Quote Originally Posted by Lono View Post
That's how my Big Four are now-- but initially it was only the two. Now these guys all eat so heartily that they try to swallow the end of the tweezers/tongs I use! They put their arms out and flail around wildly, and I have to be careful not to open the tweezers-- lest I hurt their greedy little mouths. So cute! But two did the "smelly shoe" act at first, and only ate out of desperation to get that annoying bug of their faces.

It's hard for me to imagine a creature being as skinny and desperately hungry as my hold-overs got NOT instinctively knowing how to eat.

BTW Cam-- do you hand feed everyone every time, or do your enthusiastic 5 know how to hunt?
They definitely know how to hunt, but I almost always tong/hand feed. Sometimes when the frogs are paying attention to the tongs I will let a roach go on a limb across the tank or something and let them jump after it. They get them almost every time I do that, and I think it gives them a little excitement :P

You're right about their frantic arm flailing tendencies. Mine also usually end up hanging from something upside down by one back foot while they stuff the roach into their mouths with their hands! It's hilarious the acrobatics they will do to get a meal down (when all they really had to do was sit there a little more patiently).

Frogs that won't eat can be very frustrating. I don't really get why a starving animal would refuse food, either. I guess it's just not in their instincts to eat from the hands of a giant.