Cornuta lacks appaetite---What to do?

[cyris69]

Stunningly beautiful frog you have there! I would mind hearing some answers about this as one of mine barely eats and I don't want to force feed. Wish they showed interest in worms.

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[GrifTheGreat]

You definitely want to get him/her feeling secure. Plant a pathos. in with it. if this Cornuta is indeed W/C. then you will need to provide a more natural looking environment. PM Jessica or JIvoryII. from Ivory Reptiles or Mike from Mike's Phat. Phibs (Mikesfrogs) They all three have these frogs and succeeded in getting them settled fast and eating well.

Good luck.

[Namio]

thank you, GrifTheGreat!

[mikesfrogs]

I would stick with the earthworms and put calcium powder on the worms. You want to gain as much weight on them as possible. Try pinky mice also.

You can use a blender a make a "shake" out of the pinkys and use a syringe and a small airline tube and direct feed to the stomach. USE AS LAST RESORT

[cyris69]

Not to intrude but what would be the method to force feed a baby pacman who wont eat? Since a Popsicle stick would be to large. He has no interest at all in food and I know he needs to eat.

[Zamboni]

Is it a female?? I noticed my female refused a lil extra food this week, as we got a rain storm, might have trigger the ol girl

you should leave alone for a day or two, then at night time offer a live hopper mouse(eyes just opened& has to be able to crawl yet not old enough to bite) and leave the room ......

plus for now, you might want to blacken/paper his side of tank... as he's not used to sitting out in the open.....

**the key is to leave it be for a few days, every time you check' on it to make sure it's ok it adds stress to your frog......

I got 4 wc and didn't need to force feed any, I left them in quarantine room and let them be...now they all feed on mice & horn worms and even got 'Hara' to eat goo food from chopstix

Im sure after a yr or so ill have them doing double back flips

[EricIvins]

You just recieved this Frog yesterday. It is no where near under weight, and is actually quite plump for a wild caught Cornuta, which was stated in the add. You need to let the animal settle in, then attempt to feed in a week or two. That animal also needs alot more cover than that, and alot of water. I actually keep mine 100% aquatic and they do very well that way. Once you establish the animal in your care, you can move it to a sparse set-up, but not at this point.