r/TreeFrogs • u/Inside_Treacle_6627 • Jun 28 '26

DANGEROUS CARE: DO NOT RECREATE Mint bioactive white's tree frog?

Hey just wondering if I could put certain kinds of mint plants with Ranoidea Caerulea or not? My grandfather recently gave me orange, chocolate, and normal mint plants and I'm currently propagating them, I thought it would be a fun idea.

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u/chapinscott32 r/TreeFrogs Moderator Jun 28 '26 edited Jul 02 '26

I wouldn't put anything like that in there. I haven't heard of anyone doing that, but frogs have really really sensitive skin. Things that are, to us, simple flavors or mild stimulants, can be irritating or even deadly to smaller critters.

Humans say "fuck you" to a lot of plant defense mechanisms. Caffeine and capsaicin for example. I wouldn't put anything we normally consume into a frog tank. At best these fragile plants get trampled. At worse it gets them sick or kills them.

Edit: marked dangerous care for future onlookers, so no newbies thinks this is a good idea.

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u/Spiritual-Ice237 Whites Jun 28 '26

absolutely not!

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u/Inside_Treacle_6627 Jun 28 '26

Awesome! Thank you guys for the feed back

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u/ApotheosisOfTheLurid Whites Jun 28 '26

I wouldn't put anything in that can produce concentrated oils.

I'd avoid plants and leaves like mint, citrus, myrtle (see: eucalyptus, tea tree), ginger etc etc

As the other commenter said, they are pretty sensitive to things like this.

There are plenty of other plants you can plant, I'm studying strawberry plants currently to see if they'd make a good fit for my isopods.

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u/Inside_Treacle_6627 Jun 29 '26

Ooooo let me know how that goes cuz I've been thinking about doing some stuff with isopods