Malaysian Leaf Frog

[StephenLS]

I only rarely see mine eat - best bet is to try a singular larger item after misting and when the lights are off and to see if there is a response - I find them to be very shy, but heavily planting the tank and providing a cave like structure for hiding will help him feel more secure.

[ElliotH]

I'll change the set up a bit today. I totally forgot about the cave idea and I've read it multiple times. I'm not used to shy eaters at all or frogs for that matter. My spiders,snakes and gecko all eat regardless of whose watching haha.

[1beataway]

I love my Malaysian Leaf Frog. I think he's the only not-shy one. I see him eat all the time, he moves around while I'm watching.

Is your frog eating now?

[ElliotH]

Not that I have noticed unfortunately. He does look a bit skinny, but luckily I know the guy she bought it from and he told us if it died he would refund it.

[1beataway]

Are you noticing uneaten roaches? Do you find frog poop in the tank?

Is your tank heavily planted?

I feed mine crickets, and occasionally mealworms and waxworms, but I am lucky and get to watch mine eat every one of them. I sometimes let friends watch him eat, and he's not shy at all.

[StephenLS]

Try popping some wax worms in a shallow dish in his tank overnight - they are high in fat so can be useful for plumping up specimens (don't feed too often) but also you'll be able to monitor how many have disappeared!

[ElliotH]

Thanks for the replies everyone. I will try and get some waxworms for it and use your advice. I have only thrown in a few roaches which have the tendency to burrow and if he isn't eating I don't want to stress him out even more by digging through the substrate to check. There's a lot of leaf litter in there, but it is not planted.