The Frog
Frog care, written down.
Printable handbooks and logs, 3D files for things that go inside the tank, and videos showing how it all works. Made by one person who keeps frogs, for the people who keep them and the sitters left holding the misting bottle.
Printables are sold through Etsy and ready to download the moment you pay. Nothing ships, so nothing gets lost in the mail.
Printables
Editable PDFs. Type your frog’s details straight into the file before you print, or print it blank and fill it in by hand. Every file comes in US Letter and A4, in full color and an ink-saver version. Checkout is on my Etsy shop.
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Frog Sitter Handbook
Now editableTen pages a first-time sitter can follow without knowing anything about frogs: daily care, a feeding guide, emergency contacts, a frog log, and a certificate for the kid who did the job. Plus fridge cards with the daily jobs and emergency numbers at a glance.
- Editable PDF
- 10 pages plus fridge cards
- Letter and A4
- Ink-saver included
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Husbandry Log
Now editableThe one you keep using. Twelve pages for feeding, temperature and humidity, weight, sheds, cleaning, health and vet visits, so when something looks off you have months of history instead of a guess.
- Editable PDF
- 12 pages
- Letter and A4
- Ink-saver included
$10instant download Buy on Etsy -
Feeding Cup Labels
NewPortion out the crickets before you leave and label each cup, so the sitter only has to open tonight’s. Type your frog’s name once and it fills in on all 24 labels, with the number of feeders, dusting, and a box to tick when it’s done.
- Editable PDF
- 24 labels: Mon–Sun and Day 1–12
- Fits 2″ round labels
- Fits standard deli cup lids
$5instant download Buy on Etsy -
Frog Sitter Kit
Save $3Everything for a trip away: the Sitter Handbook, the Feeding Cup Labels and the fridge cards, in one download.
- Handbook + Feeding Cup Labels
- Fridge cards included
- Editable PDF
- Letter and A4
$12instead of $15 Buy on Etsy -
Frog Keeper Bundle
Save $7All three: the Husbandry Log for everyday keeping, plus the Sitter Handbook and Feeding Cup Labels for when you’re away.
- Log + Handbook + Labels
- Fridge cards included
- Editable PDF
- Letter and A4
$18instead of $25 Buy on Etsy
3D files
STL files for things that go inside a terrarium, designed around what a frog actually does rather than what looks good on a shelf. These are still being tested and printed. Each one will be watertight, print without supports, and come with the settings I used. Sign up below to hear when they’re ready.
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Rowboat water dish
In the worksA shallow clinker-built dinghy for the tank floor. The notch in the transom caps the water depth so it can’t get too deep, and the open stern lets a frog walk in and out instead of climbing. Plank texture is modeled into the hull, and the inside is left smooth because grooves hold biofilm.
- 171 × 121 × 58 mm
- Holds about 250 ml
- No supports needed
- STL plus print notes
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Printed rowboat, ready to use
In the worksThe same dish, printed here in matte PETG and shipped to you. For people who want the thing rather than the file.
- Waterproof PETG
- Ships in the US
Before you print one
Use PETG if the dish will hold standing water. Wood-fill PLA looks better but needs sealing, and PLA softens in a warm tank. Print the hull at 0.12 mm layers if you want the plank texture to show, and skip ironing, which flattens it out.
What the license covers
Once they’re out, buying an STL lets you print as many as you like for your own tanks and for friends. It doesn’t cover printing them to sell. If you run a print shop and want to, email me and we’ll work something out.
Videos
Short ones, mostly showing rather than talking. Nothing loads from YouTube until you press play, so the page stays quick and nobody gets tracked for scrolling past.
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A tank a sitter can manage
What to change in the week before you leave, so someone else can keep it running.
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Printing the rowboat dish
Start to finish on a bed-slinger, including the settings that make the planks read.
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Filling in the handbook
Ten pages, ten minutes, and the two blanks people most often get wrong.
Why the blanks are blank
There is no humidity number printed anywhere in the handbook. That is deliberate, and it is the thing I most want you to understand before you buy.
A White’s tree frog, a Pacman and a dart frog want three different tanks. A care sheet that fills those numbers in for you is guessing about an animal it has never met. So every value in these pages is a line you write on: your species, your setup, your vet. That is also why one handbook works for any frog.
What the pages give you is the structure. The right questions, in the right order, in language a nervous twelve-year-old can follow at eight in the evening when the frog hasn’t eaten.
you fill these in, not me
Made by one person
The frog on the cover is a pencil drawing, and the type is a battered typewriter face. Both were chosen because this is a small shop and it should look like one.
Not veterinary advice
These are organizers, not medicine. If a frog is unwell, an exotics vet is the answer and no printable is. Every file says so on the first page.
Print it however you like
At home, at the library, or at a print shop from a USB stick. Files are sized for both Letter and A4 so it works wherever you are.
Free coloring pages
Six frog coloring pages, from simple ones for small hands to detailed ones for grown-ups. Leave your email and you’ll get the download link, plus a note when something new goes up. A few times a year at most.
No spam, and you can leave any time.
Questions
How do I get the files after paying?
Etsy shows a download link as soon as your payment goes through, and emails you one too. The files stay in your Etsy account under Purchases, so you can download them again any time.
Can I use the handbook for a frog that isn’t a tree frog?
Yes. Because the care values are blanks you fill in, the same handbook works for a Pacman, a dart frog, a toad, or anything else you keep. If you keep more than one, print a second copy of the two pages that describe an individual animal.
Can I edit the PDFs?
Yes. Download the file first, then open it in Adobe Acrobat Reader (free), Preview on a Mac, or the Files app on iPhone and iPad, and click into any blank to type. Some browser and phone viewers let you type but don’t save what you typed, so save a copy before you close it. You can still print it blank and fill it in by hand, which is handy when a sitter wants to jot a note at the tank.
What do I get with an STL?
The mesh file itself, plus a short notes page with the material, layer height and orientation I use. No slicer profile, because those don’t travel well between machines.
I’m a professional pet sitter. Can I hand these to clients?
The standard license covers printing copies for your own frog and your own sitter. For handing them out across a pet-sitting business, email me and I’ll sort out a commercial license.
Do you take refunds?
Digital files can’t really be returned once they’re delivered. But if something won’t open or prints wrong, message me on Etsy and I’ll fix it or refund you.