Whites tree frogs

could i use repti-bark for a whites?:confused:

"Repti bark" tends to rank lower on the scale of general-use substrates, due to the size of the chunks & the potential for ingestion & subsequent impaction/blockage. Research a mix of coco husk (i.e. Eco Earth by Zoo Med or T-Rex Forest Bed), sphagnum moss & play sand as a substrate for this species. That's a good general-purpose mix that works well for many different species of both reptiles & amphibians.

i dont feed him in the cage though so he couldn't eat it. i already have it in there. and it says "great for moisture loving herps such as amphibians" that wasn't a direct quote though. it just showed a picture of a frog on the front. and said its loved by moisture loving animals. so i figured frogs. plus hes always chillin at the top of the branches. away from the bottom. thanks though. i was just curiouse.

You asked for an opinion. You got one. Take it or leave it. :)

And why on earth would you remove a caerulea from it's cage for feeding? :confused: WTF's have no problem eating in their own enclosures, and IMO it's better to leave them in their cage for feeding instead of subjecting them to excessive handling before/after.

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i sappose it could work though. its not life threatening or anything though. rite??????

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Originally Posted by KLG

You asked for an opinion. You got one. Take it or leave it. :)

And why on earth would you remove a caerulea from it's cage for feeding? :confused: WTF's have no problem eating in their own enclosures, and IMO it's better to leave them in their cage for feeding instead of subjecting them to excessive handling before/after.

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i do this because its easyer. i put the dust calcium stuff thingymabob on the crickets. but the crickets clean all of it off of them. so i have a separate enclosure for them where i dust them with calcium every other day. and its nice because i don't have to listen to those annoying crickets all night. i just keep them in a separate room far away from the frogs cage, which is in my room. then when its time to feed i have a rubbermaid container that i feed him in.i put about 4 crickets in there and wait. of coarse i put a water bowl within the rubbermaid enclosure though. and thats why i feed in a separate cage. and because of the risk that he could swallow the bedding. even if i use the other dirt stuff that you were talking about. that couldnt be good for them either.

if the crickets bother you then why dont you try silkworms. my whites love em! you can feed in the enclosure with no cricket sound and have less risk of substrate ingestion because the frog will pick the silkworms right off of the branches.

really! where can i get those? i have never seen them @ petco. but then again i have never ever looked. lol

and the frog can find them? within all the branches and cage furnishings.

the frog will find them and you only need to feed the frog a couple worms. check around some local pet stores. they should have em...

how often do you have to feed them the silk worms? 4 a week 6 a week? how many a week?

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Originally Posted by pythontricker

i do this because its easyer. i put the dust calcium stuff thingymabob on the crickets. but the crickets clean all of it off of them. so i have a separate enclosure for them where i dust them with calcium every other day.

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Hi,

Just wanted to jump in and ask about that?

When I was feeding crickets to my lizards etc I dusted them with the calcium powder only about 30 seconds before placing them in the enclosure and only enough that I knew they would be eaten quickly so they never got the chance to clean it off at all.

I made a small calcium shaker out of an old fish food tub, some fine mesh and a lip over half the mesh. This meant I put some dusting powder in the bottom of the tub through the mesh, crickets in on top of the mesh and shook vigorously. Once they were well coated I only had to rotate the tub so the lip stopped the powder from falling out and I could tip them straight from the tub into the animals tank.

It worked quite well and saved wasting a lot of powder by puffing it al over the place or the crickets fouling it.

Just thought it might help you.

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I forgot to point out I did gutload the crickets with a good diet but the calcium powder formed no part of that.

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dr del

yeah but i buy 30 crickets at a time. he doesn't eat any more than 4 a day. and within a period of 3 days they all get it off of them.

Hi,

To clarify I was asking why you are putting it on them in the first place?

I only ever put in the animals tank what I thought it would eat at one sitting - I kept the rest in a seperate container while I gutloaded them etc. Then I dusted that days dinner just prior to putting it in the tank to be eaten - they never lived long enough to wash it off themselves.

I too bought crickets in bulk. :)


dr del