Vertical Conversion of “Zilla Critter Keeper” for tree frogs

[helm96]

It is so hard not to spoil them, they are like little kids! She is soooo cute!!!!!

[flybyferns]

Anorexic--- A. moreletii
One week ago I found I had one missing cricket.
Review:
I have 2 enclosures- tall , well planted, well suited for tree frogs and monitored carefully
Boggie( black eye---- A moreletii) was moved into her own (my 2nd viv --created specifically for her- on 3/3/12 ) after living w/ RETFs for a year and a half
All my frogs ( excet one ) ( over the past > 2 1/2 years) – were quarantined for at least 6 weeks or greater
The "except one" was a rescue and was in quarantine for 6 months- vet treated for very bad abrasions
That was that after moving her - she stopped eating and then developed intermittent diarrhea just about the same time I started a metronidazole / soaking treatment to stimulate her appetite. No luck !

She has completed a repeated liquid metronidazole drops/ treatment ( duration 14 days ) Vet Rx
She has had --as of Sunday night, 2 doses of Panacur ( which will be weekly for 4 doses) vet Rx
She has had, along the way intermitted pedi soaks and force feedings
In between these 2- recent - panacur doses she had 2 poops -one was diarrhea and one normal – in that order ?
How do I administer a cricket dusted w/ panacur to a frog that does not eat ?
I get it all ready- sit there- and wait for her to shed. When she closes her eyes and opens her mouth –I drop it in.
This method is working really well , and reduces the stress of handling and force feeding.
Sunday night she had this 2nd panacur/dusted cricket and one additional small cricket w/the usual vits and calcium.
She has looked good throughout all of this- w / the exception of a few days prior to starting the 2nd vet Rx- liquid metronidazole
She gets up, soaks, and makes believe she is hunting - but does NOT eat. I have witnessed her in the cricket bowl!
No weight loss- she still weighs the same as she did 1 week after I moved her. ( I have weighed her 3X since 3/10ish)
I am quite positive she did grab her own cricket 1 week ago
A wax worm moth got her attention ! I cannot find it?
I can, very accurately, keep track of crickets as my substrate is very simple.
I feed on the floor and in bowls
I know exactly what I put in and remove the next day w/ a head count for both enclosures
I have 5 RETFs in the tank she came form- all are well -NONE have has any diarrhea, are active, and eat well

I am excited about my delivery of 3 froglet A. moreletii (form Michael Novy) next week.
They are young and will have to be in a nursery/quarantine enclosure for quite some time.
If all goes well, maybe, just maybe , by late July early August she will have a “little community” and company this enclosure?
There is a lot of work ahead to prepare this viv for the addition of these 3 babies ! !

5:30 this AM ---- " make believe hunting"





Thanks for reading and following along , your support and comments are very much appreciated as always.
Lynn

[flybyferns]

Is is safe to say she is eating on her own ?
There has been a missing cricket the past two nights.


Hunting - taken at 6 am this morning
Such a cutie!

Lynn