To dig, or not to dig up your pyxie

[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?

[Sublime]

Another good staple is crickets while you're trying to get your dubia colony established. Try for the next few days just feeding night crawlers and crickets to let her get settled into feeding before you try the mouse. When you do feed the mouse, if she resists it... Don't force her; just toss the mouse out. They're only a dollar at reptile shops for a frozen one. Forcing her to eat it when it's not necessary will stress her out. Don't want to do that when she's already skittish when eating.

[Sublime]

I forgot to mention this. When you got her to eat the night crawlers... Did you dust them with supplements or vitamins? It would be a good idea to dust heavily - not overdosing, but enough calcium w/ d3 and vitamins once a week. Get her back up and healthy. Good luck.

[Eel Noob]

One thing we have to remember is these frogs don't need to eat all the time. As long as the frogs looks to be at normal weight with no bones showing it should be fine. I wouldn't force feed any animal unless it's will die from starvation, you'll just be stressing out the animal even more.