by Devin Edmonds

The green tree frog is a very commonly available tree frog. Most animals are taken out of the wild and will be stressed out when you buy them. When selecting your tree frog make sure it doesn't have any cuts or irregular spotting or anything else that is unusual.

CAGING:Once have found the frog you like you are going to need a cage. Since they are small arboreal tree frogs they like height and do not require a large cage. I would say that a 10 or 15 gallon extara high aquarium would be fine for three or four frogs. For a substrate I recommend putting down 2 inches of pea gravel and then placing on top of it an inch of potting soil making sure to take most of the vermiculite out. This is a time consuming job so if you want you could buy specially made potting soil for amphibians that already has the vermiculite taken out of it or make your own potting soil, 3 parts peat moss 1 part sand. Now place asorted branches, sticks and pieces of bark in the terrarium. Next just put some philodendrons and other climbing plants in. This setup can also be used for barking, cuban, whites and grey tree frogs. For whites and cuban tree frogs I would use a larger cage like a 20 gallon extra-high aquarium.The whites will also need a higher tempeture.

WATER: The next thing to do is to place in a water dish. All a water dish has to be is a dish about four or five inches in diamitor that is no deeper than two inches.

FEEDING: Luckily green tree frogs are not the pickiest eaters. Feed yours about 2 or 3 small to medium sized crickets every other day or so per frog. If you wait four days to feed them double the amount you would have usually fed them. Mealworms are another source of food for tree frogs. If you use mealworms I suggest you put a dish in the terrarium to put the mealworms in so they don't just burrow away. With eaither of the two food sources mentoined above I would dust the food every other feeding or so. You don't have to do this but it will make your green tree frogs healthier. Following this care your frog should have a long lives life.

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