[Roxxy]

Sorry if the wordy title is bad haha. I put my arrivals into my 36 x 18 x 36 vivarium and as I designed it, it has a lot of little caves and pockets and leaf litter for frogs to hide in. I know they are new and young so they will be hiding a lot until they age up, but how do you deal with the anxiety as a new frogger of not seeing your frogs much? How can you ensure they're going to be okay while being as hands off as possible?

 

[DavidKrakow]

Same exact issue here. New frogger, newly introduced leucs, hiding. This isn’t a hobby for the impatient 😅 Mine have been venturing out more each day. I tried to encourage them by dimming the lights and generally maintaining quiet in the room. My first inclination was to dump flies in to be sure they had enough to eat, but decided that it is better to put in one meal worth and monitor to see if flies are still wandering around before the next fly dump. My reasoning is a hungry frog will be bolder. So far so good. Disappearing flies hopefully means frogs are eating. I have seen all three leucs out hunting early in the morning. Two are out regularly. Don’t worry 🙂

 

[KrewNK]

I know it's hard, but the best thing to do is to be patient. I got my first 2 leucs 5 months ago and one of them still hides most of the day. I usually see it at feeding time and after I mist. Is the humidity good in your tank? I have heard leucs are more tolerate of lower humidity, but will also retreat to more humid areas of the tank when humidity is low. Someone might need to check me on that. As long as you don't see any aggression or malnourished frogs I would just let them get used to their new environment.

 

[Uwharrie]

I can relate. I have four juvenile Luec for about a month. Two are out a lot the other two I rarely see. It is nerve racking

 

[Fahad]

Leucs are weirdos. Mine started out as quite bold, had a stint of what may have been months after I moved their tank where I barely saw them, and now in spite of being moved a couple of times since, they come up to the front of the tank and demand food. I got them in late 2019 so it took a while and went through a couple of phases.

The only thing I may recommend is something I do with a lot of younger frogs; set up a number of 'feeding stations' around the tank -- very small pieces of banana where flies will congregate. The frogs will figure out where they are and pick them off. You may be able to see them more easily and get a better handle on who's eating and how much. But yeah, it takes patience.

 

[bulbophyllum]

Too late now. But, if I have concerns about a frog not making it in a big tank set them up on sphagnum with a few large leaves so they can hide but, I can find them if they disappear. Once I see strong hunting behavior I don't worry about them.

But, if your frogs were old enough to be sold they will be just fine. Leucs are some of the toughest dart frogs. I have kept them for over 20 years and you have no idea how many stupid things I have done to them. Your frogs will hide. You may not see one for months. You will be sure it is dead. Then one day it is in the front of the tank looking fine. Dart frogs just do that.

 

[Roxxy]

Alright. Thanks so much for all the answerrs <3