"Humpty" and "Dumpty"
are my two White's Tree Frogs. However my
first White's, "Gorf", died after
I had him for about a month. I acquired him
from a pet store. At the time I never took
into consideration how many people handle
these frogs in pet stores. Every day I'm
sure someone was picking him up.
He died rather suddenly. He stopped eating
and after about 2 weeks I found him on the
bottom of his cage dead. It was sad, and
I was skeptical about getting another one
for fear of killing that one also. But I
don't know what really killed him. It could
have been stress from the pet store, or just
natural causes.
I had added some plants to his vivarium
after a week or so, and later was told that
if the plants have pesticides on them it
can kill your frog. So, this could have been
a factor. Before I got him I read books asked
questions and checked out some websites and
thought I was knowledgeable enough to get
one and be successful. Maybe I was, maybe
I wasn't? But in any case let this be a lesson
to you. Read up on the type of frog you want
to get and take all precautions when creating
an environment for him.
After I decided to give it another try I
cleaned the tank very well, and all the accessories.
I rinsed the soil the plant was growing in,
and waited about a month or so to rid the
plant of any pesticides it may have had on
it. I decided to order Humpty from a breeder
online. I am now a little skeptical of pet stores. He got here unharmed and I have had no problems
with him so far.
I acquired Dumpty the same way a few months
later. Both are doing well and seem to like
each other. They sit together on the cork
bark and the "rock cliff" I have
attached to the side of the tank. So far
Dumpty is the only one to make any noise.
One way of sexing them is by their croaking.
Usually only mature males will croak. And
females tend to be larger. I'm still not
sure if mine are male or female Dumpty croaks
when picked up, and I'm sure I heard him
croaking to the theme song for "As The
World Turns"! But he is much larger
than Humpty. Who knows? They both have color
changes. Humpty tends to stay mostly brown,
and Dumpty is usually green with white specks
on his back, but occasionally he changes
to brown also.
They do have a neighbor in the tank next
to them. His name is "Beezles"
and he is an Emperor Scorpion.
Soon I will have pictures of them to add
to the site.