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    I think tomorrow I'm going to look for a better tank, and put her next to me, not that I think it will make a difference, she was still funny when she had all the equipment and everything. I think she is just a strange frog, all of my others seem perfectly fine, just her. >_< That's the reason I got Prince, she wasn't being a normal pacman frog, then I got him and all my greedy frog dreams came true. :P

    Yeah, recently bred orchids, flowers and congos, so as long as i can shift them I can hopefully get a bit of frog equipment cash!
    Not one of these frogs habits and personalities are the same. You should love her for the way she is. She just needs a little extra care than the others that's all. Hopefully she'll come around and begin to eat more. She's a very nice looking albino even if she is fun sized Lol!


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    Not one of these frogs habits and personalities are the same. You should love her for the way she is. She just needs a little extra care than the others that's all. Hopefully she'll come around and begin to eat more. She's a very nice looking albino even if she is fun sized Lol!
    LOL! Fun sized frog. :P Yeah I do, I'd be heartbroken if she died. It's just a nightmare trying to get her to eat, and she is such a worry all of the time. I realised today she isn't stupid, we have maggots for the mantids, I gave her one thinking she may mistake it for a wax worm and eat, she didn't, clever little beast! I know maggots have nothing in them, but I thought it might provoke the feeding response.

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    LOL! Fun sized frog. :P Yeah I do, I'd be heartbroken if she died. It's just a nightmare trying to get her to eat, and she is such a worry all of the time. I realised today she isn't stupid, we have maggots for the mantids, I gave her one thinking she may mistake it for a wax worm and eat, she didn't, clever little beast! I know maggots have nothing in them, but I thought it might provoke the feeding response.
    She probably has a small stomach from being stunted. Maybe she can only eat so much. As long as when she does eat she gets vitamins and calcium she will probably be fine. Try not to show a lot of stress or frustration. Animals can pick up on that and sence it. Don't want her to get more strdssed than she is already. Hopefully she's perfectly healthy and just isn't a heavy eater.


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    Caught her moulting last night! Always a good sign. :P

    She spent a few days under ground, popping out at night, went in her water for a day, then shed her skin that night. She also ate a few crickets it seems which is always good news! Although she needs cleaning out this weekend, been about 6 weeks(I spot clean daily!), I'm worried it will stop her eating again.

    She is looking less boney now, before she moulted she was just skin and bones, hadn't eaten for a week or so, but she ate last night, she had 6 crickets, 3 were dead (I tend to chop a lot of lets off...) and the other 3 had gone. ^_^

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    Make sure you change the substrate no less than once a month as amonia build up will occur due to their urin and make the soil poison for the frog.


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    Make sure you change the substrate no less than once a month as amonia build up will occur due to their urin and make the soil poison for the frog.
    I usually do it every 3 weeks, but since coming to uni I totally lost track of time! No excuse, but just to let you know it's not normally left this long.

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    Quote Originally Posted by GrifTheGreat View Post
    Make sure you change the substrate no less than once a month as amonia build up will occur due to their urin and make the soil poison for the frog.
    All cleaned out now, did Princess and King (the small two) yesterday and the 3 big ones today. Got some awesome photos of the gang. ^_^ Thanks for letting me know about the amonia, I never new about that. I'll make sure I do it more often now and not let it get that long between cleans. 2 of the frogs peed in the holding tank, one all over me, he literally lost half of his body weight, been holding that a long time!

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