Red eyed frog is green in color and they are one of the most interesting species to keep as a pet. These pets spend most of their time in trees and you can only witness them on ground when they need to breed and spawn. If you are one of those who are fond of these little red eyes frog, and you want to keep them as your pet then you need to set up a proper enclosure for them in a right way. If you are a novice, it is even more essential for you to do everything correctly, as this will make things easier for you and you will not have any problems later on. One of the most important things that you need to keep in mind is that if the set up will be proper, your pet will be able to stay longer and healthier. Following are the things you need to do in order to keep them healthy.
1. Setup – Red eyed tree frog spend most of their time on tress, plants, tall shrubs and that’s why you need to make sure that your aquarium should be as tall as possible so that the pet can live comfortably.
In addition, it is important that the enclosure should have limited openings because it will be beneficial in maintaining the maximum humidity level. As for the setup it is totally your choice to either choose lift able or screen that can be removed from the top, you can choose it according to your own convenience. If you will choose glass sides, it will be convenient for the frog to climb and keep up the humidity level.
2. Substrate – In the setup, it is imperative to cover them with ground as it helps in cleaning up and it also to maintain humidity. You can also prefer to choose plants, which depend on the type of set up you choose, and there are several other ways to cover the floor such as with paper towel, moss and soil. Most people prefer to use paper towel as it is easy to use and easy to replace. For people who use moss, on the other hand it also holder moister pretty well and it is easy to distribute beside the floor, which will consume the waste matter and will grow. And the soil in the set up will hold moisture for the extensive time period, it looks natural and works well with dried moss and also it has a pleasing aroma.
3. Light – However, there is no specified type of lighting that you need to use for red eye frog but it is important to give them at least 12 hour photoperiod for normal day/ night existence. Having plants in set up is a very positive sign because that ways you will need a UV grow light set at a 12-hour time in order to save plants from getting decay.
4. Feeding- These fogs love eating and crickets are the best food choice for such pets. While you feed them you need to make sure that the size of their food should be no longer that the width of the frog’s head from eye to eye.
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