Printable owner manual
An easy frog for sixteen years, if someone counts the crickets.
A 42-page printable manual with the vertical enclosure, a humidity cycle that dips instead of sitting high, the water that is safe to mist with, feeding by size and age, the ridge test that catches obesity early, seven health pages, and the printable owner tools.
Not sure yet? Download the first 4 pages free, contents page included.
- 42 pages, print or view
- Beginner friendly
- No external links inside the PDF
Edition 1.1
Oct 2026 路 42 pages
Care-sheet roulette
- A care sheet that says "high humidity," and an enclosure that never dries out
- Untreated tap water in the mister, or distilled water because it sounds purer
- A frog that eats everything offered, fed everything offered
- Two frogs of different sizes sharing one enclosure
This guide
- A 50 to 60 percent baseline, misted to 70 to 80 once or twice a day and then left to dry back, with a chart of the cycle
- Dechlorinated tap or spring water only, and why distilled and reverse-osmosis water can be fatal to a frog
- 3 to 4 insects, 2 to 3 times a week for an adult, and the eardrum ridge test that shows obesity before the waistline does
- Size-matched groups only, because this frog will try to swallow anything that fits, a smaller frog included
What's inside 路 42 pages
Everything from first setup to daily routine.
The vertical enclosure
The 18 by 18 by 24 inch minimum measured in height, where it goes, the gentle temperature gradient, and every heat source outside the glass.
Humidity and safe water
The cycle that dips after each misting, ventilation, the water that is safe to mist with, UVB (ultraviolet B) light, substrate and plants.
Feeding and the ridge test
Feeding by size and age, staples and treats, gut-loading and dusting, and the fat ridges above the eardrum that read body condition.
Handling, groups and quarantine
Plain water and no soap, size-matched groups and sexing, choosing a frog, six to eight weeks of quarantine, and normal behavior.
Health and red flags
Obesity and fatty liver, chytrid, red-leg, metabolic bone disease and vitamin A, skin and chemical injuries, impaction and parasites.
Owner tools
Setup checklist, emergency card, budget and shopping list, first 30 days, symptom reference, outage plan, pet-sitter sheet, and the logs.
Every page, section by sectionThe package's own contents page, all 42 pages of it. Nothing here is a teaser for something sold separately.
Getting Started
- How to Use This Package
Profile
- Quick Profile & Cost Overview
Housing & Environment
- The Vertical Enclosure & Where It Goes
- The Temperature Gradient & Heating
- The Humidity Cycle That Dips
- The Water That Is Safe to Mist With
- Ultraviolet B (UVB) Light & the Day Length
- Substrate, Plants & Furnishings
- Cleaning Without Soap, and Household Chemicals
Feeding
- Feeding by Size & Age
- Feeder Insects, Treats & Supplements
- Body Condition: Reading the Tympanum Ridges
Handling & Behavior
- Handling With Plain Water & No Soap
- Shedding, Color, Calling & Normal Behavior
- Common Mistakes & Enrichment
Arrival & Life Stages
- Choosing a Frog, Quarantine & the Law
- Group Housing by Size, Sexing & Breeding
Health & Common Issues
- Health Red Flags & Finding a Vet
- Obesity, Fatty Eyes & Fatty Liver
- Chytridiomycosis
- Red-Leg Syndrome & Bacterial Infection
- Metabolic Bone Disease & Vitamin A
- Skin Injuries, Chemical Exposure & Dehydration
- Impaction, Parasites & Shedding Problems
Quick Reference
- Setup Checklist & Targets
- Emergency & Quick Targets Card
Owner Tools
- Budget: Setup & Shopping List
- Budget: Yearly Costs
- First 30 Days
- Symptom Quick Reference
- Daily, Weekly & Seasonal Routine
- Power Outages, Heat Waves, Travel & Transport
- Pet-Sitter Sheet
- Owner Log
- Equipment & Vet Log
Reference
- Glossary, A to H
- Glossary, I to Z
- Sources
- Where the Sources Disagree
- Version History & About
Take a look inside
The cycle chart, the ridge test, and the card that lives by the enclosure.
Click a page to see it at full size. The contents page is complete; the others fade out where the paid content starts.
The first 4 pages, free
Pages 1 to 4 as a PDF: the contents page and the opening pages before the care sections start, so you can see every page the full package covers.
Who this is for
- New White's tree frog owners setting up the enclosure before the frog comes home
- Keepers whose frog is filling out over the eardrums, or whose enclosure never dries
- Anyone keeping two or more frogs together, or bringing a new one home to a group
What it's not
- Not a substitute for a veterinarian who sees amphibians
- Not a live website mirror, a clean printable package instead
- Not a subscription, one purchase and every corrected edition is free
What changed
This is edition 1.1.
Bought before? Re-download free from your library.
- 1.1, Oct 2026. Aligned to the current layout: cover icon, section order, page pointers, a units note, the thermostat probe mounting and a longer glossary, 42 pages. Costs: every item priced and rounded to the nearest $5; setup $305 to $595, yearly $150 to $245 in supplies. Other changes are wording only.
- 1.0, Oct 2026. First edition, 39 pages.
Coming in the next edition
The site has been corrected on the points below and the book has not caught up yet. They ship together in edition 1.2, free to anyone who already bought this one.
- The version history still describes the glove rule as powder-free nitrile; it will read vinyl first, nitrile as the fallback, never latex, as the book body and the site already do. From: White's Tree Frog Handling
Ready when you are
White's Tree Frog Care Package
42 pages. PDF. Print it or keep it open on your phone, tablet, or computer. Yours the moment you check out.
Edition 1.1, published October 3, 2026. Paid through Stripe. The download link arrives on the next page, and it stays in your library for as long as the package exists, always as the current edition. Not a substitute for a vet.
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The free White's tree frog guide is still free
This package is the same research as our White's tree frog care guide, reformatted into an offline manual with the checklists, logs, and triage tables the web pages do not carry. Read the free guide first and buy this only if you want it in your hands.