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Hello, I've just joined the forum because I have a problem with my horned frog and was hoping someone could offer me some advice! I bought a baby (about 2 inches across) ahbout 3-4 weeks ago and I'm struggling to get him to feed. He's currently in a flat faunarium with about 2 inches of eco earth, cork bark as a hide, moss and a water bowl. The temperature is in the mid-high 70s provided by a heat mat underneath, and I spray in there every day. When I first got him, I was leaving 3 or 4 crickets in there each day thinking he would eat normally, but I always found all of them again the next day. When he started looking a bit thin, I started trying to feed him crickets and mealworms with tongs. Its not just that he ignores it, but he hops away, and is generally really active for a horned frog! I have got him to eat, but only by picking him up, opening his mouth with my finger, and popping a cricket in. He's eaten like this for the last few days, but I don't want to have to stress him out like this everytime he needs feeding! Today when I tried to feed him like this, he just held his mouth open until the cricket ran away again. Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Thanks very much!
Your babys temps are too low. He needs 80 to 82 during the day and 75 to 79 at night. If this type of enclosure you have is glass cover 3 sides of it with some sort of background so that your frog feels more secure. Your UTH(UnderTank Heater) should be on the side of the tank opposite the water dish not on the bottom. These are burrowing frogs and can be burned on the glass if they burrow over the UTH.

What are your frogs humidity levels? He need a consistant 70 to 80% humidity. Get rid of the moss. If your frog accidentally eats the moss he will become impacted(sever constipation) and possibly die.

Do you de-chlorinate your frogs water or use spring water?

Do you expand or saturate your frogs substrate with de-chlorinated water or spring water?

What size crickets are you feeding him?

Answer these questions and keep me posted.

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