Help with force feeding

[emandkel]

Quick post -- have very thin frog, tried force feeding -- mouth lips are bleeding -- HELP? Don't want to lose him.

[TheHornedToad]

Try grabbing the corners of their mouth that makes them open up and have the food ready against his lip, and then you can put the food item in behind the tongue so he doesn't flick it out.

[GrifTheGreat]

Emily use a plastic spoon. Place it between the upper and lowet jaw at the side of the mouth. Apply gentle pressure while sliding the spoon down towards the nose. This normally will get them to open their mouths. You will want to give the frog something easily digested like Fluker's Repta Boost or chunks of earthworm. The Repta Boost will be much easier for the frog to keep down. Give it to the frog once a day dosage by weight.

How large is the frog SVL?

[emandkel]

Sorry for the lack of details earlier -- was at work when I posted that.

I'll try the spoon tonight. I've been using the corner of a credit card and he may open it a little but not really enough to put a chunk of nightcrawler in. Last night I mixed up Repta Boost and pacman food, mixed to a gooey ball and got a little in, not much. Once he opens it once, he really doesn't open his mouth again. I tried a piece of nightcrawler, got in one end, but he spit it back out.

I knew he hadn't been eating well and was a bit thin, but didn't realize just how thin he was until I tried force feeding him some Repta Boost Wednesday evening. They can really hold a lot of water!

He's about 3" SVL.

[GrifTheGreat]

Sorry for the lack of details earlier -- was at work when I posted that.

I'll try the spoon tonight. I've been using the corner of a credit card and he may open it a little but not really enough to put a chunk of nightcrawler in. Last night I mixed up Repta Boost and pacman food, mixed to a gooey ball and got a little in, not much. Once he opens it once, he really doesn't open his mouth again. I tried a piece of nightcrawler, got in one end, but he spit it back out.

I knew he hadn't been eating well and was a bit thin, but didn't realize just how thin he was until I tried force feeding him some Repta Boost Wednesday evening. They can really hold a lot of water!

He's about 3" SVL.

Make sure to use the spoon upsidedown. This makes it much easier.

[emandkel]

Thank you. Force-feeding went MUCH better tonight -- got in him a good dose of Repta Boost.