Being a giddy school girl!

[Tori Savage]

I bought a pair of feeding tongs. The tips are small like needle nose pliers. I've tried rubbing the cricket on it's nose and it pushes it away or hops away. Or it just sits there, like it's ignoring everything. I've also noticed that it isn't freely getting into the water anymore. Do I need to start putting it in the water dish, or in some luke warm water? And I don't think the pet store was feeding at night. I think they may have been feeding during the morning hours/day time.

How can I tell if it is male or female, or would it even be too young for that?

[GrifTheGreat]

I bought a pair of feeding tongs. The tips are small like needle nose pliers. I've tried rubbing the cricket on it's nose and it pushes it away or hops away. Or it just sits there, like it's ignoring everything. I've also noticed that it isn't freely getting into the water anymore. Do I need to start putting it in the water dish, or in some luke warm water? And I don't think the pet store was feeding at night. I think they may have been feeding during the morning hours/day time.

How can I tell if it is male or female, or would it even be too young for that?

You won't be able to tell whether its a male or female until its about 8 months to a year old. If they were feeding during daylight hours then its day night cycle may be messed up. If the frog is stressed and only if its stressed should you soak the little guy/girl. Sometimes stress is reduced if you soak them in luke warm de-chlorinated water with 2 to 3 drops of honey disolved in the water. I would say you need to offer food and leave the little guy/girl be for a night. Keep the night temps around 78 to 79. Sometimes if the soil is moist enough and there is enough humidity the frog won't use the water dish. Even if the frog doesn't get in the water you should change it everyday to every 2 days. Always change it after the frog enters the water. Offer food when the frog awakens and leave it be. Just drop them in and don't have any other bright lights besides its night light on. Break the hind legs off the crickets before putting them in. Keep us posted.

[GrifTheGreat]

I bought a pair of feeding tongs. The tips are small like needle nose pliers. I've tried rubbing the cricket on it's nose and it pushes it away or hops away. Or it just sits there, like it's ignoring everything. I've also noticed that it isn't freely getting into the water anymore. Do I need to start putting it in the water dish, or in some luke warm water? And I don't think the pet store was feeding at night. I think they may have been feeding during the morning hours/day time.

How can I tell if it is male or female, or would it even be too young for that?

You won't be able to tell whether its a male or female until its about 8 months to a year old. If they were feeding during daylight hours then its day night cycle may be messed up. If the frog is stressed and only if its stressed should you soak the little guy/girl. Sometimes stress is reduced if you soak them in luke warm de-chlorinated water with 2 to 3 drops of honey disolved in the water. I would say you need to offer food and leave the little guy/girl be for a night. Keep the night temps around 78 to 79. Sometimes if the soil is moist enough and there is enough humidity the frog won't use the water dish. Even if the frog doesn't get in the water you should change it everyday to every 2 days. Always change it after the frog enters the water. Offer food when the frog awakens and leave it be. Just drop them in and don't have any other bright lights besides its night light on. Break the hind legs off the crickets before putting them in. Keep us posted.

[Tori Savage]

It finally ate!!! It ate 3 crickets night before last (Monday). It is burrowing again. And I think I've finally gotten the temps n stuff right!!! LOL About time!!!!!!!

[GrifTheGreat]

It finally ate!!! It ate 3 crickets night before last (Monday). It is burrowing again. And I think I've finally gotten the temps n stuff right!!! LOL About time!!!!!!!

Good job. Keep up what your doing and use the advice given. You can feed the little guy/girl everyday as babies and young frogs need a lot of food an nutrition at these stages for healthy growth.

[Tori Savage]

Well like they saying goes, "you can lead a horse to water, but can't make em drink it." I'll make sure it has crickets daily. But it's up to the frog if it wants to eat. Now if it goes at least a week without eating then I'll step in again. And I think it's trying to shed? When I soaked it for about 20 min last night (Wednesday) there were a few slimy strands in the water. More of it came off of it as I splashed it/it hopped around. There were at least 4-5 pieces of this. As I watched the cricket interaction last night as well, when a cricket would go near it, the pac huffed n puffed like it was the biggest threat on earth but never moved. It was so cute. It would like swell up kinda and looked like it was breathing really hard n fast until the cricket went away. Then it burrowed. It was funny. The plantation soil is about 1 in thick to 1 1/2 in thick. Does it need to be deeper than that?

[Tori Savage]

Sorry to be a bearer of bad news, but my lil pac has died. Thanks for all the advice an support.

[GrifTheGreat]

I'm very sorry to hear this. Probably passed from stress. Before you decide to get another do a lot of research and take the advice that has been given. Once again I am sorry.