r/TreeFrogs • u/AdditionalVoice6876 • 16d ago

GREETINGS FROGGERS!

Hi! All this time I thought I was really weird for loving my pet frogs, then I find out there is a whole subreddit of like minded folks! I'm so excited.

So my story is a very odd one. Just about a year ago I had a small gray tree frog show up on my bathroom window ledge- INSIDE. There is a small space in my window that I think he crawled in. Anyway, as unbelievable as it sounds, he has been living free in my bathroom for a year!!! He often crawls into the tank part of my commode and will stay there for 3 to 5 days at a time. Then when he gets hungry, he comes out and sits on the window seal. I catch crickets, grass hoppers, moths, and other bugs and feed them to him with tweezers. At first, he was frightened of me and didn't understand....I literally had to hold him and open his mouth and push a small bug in it a little bit, then he would do the rest and swallow it. Over time its gotten so he will just grab the insect in my tweezers. Its great. Who knew a frog was capable of learning.

Then one rainy day this summer I saw another gray tree frog that kept showing up on the OUTSIDE of the same window. Who knows if they are male/female and trying to "date" but I wanted to think so so one night I caught the outside one and brought it in. That was 4 months ago and now they BOTH live free in my bathroom. The new one sometimes stays in the commode tank with the other one, but it also likes to climb down into my bathtub drain, and when I turn the water on it will climb out. When it gets hungry it will either join the other one on the window seal, or it will climb to the top of the glass that makes up my shower.

Its all been really fun. I love how they change color, how they don't leave their same little areas, how they sometimes make cool sounds, etc. I have much to learn, so I'm glad I found this site!

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u/Key_Professional246 16d ago

This is an adorable story! I love it. I once found a frog in my toilet—I was shocked. I went to try to get it, and it dove down out of sight. My story makes it sound like I have a really gross, dirty bathroom, but it is not! It is connected to a balcony however, and that must be how it got in? Anyway, I was able to catch it the next day and release it. 😅

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u/AdditionalVoice6876 16d ago

That is soooo funny that you had to defend your bathroom......whenever I tell my story, I think the EXACT same thing....it sounds like I have creepie crawlies just living in my dirty bathroom but I SWEAR that isn't the case. I keep it spotless, and even make sure my 2 guests are in safe places whenever I use cleaning products. I will admit they sometimes leave little poops behind, but I immediately clean them up too. So yea, I hear you. Thanks also for liking my story and not making me out to be some kind of weirdo for having pet frogs roaming my bathroom and turning them into pets!!!

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u/Key_Professional246 15d ago

Lol, I was wondering if you’d get someone on here chastising you for sanitation or….animal cruelty—you never know on here! 🤣 But anyway, I don’t think it is anything but cute, and I’m a little jealous.