them something different. they were a bit bigger than what were used to.




what the heck was that?!!!!


One of the frogs was doing this hopping in place thing for about 10 seconds, very powerful like im shocked it didnt break the blade of plant while the other frog creeped by while it made a quick quiet almost croak sound.. i did mist the tank heavily tonight.. is that calling or a defensive action? way cool!!!

you could go ahead and feed tonight. usually 3 or 4 feedings per week is good as long as they are eating all the crickets in between each feeding. if there are still crickets left over when it is time to feed again just feed less crickets.

i'm not sure about the hopping in place. they don't tend to be territorial so maybe the hopping frog was just excited to see the other one? :P ha, i don't really know.

misting the tank doesn't really induce breeding behavior--a rain chamber set on a timer and the barometric changes from spring storms does. males will still call and attempt to breed at various times of year (but especially during spring storms) but the females just lug them around while they hang on for dear life. :rolleyes::P

hahaha thats really funny!!! i wonder what else would make it do that all of a sudden, ack i have to break some more legs?! thanks for all the help youve been alife saver i swear

ok, so i dont loose count i put in 7. It actually went alot faster clipping legs this time. i guess im getting better at it lol (not something to be proud of.. poor crickets, i would rather die to a beardie)


edit: wow what a fast response!! there is already 2 missing crickets and the frog (cant tell them apart) is still in the food tub! that was wonderful suggestion emily

edit #3: there are now 3 missing total and i got to see one of the frogs eating!!!!!!!!

btw, that was the thinner of the two frogs that just snagged 3 crickets!!!! im on cloud 9 right now i swear.. i got some amazing photos, just wait till you see (new thread coming)