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Frogfather Guides, Advice & News

Welcome to Frogfather Guides, Advice & News — practical UK guidance on dart frog care, bioactive vivariums, breeding, behaviour, plants, mossy frogs, isopods and exotic amphibian husbandry. Explore evidence-led care guides, troubleshooting advice, breeding information, vivarium inspiration and updates from Frogfather.
Male and female dart frogs showing sexing differences including front toe pads

MALE OR FEMALE DART FROGS? SEXING & RATIOS GUIDE

How can you tell whether a dart frog is male

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Dart frog vivarium size comparison showing 45 × 45 × 60 cm and 60 × 45 × 45 cm enclosures

FROGFATHER DART FROG VIVARIUM SIZE GUIDE – OCTOBER 2026

What size vivarium does a dart frog need? It sounds

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Cartoon dart frog using a magnifying glass to follow a scent trail towards a fruit fly

Can Dart Frogs Smell? How They Use Scent and Chemical Cues.

Written by The Frogfather | UK dart frog keeper, breeder

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Cartoon dart frog listening with one foot beside its eye while another dart frog calls from a leaf

Do Dart Frogs Have Ears? How They Hear Calls, Noise and Vibrations

Written by The Frogfather | UK dart frog keeper, breeder

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Peacock dart frog looking upwards in an alert hunting posture inside a planted vivarium

How Do Dart Frogs Hunt? Prey Detection Explained

Written by The Frogfather | UK dart frog keeper, breeder

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Educational infographic explaining dart frog vision, including colour perception, movement detection, visual learning and prey tracking.

How Do Dart Frogs See the World?

Quick answer: dart frogs are highly visual animals. They use

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Two translucent glass frogs clinging to the wet glass of a planted tropical vivarium

Why Is My Dart Frog Climbing the Glass? Normal Exploring or a Warning Sign?

Husbandry & Evidence Review – 5 September 2026 Glass climbing can be exploration, response to layout/conditions or escape-seeking behaviour. The

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Two Oyapock dart frogs in a bioactive vivarium, with one sitting in a shallow water dish

Why Is My Dart Frog Sitting in Water? Normal Soaking, Dehydration or a Warning Sign?

Husbandry & Evidence Review – 5 September 2026 This symptom guide remains current: sitting in water is a behaviour, not

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Cartoon blue dart frog tapping its hind toes while stalking a fruit fly, saying I’m not impatient, I’m hunting

Why Do Dart Frogs Tap Their Toes? Feeding Behaviour or Health Warning?

Husbandry & Evidence Review – 5 September 2026 Toe tapping around prey is usually a feeding-context behaviour, but abnormal tremor/weakness

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Cartoon dart frog inspecting a dropping on a leaf while another frog holds a sample pot and clipboard

Dart Frog Droppings: What Is Normal, What Is Not and When to Get a Faecal Test.

Husbandry & Evidence Review – 5 September 2026 This current droppings/faecal guide remains appropriate. Stool appearance can support monitoring but

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Newly planted tropical vivarium plant with a collapsed leaf and firm upright shoots

Why Vivarium Plants Melt After Planting—and How to Know Whether They Will Recover

Husbandry & Evidence Review – 5 September 2026 This current plant-establishment guide remains evidence-consistent: transplant shock, root damage, light, waterlogging,

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Cartoon dart frog watching a line of fruit flies escape from an open vivarium, led by a fly carrying a suitcase

Escaped Fruit Flies in the House: How to Stop Them Without Harming Your Dart Frog

Husbandry & Evidence Review – 5 September 2026 This current escaped-fruit-fly guide remains appropriate: use physical containment/trapping and avoid insecticides,

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Female White’s tree frog removing and eating loose skin during normal shedding behaviour

Dart Frog Shedding: What Is Normal, What Is Retained Shed and When to Worry

Husbandry & Evidence Review – 5 September 2026 This current shedding guide remains evidence-consistent: normal sloughing is distinguished from persistent

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Pair of peacock dart frogs with the larger female labelled on the left and the slimmer male labelled on the right

How to Sex Dart Frogs: Male vs Female Signs That Actually Work

Husbandry & Evidence Review – 5 September 2026 This sexing guide remains current. It treats calling, egg laying, toe-disc size,

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Second-hand dart frog vivarium with reuse, inspect and discard safety checklist

Can You Reuse a Second-Hand Vivarium for Dart Frogs? UK Safety Checklist

Husbandry & Evidence Review – 6 September 2026 This current second-hand-vivarium checklist remains appropriately risk-based. Known chemical exposure, diagnosed infectious

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Dart frog body condition infographic comparing underweight, healthy, overweight and obese frogs from above

How to Weigh and Monitor Dart Frogs Safely: Body Condition, Photos and Health Records

Husbandry & Evidence Review – 5 September 2026 Weight and body-condition monitoring are screening tools, not diagnoses. Handling is minimised

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