How to Care for a Green Tree Frog

Green tree frogs are communal frogs found in many areas in the United States. They can be fairly noisy in the wild as a male calling for a mate can make up to 75 "quack"-like noises in a minute. Caring for a green tree frog is simple and they can be very fun to watch.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Enclosure
• Locking screen lid
• Substrate
• Full spectrum lighting
• Live and artificial plants
• Water dish
• Spray bottle
• Feeder crickets
• Reptile vitamin and mineral supplement powder

1. Buy an enclosure that is appropriately sized for your frogs. A 10 gallon aquarium will work for up to five frogs but a larger, specifically taller, aquarium would be better. Also purchase a locking screen top for your tank.

2. Cover the bottom of the aquarium in a substrate that maintains humidity like peat moss or orchid back. An alternate substrate would be children's play sand. Saturate the sand with water and press a small pond-like depression into the sand in a corner of the aquarium.

3. Use full spectrum lighting above the aquarium to benefit the health of your animals.

4. Provide plenty of live or artificial plants to climb on as your frogs are arboreal. Live plants will help slightly to maintain a higher humidity.

5. Fill a small shallow bowl with fresh non-chlorinated water daily. You will also need to spray the cage with a mist from a spray bottle on a daily basis to maintain a high humidity level.

6. Feed your frog feeder crickets from your local pet store. Feed the crickets with a vitamin supplement, then dust them in one as well before feeding them to your frogs.

Tips & Warnings

• Green tree frogs will usually go for highly active food. If you have trouble getting the frogs to eat, try holding a cricket in forceps then wiggle it in front of your frogs.
• Add night spectrum lighting so you can observe your frogs nocturnal behaviors.
• Keep the cage humid and wet; if not your frogs will eventually die.
• Do not use reptile carpeting as a substrate because it is rough enough that it can actually harm the frog's skin.