Hey guys, Heather here from Tye-Dyed Iguana, and one of our subscribers
requested a care video on Green Tree Frogs, so today's video is gonna be all
about how to take care of them. So Green Tree Frogs are found throughout Central
America and also in the southeastern United States. They only get about 1 1/2 to
2 inches long, so they don't get too big. They're also not the longest living
species, they only live about 2 1/2 to 5 years for their average
lifespan. So, as for their tank size one frog needs a minimum tank size of 10
gallons. This should be good for their whole life. If you do want to get more
Green Tree Frogs and keep multiple Green Tree Frogs together, you might want to
invest in a bigger tank. You can see here that we've got a taller tank, since these
guys are arboreal, you might want to invest in getting a more vertical tank instead
of the horizontal one. And if you want to house multiple frogs
together, just make sure they're a similar size or else you might get like
big adults trying to eat the smaller ones, so. Just make sure they are similar
size and make sure they have lots of places to hide. So because of humidity
requirements, we recommend that you use an absorbent substrate. In our Green Tree
Frog tank here, we use a mixture of Jungle - what we call Jungle Mix and
Repti Bark, but you can use stuff like peat moss, coconut fiber, reptile
bark, or sphagnum moss for these guys. So, as far as temperature goes for these
guys, it's pretty easy, they stay between 70 to 82 degrees Fahrenheit, so. You can
keep them at room temperature just make sure that if you have live plants in the
tank, that you should probably use a UVB bulb to make sure the plants do really
good. You can use a low powered UVB and it also helps display the animal. Makes
it easier to see them, and it looks kind of nice too. So as far as decorations for
these guys, you as you can see in our tank here, we have lots of different
branches for them to climb on since they're arboreal, they love to climb, so.
You want to provide them lots of space to climb and all that good stuff. You can
also plant some live plants in here or you can have fake plants too, just give
them a place to hide. In our tank we grow pothos and it's a really cool pet
friendly plant that you can grow in your tanks. They love sitting on the leaves,
they love hiding in them. You can also plant some bromeliads in there, they also
like to hide in those. And also makes sure that you have a water dish in there for
them. It doesn't have need to be too big, it's just something that they can sit in
if they want to. Just make sure, the most important thing about that, is make sure
you use dechlorinated tap water. Like, if you use straight tap water it
can kill them because they absorb all the chemicals through their skin, and the
chlorine will kill them. So, just make sure that you dechlorinate your water
before you give it to them. Now as far as food goes, these guys are insectivores, so
you can feed them all sorts of stuff. You can feed them, what we feed ours here. We
feed them small crickets, but you can also supplement their diet with like
small mealworms, small wax worms. I wouldn't recommend the mealworms too
much, just because of their outer shell is pretty tough for them to digest,
so. I would stick to the softer worms like wax worms, and even small earthworms.
Now we feed ours about three times a week or about every other day. Just make
sure that when you do feed them, make sure you calcium dust the crickets, but
one of the days instead of using calcium, use vitamins, that way they get their
vitamins at least once a week and that you don't overdo it, just give them once
a week. More than that, it can hurt them actually. So just do it once and that'll
be good. So for handling we don't recommend that
you handle these guys very much at all. The oils on your skin and the other
chemicals on your skin can actually be absorbed through their skin, so that can
harm them if you've got something harmful on you. We recommend that if you
do handle them, maybe either use gloves or a wet paper towel maybe. Just keep a
layer in between your skin and their skin. Plus these guys are pretty hoppy
and pretty spastic, so they wouldn't sit still in your hand long enough for you
to really hold them, so. If you need to like health check - check them for health
or if there's something wrong, and that you do need to handle them or you need
to move them out for cleaning, just make sure that you use gloves or like a paper
towel to handle them. Yeah so, overall these guys they make great pets, they're
pretty good for people starting out on keeping amphibians, they're pretty -
they're one of the most easy care, easy to care for amphibians that we've got
here. They don't require much in the way of lighting and their care is pretty
simple. So if you're looking for something, a good starter pet, a Green
Tree Frog would be perfect for you.