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    Yarnfiend138
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    Default Undigested Crickets. Vomit. Help!

    Last night was feeding night for my Whites. I'm still working out how much she'll eat, so I've been putting one more cricket in her terrarium. Last night I put 5. This morning when I woke up, there are 4 partially digested crickets in her water dish, and the 5th was still climbing around.

    The crickets are dead, and had definitely been eaten, so the only way they could be there is from her vomiting them back up.

    Is this normal? Did she just eat too much? Is she really sick? She's also more brown than green, but her terrarium is mostly brown and I had read they have a chameleon-like quality to change colors.

    Should I be worried? What should I do?

    Help me. I'm new at this, I've only had her for a little over a week.

    Thank you.

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    Kurt
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    Default Re: Undigested Crickets. Vomit. Help!

    There are several reasons why a frog would vomit, gastrointestinal parasites, stress, low temperatures, and so on. Is your White's WC or CB? What is the temperature of his enclosure? How long have you had him?

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    Yarnfiend138
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    Default Re: Undigested Crickets. Vomit. Help!

    I've only had her for about a week, so I'm pretty new at this.

    WC or CB?

    I think I have it figured it out though. After I posted this I went out and asked the store that I bought her at. They told me frogs and snakes tend to vomit when they are cold, and then I realized my mom had turned off the heater.

    So I've got her temperatures back to where they should be and I'll try to feed her again tonight since she didn't keep down anything she ate last night. Hopefully she was just cold last night and things will go ok from here!

    Thank you!

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    Default Re: Undigested Crickets. Vomit. Help!

    WC = Wild caught
    CB = Captive bred
    Most (if not all) of adult frogs sold in pet stores tend to be WC, whilst froglets are more likely to be CB

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    Default Re: Undigested Crickets. Vomit. Help!

    This might be a silly question, but are you sure she ate them? I only ask because it's common for crickets to drown in water bowls and begin to decay, and if you're new to frog keeping, you might not know that. If you saw her ingest them, and they still wound up back in the water dish, then I would think something's wrong. Keep us posted.

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    Default Re: Undigested Crickets. Vomit. Help!

    You're welcome and good luck.

    Thanks Katie for explaining WC & CB, so I didn't have to.

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    Default Re: Undigested Crickets. Vomit. Help!

    She's doing great!

    Her temperatures are back to normal, shes eaten again, and kept it all down.

    Thank you so much!

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    Default Re: Undigested Crickets. Vomit. Help!

    That's great to hear.

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