my new Litoria Caerulea

[ViperJr]

Or you could just upload the photos here on Frog forum, since it have a intergrated uploading feature. Just log in and go to Albums. You'll figure it out from there.

[jodie]

Hi, i uploaded some pix into an album ( my new Litoria Caerulea). can you see how thin he is? his stomach is caved in. ANother question, can i leave the live food in the terarrium for him to catch or do i need to hand feed him?

[Badger]

Hmm, you can do 1 of a few things. 1.) just put the crickets in the tank for him to catch.

2.) take a smooth glass bowl, put it in the tank, and put the crickets in there, It's easier for them to find em that way, and the crickets are too stupid to jump out.

3.) you can try hand feeding.

I suggest the feeding bowl and you can try hand feeding. They are nocturnal, so you probably won't see him eat. Keep an eye out for poop. I'd wait a couple more days before attempting force feeding, but we'll cross that bridge when we come to it.

[jodie]

thanks i'll try the glass bowl trick!

[Badger]

Keep us posted!

[jodie]

morning guys! well no luck last night. the crickets were still in their bowl this morning although Kermit looked a bit better this morning, his tummy didn't seem to be as caved in. maybe he caught some of the loose crickets around. Badger did you see my pix i posted? what do you think? should i get some more plants? Does Kermit look terribly thin?

[Badger]

He looks very very thin, I would take him to a vet asap. That is severly underweight, you should probably force feed at this point, I didn't realize how underweight he was.

Force feed is somewhat simple, but stressful so be careful.

Take the frog in one hand, and a business/credit card in the other. Carefully slip the card into the mouth, and lightly pry the bottom jaw down, and insert a cricket into his mouth, and let the jaw go, and he should do the rest. Force feed around 3 crickets and put him back into the enclosure and put some crickets in the bowl.