Going on vaction procedures

[daltar08]

1. I worry about someone acidently poking my frog with the instrument. who knows, it could happen.
2. She has yet to have a rodent, i have heard stories about frogs being bitten by the mouse, so that is something i'd like to avoid.
3. Last time i was feeding worms she stopped eating for 2 months, as a result i have avoided worms, probably unrelated but still a concern. If i do feed worms what kind should i get, there are canadian night crawlers, "trout worms" (no idea what those are), and to add to it, i fear the use of chemicals in baitshop worms.

Now perhaps i can have the caretakers check for drowned crickets every morning and night and provide them a net to retrieve. That way crickets can still be eaten while i am gone and at the frogs own leisure.

[SCF]

Lija's suggestions are good. You could use a pre-killed rodent to feed before you leave, or buy one and pre kill it yourself. There are Canadian night crawlers from walmart that are unscented and a lot of us have used them successfully. Your caretakers using a net to scoop out dead crickets is a good idea as well. That being said, your frog easily can go (as you have observed) more than 10 days without food and be fine.

[daltar08]

i know, i honestly think i'm having some like paternal separation anxiety or something. shes my baby, my green, fat, baby. i think every 2 days, im going to have someone dump in like 12 crickets, it's not much, but itl be enough to sustain her comfortably in addition to the roach feast il give her before leaving. do you guys think that is a reasonable plan?.

[SCF]

It sounds like a good plan.

[Lija]

agree, it is a good plan.
by the way mine went close to off food for 4 months too, it was called winter, and how she is trying to catch up, her diet this week looked like that:
mon 10 nightcrawlers, tue 10 nightcrawlers, wed 10 nightcrawlers, thurs 40 crickets ( was very very funny to watch), fri 6 nightcrawlers + 4 hornworms, sat 10 nightcrawlers, today she is looking very hungry again lol

[daltar08]

are you saying they normally stop eating in the winter?

[Lija]

yep pretty much and go under the substrate too, i kept digging her out once in a while, she'd eat a few things and go under again looking very annoyed.