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Breeding American Tree Frogs

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Well many years I have kept a tree frog of sorts around. Never had any trouble getting them to stay in a tank. But never have I had any of them to breed. I thought maybe that I had never managed a male and a female in the same tank. Not the case, I cought two pair of them last year mating and they managed to have a grand total of 10 babies to survive between the two pairs. Now I cant get them to turn up the love any more. Any one have any ideas as to what will respark the romance :).

Both pair are now in a home built cage, around 2.5 ft tall with about 1 square foot floor. They have two different watering bowls in the tank both about 1" deep with two little islands in the middle of them. There is a fake green tree in the middle of the tank and they get misted enough to keep the humidity right around 65-75% in normal business times, during mating times I raise the humidity to around 85+%. Temps range anywhere from 65-85 depending on the time of the day or night and what time of the year it is. I only hibernate them for 30-45 days instead of the normal 60-75 that they would be in around here. But I dont think that that time would affect them.

If anyone sees the problem or something that I am missing please post your thoughts.
 
What are you feeding them?
You say that....... "I cought two pair of them last year mating and they managed to have a grand total of 10 babies to survive between the two pairs."
In nature their diet will be very diverse. They will be eating lot's of things that you cant get at feeding places.
Their diet has changed, their environment has changed completely. It may take quite a while for wild animals to adjust to being captive.
And if you have any CBB amphibians close by, you run the risk of introducing unwanted pests, or illness from wild caught specimens that have built up the proper imuno's to defend itself.

I would suggest getting a CBB pair, and try again. :)

I'm no breeder, or frog pro by any means. This is just basic herp knoweledge IMHO.

Ciao,
Rick
 
The 10 little ones that made it were kept separate and broken down by the parents they came from. 7 from one set and 3 from another set. As far as there diet changing, it didnt change by much because I tried to feed critters from the area that I caught them from. mostly little nats and some moths. I did add some little crickets from the yard but never gave them anything from the store.

Really not much changed from them being outside to being inside except now they were in a contained enviroment. I am a big native collector of fish, reptiles, and amphs and never had trouble getting anything to breed as long as I made the conditions as close to their habitate as possible. But these little guys are just being hard to get along with.

This is my goal for next year,
an out side enclosure about 4x4x6 screened in with at least 10-15 treefrogs in it. I plan on giving them plenty of different things to eat and see what they like the best. Then increasing that part of their diet. The cage will have several places from laying there eggs. They will not be kept in the sun directly, I have a spot theat will allow for around 1-1.5 hours of direct sunlight per day. It is also the one place in my yard that doesn't dry out that fast so the humidity level should stay up in that area pretty good. If it does go down I will add a mister that should help with the humidity.

If anyone has breed these little buggers before with success please give some input, even if they are CBB. The ones that I will have will be wild caught but the info will help with where I am trying to go with them. Other ideas and suggestions would be helpful as well.
 
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