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[GrifTheGreat]

hi guys! i have a question....my female bullfrog, about 1year old isnt eating for a month

the frog is apparently healthy, she walk, she goes into water, she jumps...maybe she's fasting?

every time i try to give her a mouse, she runs away, not interested...

can u help me?

Is she losing weight?

[arci90]

Is she losing weight?

just a bit...not too much...

i have to be honest...before this fasting time, i was a bit exceeding with food, sometimes i forced her to eat...so she was too fat, not in her good weight...she had difficulty to move and jump good...

[Bruce]

What was her staple diet?

[arci90]

Unfortunately, the female frog is dead I found floating belly up in the tank all swollen, with legs straight

I do not understand why ... everything seems ok, had eaten a few days before, went to dig and swim .... bho


a male 1 year old should eat every day? or can eat only one time a week?

when the frog is quite large, with what the fed? the crickets are a bit 'small I think ...

[arci90]

guys? up

[habeeb]

lots of caresheets say you can feed them once a week and they will be fine...just be sure to feed it all it will eat in 15 mins....if it was my frog i would feed it twice a week....i feed my 6 month old male about every other day...and as for what to feed? i feed him dubia roaches...one male roach is like eating 3-5 large crickets so he just pounds on some of them till he stops eating...but u can try roaches or nightcrawlers...some pixies have problems eating nightcrawlers though...they try to lick them up and they are too slimmy that their tongue doesnt stick to the nightcrawler..hope that helps

[GrifTheGreat]

guys? up

You should be able to feed him 3 to 4 times a week, but this depends on what you are offering him as a staple diet.

[b24082]

I hate to say it, but it seems your female over ate to death. I've read this happening to a few other people.

[arci90]

my male 13 months old now eat only a small mouse (of course not a pinkie) a week...is it good?

[SCF]

my male 13 months old now eat only a small mouse (of course not a pinkie) a week...is it good?

No, you should vary its diet. One mouse a month - two months would be more ideal. A staple of earthworms, roaches, silkworms, would be a lot better. You can use crickets, hornworms, etc to mix it up as well.

[arci90]

No, you should vary its diet. One mouse a month - two months would be more ideal. A staple of earthworms, roaches, silkworms, would be a lot better. You can use crickets, hornworms, etc to mix it up as well.

i know i should vary its diet...but i cant

i try with dubia roaches but they dig in earth and then my frog cant see them

i know mice can cause overweight, but if mice are not so huge? i think 4 small mice a month is better than 2 adult mice....

[SCF]

i know i should vary its diet...but i cant

i try with dubia roaches but they dig in earth and then my frog cant see them

i know mice can cause overweight, but if mice are not so huge? i think 4 small mice a month is better than 2 adult mice....

I think you can..

You should try a pair of tongs, hold the dubia with the tongs in front of your frog a couple inches in front of it. No more burrowing dubia.

I don't think four small mice is better than two adults at all, it's worse.

[GrifTheGreat]

SCF has provided good advice.

You could also place you Pyxi in another container with nothing in it. Just mist it slightly so there is moisture in the container and place the roaches in with the Pyxi. They have nowhere to hide and will be ripe for the picking this way too. Make sure that the container you place the frog in is large enough for decent movement, is vented so the frog can breath, and make sure the frog cannot escape the container by jumping out.

[arci90]

I don't think four small mice is better than two adults at all, it's worse.

i mean...is better feed my frog with 2 adult mice a month or with 4 sub-adult mice a month?

i think 4 is better coz i can feed it every 7 days and not every 15...

[SCF]

i mean...is better feed my frog with 2 adult mice a month or with 4 sub-adult mice a month?

i think 4 is better coz i can feed it every 7 days and not every 15...

Heh, what part about varying their diet do you not understand? I will advise (for my last time) do not feed 2 adult mice a month. Do not feed 4 baby mice a month. Does anyone else want to chime in here?

[DFM]

From what I've read (and i've done a fair bit of reading on this species recently) a rodent heavy diet (pinky or not) is unhealthy for them

[arci90]

Heh, what part about varying their diet do you not understand? I will advise (for my last time) do not feed 2 adult mice a month. Do not feed 4 baby mice a month. Does anyone else want to chime in here?

From what I've read (and i've done a fair bit of reading on this species recently) a rodent heavy diet (pinky or not) is unhealthy for them

i have understood that a vary diet is better...but i have these problems:

- crickets: too small for my frog
- dubia: maybe i can try with dubia, but i will be crazy
- hoppers: i cant hold them in my house coz they fly and my mother blame me
- worms: my frog doesnt like worms it seems

can i try with zophobas morio? is it good as food for my frog? i saw he like these "worms"

[bullfrog1986]

try morio worms my frog likes them alot, try wax worms they dont borrow, try large crickets rather then small.. and if like me you must sit there and feed him by hand then you must spend time doing this.

[DFM]

Sounds like you just need ALOT of crickets

[DeeDub]

Arci, bienvenudo. Don't feed mice. Dubia with tongs/forceps.