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[Lija]

you take pics of her thumbs and post here, we'll tell you

don't worry, she is adjusting, you set up everything 2 days ago, right? and now she is on a nice eco earth? then if temp and humidity are fine and you have covered 3 sides of the enclosure, let her be. she was eating like crazy you said? then she'll come along. at size 3" they usually don't overeat, just offer good food, nightcrawlers, dubia. for tiny ones there is 15 min/everyday rule, but older ones are regulating amount of food intake themselves usually very well.

[djmosier]

Yes, I set it up 2 days ago. I'm not sure about temp/humidity as yet, because those gauges/heat mat are on order, but I live in Florida, so I think she's pretty safe in that regard for the time being. I put the red light on her at night, since the temp drops pretty significantly. I feed her crickets (gut-loaded) and earthworms, and since I got her 2 months ago, one pinky mouse. Okay, I won't worry since she's probably just settling in. I do have another question, however. I need to give her the multivitamin; should I bring her out of the substrate to feed her? And I'm attaching a photo of her thumb. Thank you.

[Lija]

you have a girl from what i can see, it's a bit blurry though.
did you just take her out to take pic? then leave her alone now, don't worry about vitamins/food, etc... she needs to settle down and she got some fat to last a bit lol when did she ate last and how much?

[djmosier]

No, I took that yesterday. Sorry it's blurry, but that was the best pic I could get. She wouldn't hold still. (Neither would I if someone was holding me on my back trying to take a picture of my thumb!)
She ate last night (2 crickets - grudgingly) I also put 2 more in the enclosure and removed the back legs. There's no evidence of them now, so unless they buried themselves in the substrate too, then she must have eaten them.
I've left her alone today, and was debating giving her the multivitamin because she hasn't had any since I bought her. She did have calcium/vit D yesterday, so I'll take your advice and just let her be. Thanks.

[Mentat]

Right now would leave frog alone so it settles down in new enclosure. Even after I clean and return Fresita to same set-up it buries and remains dissed with me for couple days. As long as enclosure parameters are correct; if a healthy frog is buried; let it be. Also, would stop handling frog to figure out sex. I call mine Fresita since she was 1.5 in. and have no idea if really a female.

After letting her be for a couple days; would check to see if she is partially visible and then resume feeding with dusted worm on whaever was on schedule (vitamins). If head is not out, would then leave a few loose crickets and see if they "disappear" by morning. Good luck and do not stress out about frog !

[djmosier]

Thank you Carlos. Yesterday, Wacca was completely buried, but later uncovered her head. I think, based on what I've been told, that she'll be fine. She does seem fat and healthy, and the two crickets did disappear. Trying not to stress...

[djmosier]

Another question...(this one's a little more general) It's about water. As stated before, I live in a very small town, with very limited availability on most things - water included. I have a Pur water filter, and that filtered water is what I've been using thus far. If I wanted to purchase water from town, the store has only distilled and spring water. I can go to Walmart in either of the surrounding towns and buy spring, distilled, and drinking water. Is my filtered water enough, or do I need to buy another kind, and if so, which one would be the most appropriate?

[djmosier]

When I came home from work this morning, Wacca's head was out, so I put 2 crickets in with her. She has eaten them both. (Yay!)

[Lija]

i think she wasn't too happy with you giving her just 2 crickets lol