pixie wont come out of his burrow he is hiding in

[mafoo]

ive had a pixie for about a month now and one day his light went out so he didnt have alot of heat but i could keep it up to 75/80 for the 3 days the pet stores were closed. he was eating normal untill the last day before i got the light when he decided to fully cover himself in dirt and not come out to eat. i got the bulb and got the proper temps but he still wouldnt come out for the next 5 days so i thought he was trying to aestivate. since hes so young i started heavily misting the tank to get the ground wet and kept the temps up to maybe make him want to come out like rain would after hibernating when there in the wild. he still wont come out to eat and im getting a bit worried, have tried to dig him out but he just growls at me loudly and since i cant fully tell where he is i dont want to hurt him trying to get him out. what should i do now besides keeping the tank humid and the temps back to normal?

[GrifTheGreat]

ive had a pixie for about a month now and one day his light went out so he didnt have alot of heat but i could keep it up to 75/80 for the 3 days the pet stores were closed. he was eating normal untill the last day before i got the light when he decided to fully cover himself in dirt and not come out to eat. i got the bulb and got the proper temps but he still wouldnt come out for the next 5 days so i thought he was trying to aestivate. since hes so young i started heavily misting the tank to get the ground wet and kept the temps up to maybe make him want to come out like rain would after hibernating when there in the wild. he still wont come out to eat and im getting a bit worried, have tried to dig him out but he just growls at me loudly and since i cant fully tell where he is i dont want to hurt him trying to get him out. what should i do now besides keeping the tank humid and the temps back to normal?

Very gently wipe away the substrate layer by layer until you find him. When you do be sure to have a warm de-chlorinated bath ready for him no deeper than up to his chin. Soak him for 20 minutes and prepare a second bath that is also warm as the other bath cools and soak for 15 minutes. Then place him back home. Keep his temp up and his humidity at 80% and he should come out of it.

[mafoo]

thanks grif, will try and get that done tommorow morning since its already late here and its almost my other animals bedtime. any suggestions on handling him? he is so aggresive and probably since he hasnt eaten in a while im geussing he will want to eat anything he can, more so then he normaly is like. im afriad for when hes full grown so any tips will definately help!

[mafoo]

so good news is i know where he is and he isnt that far down, bad news is i cant manage to find a way to get him out. whenever i try to move his plant to get to him so i can grab him he starts hissing and if i brush away the dirt overtop of him he hisses at me to. he is such an aggresive frog im scared he will bite me and hes probably scared im going to hurt him. should i just man up and quickly grab him while he hisses or would that be a bad idea?

[GrifTheGreat]

so good news is i know where he is and he isnt that far down, bad news is i cant manage to find a way to get him out. whenever i try to move his plant to get to him so i can grab him he starts hissing and if i brush away the dirt overtop of him he hisses at me to. he is such an aggresive frog im scared he will bite me and hes probably scared im going to hurt him. should i just man up and quickly grab him while he hisses or would that be a bad idea?

You always want to avoid their face. Go at him from behind and be gentle yet firm so he doesn't break loose from your grip. When dealing with large aggressive frogs there is always a chance you could get bit. Try your best to avoid it by avoiding the frogs face. Be careful and scoop him out from underneath and behind and you should be fine. Do be quick because the less time you're handling him the less chance he has to bite you.

[mafoo]

major problem here i think, i got him out of his tank and he was ready to eat so i offered a night crawler but instead he decided to go poop. after he finished i noticed a red thing sticking out! ive read about prolapses and that kind of thing but this is just freaky... i thought he was having a bloody poop but its not coming out and its just sticking out, really worried, rest of his poop was fine but the red thing isnt going back in/coming out so i dont know whats going on with him. no clue what to do now

edit: right as i finished writing this post it went back in. is this normal???