First
of all, make sure it looks healthy and is active! It should move
around and try to get away, not just let you (or the pet store
guy) pick him up. He should have a nice even coloring with a nice
round body (not too fat, not too thin). You should also make sure
the enclosure they are being kept in is standard for that type
of frog (for example, a white's should not be kept like a fire
belly toad).
from
Shanna
No. Quarantine
is a must! Never introduce a new frog into an existing enclosure
without a quarantine period. The new frog could have a disease,
a virus or parasites that you can't see right away. If the new
frog is healthy, then it may have only recently contracted an
illness and still be so well that it doesn't show. If you put
a new frog in with the one(s) you have already then they could
become ill and die.
Waiting is
the hardest thing to do when you want to put them together, But
it's better to lose just one frog than both or all of your frogs.
Quarantine should be a minimum of 30 days. 60 days is best
as tree frogs can carry diseases for weeks or months without showing
symptoms and can pass these on to the existing healthy frogs.
Quarantine tanks may be any clean, reasonably sized receptacle
with minimal features. Generally a 10-20 gallon tank with a hiding
place, moist paper towel substrate (changed daily) and a water
dish is sufficient. Obviously, it's better the more you have in
there, but this is the bare minimum.