Feeding Nightcrawlers...

[IvoryReptiles]

I can't get Orion to take night crawlers successfully yet. I've tried dancing a piece in front of him and also lightly bouncing it on the tip of his lip and nose. He will start popping his mouth open very fast, but it's so fast I can't get the worm in there quick enough lol. I usually stop after a minute or two for fear of stressing him out too much.

Like Grif said, teasing with the worms isn't actually stressful. I have sat and teased frogs for 7 minutes and they always take the worm in the end.....it's all about patience. Once they get a taste for them, they rarely turn down earthworm/nightcrawlers. I would suggest avoiding the red wigglers because the mucous they exude is dis-tasteful to the frogs. Most frogs van be trained to feed from the tongs......all of ours are from their first meal.

We have a couple of adult females that have put away 10 worms at a feeding (Rhubarb & Jello)........they are our largest girls.

[TeeRiddle]

Like Grif said, teasing with the worms isn't actually stressful. I have sat and teased frogs for 7 minutes and they always take the worm in the end.....it's all about patience. Once they get a taste for them, they rarely turn down earthworm/nightcrawlers. I would suggest avoiding the red wigglers because the mucous they exude is dis-tasteful to the frogs. Most frogs van be trained to feed from the tongs......all of ours are from their first meal.

We have a couple of adult females that have put away 10 worms at a feeding (Rhubarb & Jello)........they are our largest girls.

Hi Jessica - thanks so much for the advice!

I guess I felt like it might be stressing him because a few mouth pops and swipes with his front feet he would begin trying to burrow himself deeper. I figured maybe it was stressing him so gave up. With your advice I'll keep trying a little longer. I would think eventually he'll get agitated and grab hold of the night crawler.

I still haven't gotten him to take anything from tongs yet. As soon as I reach in (no matter what stealth mode I use) he hunches down and it's over. I have been able to drop a piece of night crawler in front of him, shut the doors on the tank, and after a few minutes of it wiggling around he will start going after it.

It will just take some work with this guy