Feeding adjustments

[COOCOpUcHoo]

schedule lights out earlyer. That is the right way to make your frog adjust. horned frogs are nocturnal, you can't ask them to be like us. My cranwelli will eat day or night, I'm just lucky with her.

When I first had my frog, he/she gulped in a few crickets in the middle of the day with the light on. I don't remember any specific times but i do know that it was late afternoon and i had a 13 watt i UVB bulb going. I know that my frog will east during the day so i want to schedule it sometime in the evening. I'm not trying to force it to do anything i just don't want the lights of while I feed my frog. So if i were to keep offering food at around 6 or 7 pm would he get used to the pattern? Thanks in advance

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[DVirginiana]

How often and how much is your frog eating?

I think I've seen several threads you've posted over a short time about your frog not eating well, and honestly I doubt it's from lack of scheduling. Yes, they do eat better on a schedule and after lights out, but usually if they are hungry enough that alone will not keep them from eating for that long.
Are you certain the temp/humidity are correct? What sort of thermometer/hygrometer are you using? Some kinds can be very inaccurate. It just sounds like your frog has been refusing to eat or eating very little for a long time now, and that just doesn't sound like something that's just due to scheduling.

Unless your frog is in a room that has no windows, it can almost definitely tell that 6 or 7 o'clock isn't night-time especially during summer. They can tell the difference between day/night at the bottom of the rainforest floor with trees and vines blocking most of the sun, so even if the tank isn't in direct light, they know when it's nighttime. If you really think your frog won't eat because it thinks it's daytime, you should be bumping lights out further back.

Also, try feeding a few minutes AFTER lights out as opposed to before. It may not be as convenient for you, but if your frog isn't eating well it's a lot more likely to eat after dark than before.