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Anonymous
repti-storefag here.
They'll eat basic crickets, just get crickets that are small enough for them to eat without much trouble. If you start out with really tiny frogs, you might could hand feed them with crickets with the back legs taken off.
If you're getting one to two tree frogs, a ten-twenty gallon tank will be just fine. Put in some reptile moss and some large branches for them to climb on. Make sure you mist them about 3-4 times a day and get a humidity/temperature gauge. They need to be kept around 78-85 degrees, keep a bowl of water in there too.
For lighting for a ten gallon tank get a daylight bulb, probably about 40 watts (NOT a basking bulb, it will fry them) and put it in one *corner* of the tank, not in the center. That way, if they get too hot, they can move to the other side. It might be a good idea to get a moonlight bulb (they're blue) to put on the other side, but it's not required.
Tree frogs like to live usually with one to two other frogs, but they can live alone. I'd suggest two.
The more you handle them the less likely they are to go rocketing off when you pick them up, but they jump and they jump quickly. Make sure your lid is secure on there. The ones at our store seem to prefer us girls to the guys, not sure what that is. Smoother hands? Hah.
Hope it helped.
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