To dig, or not to dig up your pyxie

[BG]

Try the rodent test .if she fails then have her examened. Alot of vendors get wc animals with parasites.and disease.

[steest]

+1 to what BG said, and also even some captive bred frogs have diseases and parasites as well. 2 months ago i bought a pacman, it was just a froglet about 3/4 inch, and after a month it started showing signs of chytrid. Being a complete noob I did not catch it in time. (before I found this excellent forum) I tried to treat it but too late and it passed. Even if it is captive bred, you do not know the conditions that the previos owner had it in. Please go to vet.

[dsmalex97]

I got an appointment for the 31.

Until then, I removed coco fiber and have her in an all water setup with a small area to climb out. When I dug her up, her belly was kind of cool. I'm assuming it was because she went to the very bottom, (below 4-5 inches of substrate) which was getting any kind of direct heat. Maybe she was just too cool once she dug herself down, and her metabolism slowed? She was also in the middle of a shed. She looks beautiful now! Really bright green! So far she's responding quite nicely to the change, and seems to be content. She likes to completely go under the water and submerge her face, and when I hover above the tank she pops up lol! Now, you guys are saying to do the rodent test? Should I wait to see her poop before feeding her again?

[Sublime]

@dsm No, if the temperature is high enough (i.e. 80-90F) you don't have to wait for her to expel waste. Just push a frozen-thawed rat up against her mouth or force feed it to her. If you can find or buy a syringe, also buy liquid calcium w/ d3 and liquid vitamins made for reptiles and amphibians... Inject the mouse with it to pack it with nutrition.

Just feed an appropriate sized mouse to her (half size rule). Seems like she's acclimating real well to the water setup... Nice.

[dsmalex97]

So now, being that I got he to eat those night crawlers should I hold off with the rat? And if she doesn't go for it, how do I force feed it to her? I saw some videos on youtube and it seems a lot easier then force feeding a snake (such a pain in the neck).

[dsmalex97]

I believe so too! Fingers are crossed!

I'm going to wait for her to poop before I go forcing a mouse into her I think...I watched a couple of videos on force feeding and it doesn't seem hard compared to force feeding a snake lol. My one ball python clutch had a couple of problem feeders, and I'm still force feeding them every week, and its a miserable experience to say the least!

**Sorry for the double post! lol! I thought it deleted my text and didn't post the above one...Idk whats going on with my computer...

[Sublime]

That's good that you got her to eat night crawlers. If she willingly ate the night crawlers, you don't have to force feed the mouse. I meant to say mouse, not rat. Even now you shouldn't need to force feed anything now that she's eating. I would suggest feeding a mouse since she hasn't eaten for while, it would be good to get extra nutrition in her other than the night crawlers.

Just thaw out a mouse or use a live one and put it in front of her face with tongs. Or you can try to rub it against her mouth. You really don't need to force feed unless she hasn't eaten for weeks and now yours is eating night crawlers. Just keep feeding her a bunch of night crawlers.

[dsmalex97]

That's good that you got her to eat night crawlers. If she willingly ate the night crawlers, you don't have to force feed the mouse. I meant to say mouse, not rat. Even now you shouldn't need to force feed anything now that she's eating. I would suggest feeding a mouse since she hasn't eaten for while, it would be good to get extra nutrition in her other than the night crawlers.

Just thaw out a mouse or use a live one and put it in front of her face with tongs. Or you can try to rub it against her mouth. You really don't need to force feed unless she hasn't eaten for weeks and now yours is eating night crawlers. Just keep feeding her a bunch of night crawlers.

There's the kicker! She always gets bored or something of the night crawlers...She'll take two to three of them, and then it seems shes gets annoyed with me offering them to her lol. When I first got her she ate four of them, and then the number slowly decreased. Still trying to figure out a good staple for her because she seems to be picky. I want to get some dubia's for her. I will try the mouse soon! Now, if she doesn't go for it, should I try to open her mouth up so she takes it?