Waxy Monkey (Phyllomedusa sauvagii) enclosure

[chosen2030]

Food - crickets, pieces of night crawlers, very occasional pinky for adults.

How exactly do I feed it crickets? I've tried tong feeding, but he doesn't seem interested, which is concerning me since it's been almost a week since he's eaten. Otherwise he is bright green and seems to be doing well. Will he just come down to ground level and hunt for them if I leave them in his enclosure? Are there any other worms besides night crawlers that you would recommend (e.g. wax worms, phoenix worms - black soldier fly larvae, etc.)? And how should worms be fed to him?

[flybyferns]

Hi chosen2030,
Not only are you very luck to have such a beautiful frog ( congratulations !! ) , you are very luck Lija was around to help.
She is an expert for our waxy keepers !
Enjoy him, Lynn

[Lija]

How exactly do I feed it crickets? I've tried tong feeding, but he doesn't seem interested, which is concerning me since it's been almost a week since he's eaten. Otherwise he is bright green and seems to be doing well. Will he just come down to ground level and hunt for them if I leave them in his enclosure? Are there any other worms besides night crawlers that you would recommend (e.g. wax worms, phoenix worms - black soldier fly larvae, etc.)? And how should worms be fed to him?

He is probably scared of tong feeding if he never been fed like that. Glass bowl trick usually works, but none of my waxes were able to really understand what is up lol I figured they just are not too smart. I would do not see through bowl instead, something high and a bit wide, so a frog can reach inside and crickets won't be able to get out. You can do same for worms, at night they go hunt, that is why you need enclosure so big in comparison to a frog, they need to be able to stretch their legs. Interesting that they do that for a very short time and when in am they go to exactly same place they were before making illusion they haven't moved at all, add to that a fact that they are very very lazy and not-so-smart lol
If your waxy is still not really getting bowl thing, you can just throw some crickets in a tank to roam free. Keep in mind he might be still adjusting, but if he is happy and bright that us probably not the case.
Actually I think you should just throw crickets inside for now and see how it'll go. Was looking for the awesome video I saw on you tube, didn't find yet, but that one shows the bowl I was talking about
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tWVGKLA2xdU

edit - found the video lol gosh it is so funny even after I don't know how many times I've seen it.
http://www.frogforum.net/tree-frogs/...es-eating.html