I give up!!!

[Bor]

My Pacman Sir Hopsalot is extremely stubborn when it comes to eating.

I'm trying really hard to have him try out new foods.

He literally spit out wax worms. He wont even attempt to go after Nightscrawlers, all he eats is Crickets. I want to give him some type of variety but he doesn't want to try anything!!

Is there anything else I should try? Maybe feeding tips? I tried separating him in a different tank with no substrate just for feeding, but I feel like it just stressed him out, he hops away and shoots water.

Edit: I've also tried starving him a bit. (Just 2 days)

[FriedrichsFrogs]

strange, i kno pacs will gobble up mice, try that out

[Bor]

It's more of a treat though. That I'm only going to give him once maybe twice a month.
I havent even tried giving him that yet though.

[FriedrichsFrogs]

Ahh, true. U said he hasnt goten a mouse yet? Id try it out just to see his reaction

[Namio]

My Pacman Sir Hopsalot is extremely stubborn when it comes to eating.

I'm trying really hard to have him try out new foods.

He literally spit out wax worms. He wont even attempt to go after Nightscrawlers, all he eats is Crickets. I want to give him some type of variety but he doesn't want to try anything!!

Is there anything else I should try? Maybe feeding tips? I tried separating him in a different tank with no substrate just for feeding, but I feel like it just stressed him out, he hops away and shoots water.

Edit: I've also tried starving him a bit. (Just 2 days)

Patience is virtue. 2 days without food for a frog is not really starvation.
First you have to make sure the moisture and temperature in the tank is appropriate. Don't forget to provide some cover so the frog feels secure. Keep the terrarium in a quiet and less disturbed area. If all is well, the frog will acclimatize (getting comfortable with its environment) and appetite follows.

Remember to feed your horned frog at night. These are nocturnal animals, so they'll likely refuse to eat during the day time.

If you were to feed outside of his terrarium, that is totally fine. Carefully handle him to a clean & empty tank, then drop a nightcrawler in front of him to see if he would go for it. Some frogs are shier than others so you might want to stay out of the frog's line of sight when offering food. Often times a shy frog will only eat when it can't see you.

[Bor]

Patience is virtue. 2 days without food for a frog is not really starvation.
First you have to make sure the moisture and temperature in the tank is appropriate. Don't forget to provide some cover so the frog feels secure. Keep the terrarium in a quiet and less disturbed area. If all is well, the frog will acclimatize (getting comfortable with its environment) and appetite follows.

Remember to feed your horned frog at night. These are nocturnal animals, so they'll likely refuse to eat during the day time.

If you were to feed outside of his terrarium, that is totally fine. Carefully handle him to a clean & empty tank, then drop a nightcrawler in front of him to see if he would go for it. Some frogs are shier than others so you might want to stay out of the frog's line of sight when offering food. Often times a shy frog will only eat when it can't see you.

I'm sure he's pretty comfortable. I've had him for 6months now. He just refuses to eat anything besides crickets.

[Pluke]

I had a stubborn frog for a while. he wouldn't eat anything but crickets, then one day he tried a nightcrawler chunk.. now he refuses anything that's not nightcrawler, heh. You're just going to have to be patient, keep offering when you feed. Maybe you could wait an extra day or two of not feeding then offer one. The same green that won't take anything but nightcrawlers pretty much refuses to eat from the tongs anymore, too. It's weird, as a baby he always did.. now he just looks at me weird. If I set the nightcrawler in front of him, he'll eat it. I don't remove him from the tank and he's on eco earth, I pack the eco earth down a bit where I'm going to set the worm so that it doesn't get as much dirt on it as it would if it was loose.

If I remove my frogs from their homes to feed them.. they pretty much refuse to eat and do nothing but try to escape. So that doesn't work for all of us. Good luck getting him to take a worm.. they're a lot better than crickets once he starts eating them, that's for sure.

[arielgasca420]

try roaches. one frog only eats night crawlers and the other only eats crickets and roaches. it is hard to keep everyone happy

[Lija]

mine cranwelli is very stubborn too, he'd eat mice, but he is getting only once in a month or 2, nigthcrawlers and crickets are his staple and you need to dance around big time before he eats it. now I have a system in place, when he eats his first nightcrawler and almost done I'm taking another one from both ends and when he opens month to take another bite of a worm I'm putting middle of a new one in his mouth pulling ends back. hope my explanation makes sense but this way at least i don;t need to dance around with each worm separately :lol: oh those frogs

[Hoppity100]

Mine must be different because they eat in their aquarium, I would not remove them to eat in a different container, in the wild they would not go somewhere else to eat unless there is a threat or some other reason. If you keep trying I hope they would eat where they are. I won't give mine roaches, gee the shell would be hard to digest since it takes driving a truck over them (roaches) to kill them, I even wonder how mine digest crickets! I even think worms are the easiest for frogs to eat. I'd like to offer mine guppies but am leary of getting a sick fish, frogs would probably love it though.

[arielgasca420]

Mine must be different because they eat in their aquarium, I would not remove them to eat in a different container, in the wild they would not go somewhere else to eat unless there is a threat or some other reason. If you keep trying I hope they would eat where they are. I won't give mine roaches, gee the shell would be hard to digest since it takes driving a truck over them (roaches) to kill them, I even wonder how mine digest crickets! I even think worms are the easiest for frogs to eat. I'd like to offer mine guppies but am leary of getting a sick fish, frogs would probably love it though.

im sure most living things you drive a truck over would die. yes, they can survive one week without their heads and some levels of radioactivity, but they cannot withstand the weight of a truck. in other words, they are no Tardigrade!
but i digress, some are easier to digest than crickets. I suggest B. dubia because they have less chitin than crickets, they are less aggressive, and a better meat:shell ratio.
I love my colony of roaches and they save me a lot of money.

[lumpbump]

Mine must be different because they eat in their aquarium, I would not remove them to eat in a different container, in the wild they would not go somewhere else to eat unless there is a threat or some other reason. If you keep trying I hope they would eat where they are. I won't give mine roaches, gee the shell would be hard to digest since it takes driving a truck over them (roaches) to kill them, I even wonder how mine digest crickets! I even think worms are the easiest for frogs to eat. I'd like to offer mine guppies but am leary of getting a sick fish, frogs would probably love it though.

Only part of dubia roaches that dont get digested are the wing buds and wings of the adult males. My dubia colony has taken off recently. Ive had 5 nymphs molt into adult males this past week. My frog pounded a couple of them and ill have to examine his poop in a couple days to see exactly how much wings remain.