how do i take care of a wild frog i caught outside?

Question

I found a wild frog outside. How am I supposed to take cae of it?

Answer 1

Is it wet or sticky skinned? Then it's a frog. If it's dry, it's a toad. Frogs and toads require slightly different habitats and care. Here are links to click on to open websites for frog and toad care:
http://allaboutfrogs.org/info/doctor/first.html
http://www.ehow.com/how_13083_care-toads.html

Answer 2

I tried this once, with a little frog. It didn't work out that great. My advice:
1. look up the frog (or it might be a toad) on google. Type in frogs, then go to pics. Click on the pics that look similar to the frog(or toad). After that look up some care sheets for it.
2. Look out! You may of caught an endangered species!
4. Set it free. It belongs in the wild! It might die of heart ache! The poor little guy needs a chance, right?
5. If you can't/won"t do any of these options, then here is some advice for a cage/enclosure: A 10 gallon tank should do the trick. Don't forget plants! lots and lots of plants!! Of course it needs water and it needs to be kept humid. About 70-80 Fahrenheit is a good temp. You need to change water daily and that just about it.
Hope this helps!

Answer 3

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how do i take care of a wild frog i caught outside?
I found a wild frog outside. How am I supposed to take cae of it?

Answer 4

Here is the best advice that you are going to get. You need to take it and put it back near where you found it. Wild frogs do not do good in captivity and will more then likely die. If you do not want to kill the poor thing, I recommend returning it to its home.

If you like him a lot, you can always go buy a frog from the petstore that is meant to be a pet. They are often times a lot cutier and colorful anyways. Plus, the pet store can help you with your whole set up.

Answer 5

get a glass fish aqurium, fill about 3 inches of water, make a mountain of rocks, and shine a 60 - 100 light on the rocks and part of the water for the frog can maintain it's body temp. put some greens for the frog to cool down in, like a patch of grass, but in sod form (still with dirt on the roots), and feed insects, or reptile food from a pet store.

or.....

be nice to the little critter and set the poor guy free. That's the best habitat you could possibly ever offer it.

Answer 6

I would just let it go if possible..

..but if you are serious about keeping it then I would do this:

Fill the bottom of a ten gallon or larger tank with gravel, then a layer of peat moss that you can buy at the pet store.
Half bury a dish full of water in the gravel so it can soak when it needs to.
You'll have to buy him crickets from the pet store every week or two. Don't feed him too much at one time or he could get sick. I would keep crickets in a separate tank and feed him maybe 2 every other day.
To keep crickets, just get a small tank and put a little dish of water (milk caps work well) or a sponge with water for them to drink. Fill another milk cap with oatmeal for them to eat.

Let me know if you need to know anything else!

Answer 7

Your new friend wouldn't have been where you found it if it wasn't happy there. It had plenty of bugs to eat, maybe a girlfriend or boyfriend that it was looking forward to seeing in a few months, and now it might be put in a box where it could dry out from incorrect humidity, or stress out and starve itself to death, or die of some other form of malnutrition. This frog deserves to be taken care of the best way possible, by putting it right back where you found it. It'll thank you for it.

Answer 8

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When frogs are mating, they are in amplexus. The third one, if it is a female, will do nothing. If the 3rd one is a male, it may try to dislodge the other male that is in amplexus with the female. They may squirm, push and shove each other, but they won't kill each other. You can separate them into different containers if you want. Unless you plan to keep them around, there is no reason to catch them and bring them indoors.

Answer 9

Put him back outside. Early evening would be the best time to release him. Put him in a safe place away from the road, any dogs or cats, or other kids.

Answer 10

Throw it back in the wild- you're doing more harm than good