Is mine a giant pixie?

[Weiyo]

is my frog a giant pixie or a dwarf pixie. please help me to identify. thanks!

[cyris69]

I changed my mind. It seems to be a giant since they have 3 stripes as babies. Mine didn't look like this when I got him at least not from the front.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cyris69...7630029801882/
that was my baby when he was small.

[habeeb]

yep its a giant looks like a male so far too but still very young

[Deac77]

Giant and awesome looking guy!

[Weiyo]

i had for at least 6months already. i got him when he's 4cm now its 7-8cm only. i feed him like 5 crickets a week. is it enough? im not sure how much to feed.

[habeeb]

i had for at least 6months already. i got him when he's 4cm now its 7-8cm only. i feed him like 5 crickets a week. is it enough? im not sure how much to feed.

a week???????!!! no thats not even close to enough u should feed him as much as he will eat for 15 mins everyday or every other...i feed mine 15 mins everyday...untill it gets to about 4 inchs then feed twice a week....but u should give him more food bc he can definitly eat way more...hope that helped

[Wicked frogs]

He is so cute i need to get my self one

[Weiyo]

a week???????!!! no thats not even close to enough u should feed him as much as he will eat for 15 mins everyday or every other...i feed mine 15 mins everyday...untill it gets to about 4 inchs then feed twice a week....but u should give him more food bc he can definitly eat way more...hope that helped

15mins? will that be too much? i afraid of over feeding.

[habeeb]

15mins? will that be too much? i afraid of over feeding.

you wont have to worry bout overfeeding it bc it will stop eating when its full...it wont eat till its too full...unless u are feeding mice, then u want to only feed like 1 every other month but i dont think u are feeding mice..i feed mine like 9-12 earthoworms b4 she is full...she is bout 4 months old and is as big as urs..and urs seems to be a male..but u wont have to worry bout overfeeding...just feed it for 15 mins till it dont want to eat no more like twice a week and u will be fine

[arielgasca420]

since this frog is young you want him to eat alot and fatten up but once he gets older you want to slow his eating so he doesnt get obese. this is the most important stages of growing up and getting the nutrition he needs. I would offer food everyday and if he does not eat in maybe 20 mins than I would take the crickets out. never leave the crickets in the cage unsupervised. i suggest feeding earthworms as well at this stage. earthworms are very nutritious and do not cause impaction

[cyris69]

I feed mine about a dozen a day.

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[Weiyo]

omg, then mine must be underfed quite badly. no wonder its not growing much. will his growth be stunted?

[Weiyo]

since this frog is young you want him to eat alot and fatten up but once he gets older you want to slow his eating so he doesnt get obese. this is the most important stages of growing up and getting the nutrition he needs. I would offer food everyday and if he does not eat in maybe 20 mins than I would take the crickets out. never leave the crickets in the cage unsupervised. i suggest feeding earthworms as well at this stage. earthworms are very nutritious and do not cause impaction

i couldnt get earthworms easily here. theres only composting worms for sale which is very expensive which cost like 50grams for 18usd..

[Wicked frogs]

wtf thats crazy

[Deac77]

He may end up stunted but being so young you might be able to catch up my male is only 3 months and is a lot bigger than yours he's roughly the size of a grapefruit

[GrifTheGreat]

Frogs can be stunted and still have huge growth spurts that as long as they get a lot of food and nutrition during the growth spurt can still grow normally. Just follow the advice everyone has given and you should be fine. You will know when your frog hits a growth spurt because it will seem like your frog never gets full and it will appear larger everyday. I think its not too late and he won't be stunted badly.

Good luck.

[Weiyo]

ok, thanks everyone for the advice! one last question, will over feeding cause impaction?

[Bruce]

It can, but the risk varies by what your feeding. Of you oversees something like mealworms or superworms, you're gunna have an issue, whereas if you feed horned worms or night crawlers, the risk is still there but a lot less so than with the hard chitin insects.

[Bruce]

Sorry for the typos... Gotta love iPhone autocorrect, lol!

[Weiyo]

it ate 18 crickets in within 24hours, it still wants more. im afraid to give it more, its stomach is all bloated. should i still feed it the next day or wait til it poops?