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    Good call. They may have gotten too hot. Or they could be diseased. She still has the roaches in there; they're hiding under and eating a carrot chip, until she feels like eating them. Last time I left them there eventually she ate them, right around the time she took that last poo. She's never passed on a worm before tho. I usually dust them with calcium and she goes right for them. This morning I offered it plain cuz I wasn't sure she'd take it. That had nothing to do with it, and I'll let her be, but I'll be alarmed over this until she eats again. Those messed up worms are in my freezer now, and I've moved the others. They're cheap enough, I can afford to toss the lot out into the yard.
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    I don’t leave feeders in the tank because if you had dusted them chances are the supplements have fallen or cleaned off the bugs. Also if she is a little on the hungry side they tend to eat better.

    And that’s one good thing about worms, it’s not like you’re throwing $$ out the window.
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    She's doing that climbing thing again. Or she was. Means she walked right over and through the roaches. I could put them back but they still have some residue on them. I've read that crickets shaken up with calcium will die after a while. From the calcium on them, I mean. Dunno if the same goes for roaches, unsure about contaminating the rest.
    I'd say she seems lethargic, aside from the climbing. She walks, hand over hand. Peed on her dirt. She sat on my hand then hopped off. Then again, it's 2 in the afternoon; she should be sleeping. She's sitting in her water staring off into space.

    Maybe she's being driven mad by the cricket chirps. Or maybe I'm feeling lethargic and crazy from cricket noises and I'm putting that onto her.
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    I might be on to something there with the cricket sounds. I moved them and I moved her, and when I went to check on her, she was down from the fake plant and in shed.
    Thought she'd just done that, cuz she'd been walking around the other day up on all fours, then returned to normal, ate, and even took a poop.
    If she shed a few days ago AND today, isn't that a sign that something's wrong?

    Here she is looking almost new: Name:  DSC00204.jpg
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    And yes, a piece of her background is missing and the backdrop is on funny. I bought the wrong size.

    *put missing piece of backdrop back on.
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Size:  83.0 KB I don't like this, not at all. I thought we'd gotten over sleeping in plants. This makes me super sad, like she wants out. And maybe she does, maybe that would be best. Unless she's sick. Besides being nose to nose with her reflection up on a fake plant in the corner, does she look wrong? She looks like she has rosy cheeks in the 2nd pic, but I always thought those were her ears.
    "We like our choruses sung together, we like our arms in our brother's arms...
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    Quote Originally Posted by yoshimi View Post
    I don't like this, not at all. I thought we'd gotten over sleeping in plants. This makes me super sad, like she wants out. And maybe she does, maybe that would be best. Unless she's sick. Besides being nose to nose with her reflection up on a fake plant in the corner, does she look wrong? She looks like she has rosy cheeks in the 2nd pic, but I always thought those were her ears.
    Hi Crystal! Strange; but maybe frog does realize difference between cage and outside. Some animals don't like captivity at all... no matter it's safer, with food, care, etc. Good luck !
    Remember to take care of the enclosure and it will take care of your frog !​

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mentat View Post
    Hi Crystal! Strange; but maybe frog does realize difference between cage and outside. Some animals don't like captivity at all... no matter it's safer, with food, care, etc. Good luck !
    She definitely knows the difference, I know. After romps outside, she climbs, but then climbs down. She loves it out there, but she looks so small to me still. She's more than twice the size she was when I brought her home in Sept, but I still see a vulnerable little one when I look at her.

    I may have inadvertently stressed her out, exactly what gail rightfully advised me NOT to do. Looking at her, and such. I'm used to being very hands on and involved, with all that I do, so frogs are a whole new thing to learn. Part of why I love it, when she's doing well.

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    "We like our choruses sung together, we like our arms in our brother's arms...
    We sing with our heroes 33 rpm, we're never goin home until the sun says we're finished,
    and I'll love you forever if I ever love at all,
    wild hearts..."
    1.2.0 Felis Catus - "Zoey" "Mouse" "Casey"(step-cat)
    0.1.0 B. a. americanus - "Banjo"
    1.0.0 Myotis lucifugus - "Fiendly" rest in peace, buddy. 06/15/13
    Rest in peace my sweet Ukulele 01/29/14

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