Karagga - Pyxicephalus adpspersus

[NialR35]

Both of my frogs sometimes have trouble grabbing night crawlers a quick little tip is to make sure you dry them well enough after rinsing the earth off them AND hold the tongs at a horizontal angle to make it easier for them too. On top of the fact that night crawlers produce slime when stressed it makes it worse too but eventually they will grab it. You can also drop them in the water bowl and the frog should be able to grab them from it without problems.

[Cap10Squirty]

The frog has no troubles with the various other feeders even at longer distances she is able to snatch them right up. She nabbed a large chunky nightcrawler last night; it made me happy and I think it made her happy too as she smacked her lips for quite some time afterwards I'll start drying the worms off next time to see if that helps. I can barely keep the worms from sliding out of my feeding tongs so I know for a fact they have a nice and slimy protective coating.

[NialR35]

The frog has no troubles with the various other feeders even at longer distances she is able to snatch them right up. She nabbed a large chunky nightcrawler last night; it made me happy and I think it made her happy too as she smacked her lips for quite some time afterwards I'll start drying the worms off next time to see if that helps. I can barely keep the worms from sliding out of my feeding tongs so I know for a fact they have a nice and slimy protective coating.

Hahahahah. I recently started using stainless steel ones without the rubber coating because it's a pain to feed night crawlers with them. The regular stainless steel tongs provide a way better grip and the tips are round. If you do that just make sure you keep the tongs away from the frog's mouth in case they go viking on you and try to swallow the tongs.

[Cap10Squirty]

Hahahahah. I recently started using stainless steel ones without the rubber coating because it's a pain to feed night crawlers with them. The regular stainless steel tongs provide a way better grip and the tips are round. If you do that just make sure you keep the tongs away from the frog's mouth in case they go viking on you and try to swallow the tongs.

I bet that's what I need to switch to for nightcrawlers. One time I was feeding wax worms using the white rubber tipped tongs and the frog "went viking" on the tongs and I had to rethink my strategy

[BerserkApe]

Boxxie actually drags his worms to the waterbowl to eat them easier. As for flicking his tongue and missing if he was like Boxxie he/she will learn just to bite it instead.

[Cap10Squirty]

Here's a photo that my wife took about a week ago. Karagga is eating anything I offer (hornworms, dubias, madagascars, nightcrawlers, wax worms) every other day or so. She does what fat frogs do best - soak in a water dish all night!

I pulled the photo from my wife's instagram account (which is why it's stylized).

[GrifTheGreat]

Looks great Garret

[Cap10Squirty]

I just heard a deep bellowing MOOOO come from my office! I quickly looked in and heard a second MOOOO from Karagga's tank! I've never heard her make such a deep call. It sounds just like the recording somewhere on this forum. After the second call (which came about 3-5 seconds after the first, I peered in to find her in her water tub looking rather content

*edit* just heard two more, separated by several minutes the second being a long drawn out croak. I probably won't be able to sleep tonight

[SCF]

I just heard a deep bellowing MOOOO come from my office! I quickly looked in and heard a second MOOOO from Karagga's tank! I've never heard her make such a deep call. It sounds just like the recording somewhere on this forum. After the second call (which came about 3-5 seconds after the first, I peered in to find her in her water tub looking rather content

*edit* just heard two more, separated by several minutes the second being a long drawn out croak. I probably won't be able to sleep tonight

It turned out to be a he not a she then. Congrats

[Mentat]

He, he, he, good to know my prediction as a male turned out right, because normally I'm proven wrong ! Please post present pics of Karagga from above and side when you have a chance. Thank you !