Hi Everyone

[Red Eye Treefrog]

Hi all

Just joined the forum after researching up on RETF, I have just purchased a new Exo Terra 36*18*24 and plan on buying a few bits each week. This should give me a couple of months to read up and hopefully get conditions right before I get my new buddies. Eventually I want to breed them as they are hard to come by round here according to local pet shop, I am reading up on them now but if any body has any advise I am all ears.

When I get set up I will post some pics

[Epiphile]

Hi Red Eye- welcome.

[Grimm]

If you are planning on breeding them you will need a few things.

1. A misting/rain system set on timers throughout the day and 1-3 hours at night.
2. Large leaves overhanging a body of water
3. Multiple males to incourage competition

I havent tried breeding just yet but I plan to once I find a few more frogs. Ive herd they are pretty picky!

[Red Eye Treefrog]

Thanks Aaron, Grimm..

Grimm you mentioned they are pretty picky, I guess you mean they are picky when choosing a mate.. if so they are much different from the women where I live..LOL

[Grimm]

I mean picky as in needing the right conditions to breed. And I have also herd that the chances of mating a pair of RETF's is slim, there needs to be 2-3 males per female. High maintenance froggys eh lol

In addition, I have herd that a change in daylight hours is a plus...However I'm not sure if the hours need to be decreased or increased haha...Im gonna guess less daylight to give them more time to get busy during the night.

[beckdg]

Originally Posted by Red Eye Treefrog

they are much different from the women where I live..LOL

lucky you, lol.

welcome to the site.

[abomb]

Yah its more nightime hours. I have done crazy amounts of research on mating. Ideally you want a large community of frogs in the same enclosure. Most commonly competition is a good thing but, it there has to be more more than one female in the tank to establish a pecking order. From what i have read online is 3 females and 9 males is a rather successful combo. Also atleast 6 inch deep water is required with overhanging broad leafs. the leaf must be big enough for both male and female to rest comfortably. One of the more interesting finds is that RETF breed on monsoon calendars. So a moon light cycle and increased raining is important. all this in consideration makes breeding a difficult task to top it off females dont put out like nickel and dime street walkers.

[spanky]

barometric pressure also comes into play...