questioning my frogs, please read very desperate

[rikkitiger]

so for a while now i have hit a bit of a rough spot with my frogs. I got a sickness and dehydration thing in my tank from me being sick for a week and just when i thought everything was fine, bam there go two of my best frogs. my only two callers. i was really sad. so now i am stuck. the three small frogs i have are bloated and not really getting all that better, they are eating just to survive and i desperatly need to order more crickets for them i actually dont know why i didnt do it today.

the reson i keep forgetting is because i find myself not super motivated, because before it was nice, i had tame frogs who were social and called and were always where i could see them and now i lost the only two that were ever out. the other three are always hiding, all females, so they dont call, and dont even eat in front of me, only coming out at night so i find them in a different place i the morning.

so i find myself asking why i am spending $8 on 100 tiny crickets who by the time my three remaining frogs eat the last of them will have grown too big for the frogs only to find myself working an extra 2 hours so i can get them more crickets to repeat the cycle. the other frogs would eat everything and make a big show of catching it.

it feels so bad and they are really ungrateful and frankly i find myself disinterested in them now. they might be sick and not really eating or getting better. what is the point of me ordering a whole new batch of crickets just to have them die because they cant eat them or something. my vet doesnt know what it is and cant treat it, and i have a bunch of vet bills

so now i was crazily thinking of putting them on craigslist.

my other possibility is getting a male frog or two, a bigger one to spice things up.
i just dont know. i liked them before, now it just seems like a lot of extra work i dont need. i love them a ton though, i am completely torn!

so help me please i dont know what to do i am only thirteen and i am in tears because i have no idea what to do and my parents arent giving me any help and the frogs cost to much to just get another male i dont have any money right now because i know i need to order crickets

and i just dont know anymore it was so much hard work and effort and so much fun but so much trouble i spent so much money saving up for it and now they arent interesting anymore just sitting by the lamp or under the cave all day.

its so unrewarding and i wish i could say i liked it but i am afraid if i got rid of it i would miss not having them or the tank or anything

i am just so torn i dont know what to do and i cant quit crying all the time, will somebody please just give me some advice please?

[flybyferns]

Josie,
I'm sorry to hear about your frogs

This is one of those decisions you must make with your parents.
Together with them, you will all be able to decide what is best for the FROGS.

The answer is very simple , Josie. It's all about the frogs.
Take care of the frogs so they are healthy..... whether you re-home them or keep them.
The frogs deserve that ! Their survival is completely dependent on your decision.

Like any other pet , if you can't feed it, or get get to the store for supplies, or you are unable to care for it properly, it is best to re-home it. I personally would not put them on craig's list. You might call pet stores and see if you can GIVE them away. It's ok if you changed your mind about having frogs at this time. BUT please.... take care of them.

Frogging is and expensive hobby. Getting another one, will not spice things up. Your female frogs don't need any additional company to be happy and healthy forever. What they need is good care. With good care ( such as de-chlorinated water all of the time.... with out exception ) they may become more active. You know that maintaining a perfect environment for them is what prevents stress and illness. Make a perfect home of one or two before having three and four, etc. Getting another will only add additional expenses. Plus if you get another it can not go into the tank with the females for months......until you are positive the females are healthy !

Best, Lynn

[Louis Charles Bruckner]

I have had to re-home my whites because I assumed that my wife would be able to care for them while I
was traveling for work, I realized this and I took the frogs to a local pet store and they were glad to take them.
It tore my heart out but I knew it was the best thing I could do for the frogs.

The problem was that my wife would not tong feed, and I had one frog that would eat all the crickets before the other two
would get a chance.

And I couldn't stand the thought of my babies being hungry.

So now I own a packman frog that doesn't jump at her or even move when she changes the water or puts food in the enclosure.

In fact this is the most tame or timid of packman frogs I have ever seen.
he has never tried to bite me or attack my fingers or hands.
I think he is ticklish, because when I stroke one of his sides he leans to that side and sometimes closes his eyes.

[rikkitiger]

Thank you. I decided to keep the frogs and just get the crickets. Heck 7$ less and three happy frogs doesnt matter in the big scheme, 7$. Worth it