| Golden Tree Frogs make a great pet because they | | | | it is swallowed; instead use moist paper towels, foam |
| prefer living in a quiet habitat. This species lives up to | | | | rubber or coconut husk fibers. |
| six years and have an angular head with a pointed | | | | 4. Plants are needed, but make sure that the ones |
| nose, with coloring of orange tan with lightly striped | | | | selected are not poisonous to them. Artificial plants |
| grey, a brown stripe around the face, and a white or | | | | can be enfolded around their perches to give them |
| cream belly. They should be fed two or three times | | | | an acceptable hiding place, and large broad-leaf plants |
| a week, and prefer live crickets as the main course. | | | | should also be added to provide additional hiding |
| Selecting | | | | places.. |
| When picking out a Golden Tree Frog ensure it is | | | | 5. The humidity must be kept above 60%.and |
| healthy; below are suggestions: | | | | temperature maintained between 75 and 85 degrees. |
| 1. Active ones are favored because alert and mobile | | | | Diet |
| frogs are healthy frogs. | | | | The Golden Tree Frog usually prefers a diet of live |
| 2. Don't pick frogs with cuts, scratches, unusual | | | | crickets and should generally be fed three to six |
| bumps, dark red markings, rostral abrasions, or | | | | crickets approximately three times per week. Once a |
| underweight frogs. | | | | week other food should be added to enhance their |
| 3. Pass up frogs with cloudy eyes indicating illness. | | | | diet, including wax worms, meal worms, silk worms, |
| 4. It is recommended that new frogs be quarantined | | | | moths, flies, or other insects. Do not over feed them |
| and checked by a veterinarian before introducing | | | | because they will become fat, which makes it very |
| them to an already occupied habitat to ensure they | | | | prone to illness and infection. To maintain healthy |
| do not infect existing frogs. | | | | frogs, every third feeding adults should have the |
| Environment | | | | food coated with high quality reptile vitamin and |
| Setting up a healthy habitat for Golden Tree Frogs | | | | mineral supplements, while juveniles should have this |
| requires a terrarium with the following | | | | with every feeding. |
| recommendations: | | | | Defense |
| 1. A 20 gallon terrarium measuring 24"x12"x16" for | | | | Although many varieties of frogs that are brightly |
| two males and a female. | | | | colored have toxins in their skins, these Golden Tree |
| 2. Tanks should contain perches, such as driftwood | | | | Frogs are not toxic. |
| or vines, hiding places with large leaves, and a bowl | | | | You can obtain a Golden Tree Frog from many online |
| of spring water large enough for the frog to soak in. | | | | stores, but they are quite an expensive purchase. |
| 3. Don't use gravel, small bark, or abrasive carpeting | | | | However, if you research a little more, you'll find |
| because these can cut their skin and are hazardous if | | | | golden tree frogs for sale too. |