I'm new and having issues!

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The worms coming from a reptile food website is fine. Pinkie mice can be fed sparingly once every couple of months. He or she is pretty small to start eating mice; I would hold off mice until you get him feeding on healthier diets. Fishing and tackle shops are a lot cheaper though than earthworms being sold as reptile or amphibian food on sites or at a shop. Just have to be more precautionary with the guy that is selling them at a fishing shop. Let me know how it goes.

If he or she was in an emergency situation where he or she hadn't eaten in weeks, then I would force feed a pinkie mouse.

Right ok, that's good then, I'm not keen on the idea of feeding mice. None of mine have ever been fed on mice, it's just different inverts! I'll order some of the huge worms today then, try and get her feeding on those, I hope they wiggle!

If you have to force feed the frog, a pinkie is NOT the food item to use. Mammalian proteins are difficult for them to digest at best, so a starving frog won't handle it well.
Please don't feed mealworms or superworms tot he frog. The carapace is too hard and non-digestible & could cause impactions in a healthy frog, much less a sickly one.
I didn't notice an answer to the question about the water. Please use de-chlorinated water for misting & soaking.
You could add a drop of liquid calcium to the soaking bowl once a week to allow the frog to absorb it instead of dusting (we do this with some of ours because they are picky and refuse dusted food items).
Remember also that over use of the supplements is just as bad as not enough. We usually use a powder that has everything in it or mix the calcium & vitamins together and then dust.
The larger earthworms should be fine, but cut it into appropriate sized chunks for the frog.

Good Luck!

I don't think it has got to the force feeding stage, I mean she is eating, around 1-2 crickets a night. Then some days she won't touch food, then she will be back to eating. It's not a massive amount, but it's better than when she didn't eat for about 3 weeks, then I got her on wax worms, then she started eating no problem, then I stopped, now she is eating the odd cricket. The main problem is she isn't growing. :P

She hasn't ever had a meal worm, she wasn't interested.

I do use de-chlorinated water, always have.

She hasn't gone in her water bowl for a very long time, weird as she always used to, I may change it back to the old one, same kind of depth, but this one is a little smaller and less weird shaped.

Ah ok will do thanks!

Also these frogs are nacturnal. You do feed them at night right? I agree with Jessica about the pinky. When Grif was starving I didn't force feed pinkies until after a month of force feeding. Use easy to digest food items like soft bodied crickets/red wigglers/and chunks of night crawler. You don't want to constipate him/her if he/she is weak. Go buy some Flukers Repta-Aid. Its a emergency food supplement for malnurished and dehydrated reptiles and amphibians. Its very good to have on hand just incase. Also it comes with a seringe that makes it easy to get the mixture in the frogs mouth. You can use it while you force feed the other food items I mentioned. Don't force feed unless you absolutely have to.

I do indeed. I don't plan on force feeding, the idea is just horrible to me.

im having that same problem to but i think mine is just boated but it really hasnt grew much the temps are in the 75 to 80 but he pooped today and striked at a crix today i think i got mine around the same time

Yeah mine hasn't pooped in a long time, not sure if that has anything to do with it. Although she is still eating so maybe not, I put a light on her the other day to find a cricket hanging from her mouth, so very cute!