Frog is ignoring food

[daltar08]

i rearranged his cage, is it possible i spooked him this way? also is it possible i overfed him and he just needs a few days to chill out from food?

[daltar08]

occasionally i also feed him superworms forgot to add that

[DeeDub]

He's not going to aestivate/brumate unless it's too dry or your temps are dropping. I personally think the only thing that is out of the ordinary that could stress him to the point of going off food is digging him up. Just let him stay down, and as someone said earlier just uncover his eyes at the most to see if he is caccooned (they shed several layers of skin that forms a caccoon to conserve water when brumating).

If you fed him a lot, some of them like to burrow to digest. I'd just leave him, let him stay down for a couple days, check to see if he's caccooned (brumating) and if not, leave him be. When I check on one of my females who always likes to burrow, I just uncover her eyes, mist her a little to get the cocoa fiber off and she will open her eyes.

If he is brumating, let him. I am not sure if what was said about it being bad for juvi frogs is true, but I know in the wild they eat like hogs after emergence to beat the dry season. They brumate thier first year in the wild (when the dry season starts, and will usually be a few months old by this point). Not as 1-2 inch frogletts; they have grown signifigantly by then. But they will go down or die in the wild. Sometimes the rainy season is only a couple months long and they have to go down. If your frog is in good weight, and chooses to brumate then I say let him. Again, they will not typically do this unless temps are too low, or their substrate is dry.

When you changed the cage around did you change out the cocoa fiber (If you aren't using cocoa fiber (eco earth etc), then you need to be. moss and pretty much all other substrates other than foam rubber as detailed in Philipe Vasijoli' GABF book, are bad for Pyxies)? If so, it may be too dry. I soak it until its completely inundated with water, then ring it out until water doesn't POUR out of it. You want it wet, but not soupy.

For now, just let him be for 3 or 4 days. If he burrows, just let him be. Check him on day three as prescribed above, and then leave him be.


Hope this helps. Wish you luck
DW

[DeeDub]

Oh ya, I was asking about lighting earlier. Someone may be able to back me up here or correct me if I'm wrong. The red lights for your frogs are no good. They can damage thier eyes. I know this to be true for most lizards. I'll see if I can find the link and post it up if that's allowed here. It's from another forum.

That is why I asked about the lights. I would not use a red light and as for the other lights, you gotta be careful about damaging your frogs eyes.

DW

[Lija]

Oh ya, I was asking about lighting earlier. Someone may be able to back me up here or correct me if I'm wrong. The red lights for your frogs are no good. They can damage thier eyes. I know this to be true for most lizards. I'll see if I can find the link and post it up if that's allowed here. It's from another forum.

That is why I asked about the lights. I would not use a red light and as for the other lights, you gotta be careful about damaging your frogs eyes.

DW

you are mixing red and UVB lights, infrared and ceramic ones are the best for heating, they don't disturb natural day/night cycle and are safe to use for frogs and reptiles, but UVB might damage sensitive eyes, you gotta be careful with those.