# Green tree frog in house in winter (how best to deal with it) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 24, 2025, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-tree-frog-in-house-in-winter-how-best-to-deal-with-it/1026028 "2025-12-24T17:26:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sigene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df788c/32.png) [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2025, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-tree-frog-in-house-in-winter-how-best-to-deal-with-it/1026028/1 "2025-12-24T17:26:02Z")
I was watering my plants and noticed in my watering can I have a tree frog chilling there. I don’t know if he was hibernating or if he will go back. I don’t know if he has eaten anything for months (I brought the can in to the house late October. Any advice on how to best deal with him? I don’t want to keep him, but I also don’t want to just throw him out to freeze. Maybe I cover him with moist paper towels in a container and put him in the fridge until spring? ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2025, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-tree-frog-in-house-in-winter-how-best-to-deal-with-it/1026028/2 "2025-12-24T20:19:25Z")
Do you have a wildlife rehab in your area you could call? That might be your best source of advice. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2025, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-tree-frog-in-house-in-winter-how-best-to-deal-with-it/1026028/3 "2025-12-24T21:18:38Z")
Awww… New pet. I’d research their needs and habits and do the wildlife pet thing. But that’s me. Maybe a big PetSmart is local enough and expansive enough they sell frogs(probably snake goodies). So you takes yer chances on that front. ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2025, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-tree-frog-in-house-in-winter-how-best-to-deal-with-it/1026028/4 "2025-12-24T23:06:54Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Awww… New pet. That’s what I’d do. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2025, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-tree-frog-in-house-in-winter-how-best-to-deal-with-it/1026028/5 "2025-12-25T15:38:06Z")
I’d probably let him hang out until spring, though I suspect the frog will mysteriously vanish long before then. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2025, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-tree-frog-in-house-in-winter-how-best-to-deal-with-it/1026028/6 "2025-12-25T16:22:43Z")
He may react well to a kiss. ---
**Author:** ![Sigene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df788c/32.png) [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2025, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-tree-frog-in-house-in-winter-how-best-to-deal-with-it/1026028/7 "2025-12-25T17:15:30Z")
> I’d probably let him hang out until spring, though I suspect the frog will mysteriously vanish long before then. This is my expectation as well. I haven’t looked for him in the can. He’ll either chill there for a few months or jump out and hide somewhere. Depending on where, he might make it or not. I’d prefer he stay in the can undisturbed until spring. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2025, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-tree-frog-in-house-in-winter-how-best-to-deal-with-it/1026028/8 "2025-12-26T06:07:47Z")
What area is this? Do you have a local college or agricultural extension office? They may be helpful, if you can’t reach a wildlife rehabber.