Frog on the loose?

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The frog I got a week or two ago has just been recently put into a new half water half land terrarium I made him. The first day he was fine, and the next morning I can't seem to find him at all. The screen lid on the tank was a little loose, but I had weights on both ends of it to try and keep it down.

I couldn't find him at all. I had a rock waterfall I made and thought he had fallen behind it, or got caught under a rock. So I took the whole thing apart to find him, but I couldn't. I checked the filter in case he got into it, be he wasn't there either. I thought maybe he drug himself under ground, so I moved some dirt that looked like it had already been moved around, but still found nothing!

I might take out ALL the dirt on the land side later tonight, but I was hoping that I wouldn't because I didn't want to disturb the plants too much. I even threw some crickets in there hoping they would lure him out, but he still hasn't come out.

I'm just I'm starting to think that maybe he did get into the house. If he did, what are my chances of finding him, and how can I find him and catch him again?
 
Hebily said:
What type of frog?
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Some species like to dig and bury themselves such as my African Bullfrog. The second day I had him I thought he escaped because I couldn't find him. I tore up the whole tank and still no frog. But then I pulled the live plant I had in the tank out and he was buried in the bottom of the container. Tricky bugger.
 
He's a green frog (Rana Clamitans). I have work soon, so when I get home I'll check to see if he has buried himself. I'm just worried he has gotten out.

Also, he's only about 1 1/2 inches or 2 inches. I never got to measure him, but he's still kinda small. Just lost his tail last week.
 
whats worked for me over the years when my frog escaped is to leave out a pool of water, and in the morning the frogs sitting in/on it.
The longest she's been on the loose is nearly a week. But I keep her outside, I imagine you would only have a few days before a frog dries out inside.
 
I agree it will seek water so check your bathroom behind the toliet etc..For example when my boa was a baby it escaped and when my father went to do laundry he got a surprise when he opened the lid.You might want to look under the washer because it will be cool dark and odds are moist.
 
interesting thread

I got a tadpole with some feeders they brought in from florida for me and the frog dissapeared 3 days ago, pulled the tank apart and could not find it, though this thread has given me t he idea to check the substrate
 
I put out a bowl of water, and I have been checking my bathroom everyday, a couple times a day. I didn't get the chance to check the dirt in his tank yet, but I will do it today. There is the possibility that he got into my basement, since it is cold and we have a wetness problem down there, but if he did, I doubt I'll find him. It's a mess down there.

The room his cage is in also has 4 aquariums in it, it is possible for him to get into them, right? I mean some are really high, but some others are lower, and it looks like they are easier for a frog to get into.
 
Yup, just checked all the dirt in the cage. Pulled it all out, and found nothing. My plants are directly planted in the dirt, so he wouldn't be hiding under there. So I guess he really did get out. I'll keep looking for him.

But, if I don't find him at all, does anyone know where I can buy Green Frogs or Green Frog Tadpoles? I really liked him, and I'd like another frog just like him. I know you can buy them from pond stores, but I have none anywhere near me, I checked. And about finding them in creeks and ponds, I already checked a lot of the bodies of water near me, and all I found were minnows.

I'm still hoping I'll find him, but I'd like another frog if I don't find him, because I don't want his new home to go to waste. I just set it up, and it would have been a waste of money for me to just tear it down.
 
Well, he was in his cage Monday night, and Tuesday morning he was gone. Friday morning, today, I still can't find him anywhere. I'm pretty sure by now I'm not going to find him, or he has already dried up.

But he's not stupid, right? If he was drying up, he would look for water, instead of just dieing? I don't know, I still hope I find him, but at the same time I don't think I will. If anything, I'd rather him get outside so that maybe he'd have a chance of living, rather then being stuck in the house and dieing. I know that I'm not supposed to release him because he's come in contact with aquarium bacteria that isn't present in the wild, but at least if he did get out he'd be alive.

(Besides, where I live, there isn't much life in the creek. It's really polluted, and there are a lot of people around here who have already released their unwanted fish. There's a giant pleco who lives in the creek behind my house, and yes he actually does survive the winters, and parts of the creek do freeze.)
 
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