Trouble in the enclosure

[Mitchell]

[GrifTheGreat]

Thats a baby cornuta. Where did it come from?

Use the setup instructions I posted above.

[Namio]

Cool, like Grif said, that is a baby Cornuta, and a green one, too! How cute!

[Mitchell]

Believe it was reptilepetsdirect. I plan on following your instructions fully.

I wanted to share a very promising moment from last night. I stopped at wallmart on way home to get some fresh earthworms. when i got home i opened his container and snippped a peice off, closed lid, and walked away for 20 minutes or so. This worm segment was really wiggling around witch i hoped would be visually stimulating for him. when i checked back it was gone... So he wont be starving to death in the immediate future whewwwww !! RELIEVED, for now.. I have done this before but to no avail. maybe these worms were just fresh and wiggley or something ?

I wanted to share a concern. I dont think he's used to the coco fiber and it freaks him out when he tries to eat. the first 2 or 3 days i had him he lunged for food a few times and after 3 days or so never again. after i fed him successfully the first night he ate some fiber the next two nights and didnt really try again except for once like a week later after i had him in tupperware
I will get reccomended supplys friday morning at the latest and do what you said. maybe i'll lay some paper towell down on his coco fiber inside the critter cage to prevent this from happening again. dont think he has ever felt coco fiber except when i first got him. Guess he has to get used to it sooner or later. He never tried to burrow or anything. I'll try and upload a pic of his previous setuup when i get home so you can see the 10 gallon setup i had him in originally. it was probably too big from what ive read

[GrifTheGreat]

Believe it was reptilepetsdirect. I plan on following your instructions fully.

I wanted to share a very promising moment from last night. I stopped at wallmart on way home to get some fresh earthworms. when i got home i opened his container and snippped a peice off, closed lid, and walked away for 20 minutes or so. This worm segment was really wiggling around witch i hoped would be visually stimulating for him. when i checked back it was gone... So he wont be starving to death in the immediate future whewwwww !! RELIEVED, for now.. I have done this before but to no avail. maybe these worms were just fresh and wiggley or something ?

I wanted to share a concern. I dont think he's used to the coco fiber and it freaks him out when he tries to eat. the first 2 or 3 days i had him he lunged for food a few times and after 3 days or so never again. after i fed him successfully the first night he ate some fiber the next two nights and didnt really try again except for once like a week later after i had him in tupperware
I will get reccomended supplys friday morning at the latest and do what you said. maybe i'll lay some paper towell down on his coco fiber inside the critter cage to prevent this from happening again. dont think he has ever felt coco fiber except when i first got him. Guess he has to get used to it sooner or later. He never tried to burrow or anything. I'll try and upload a pic of his previous setuup when i get home so you can see the 10 gallon setup i had him in originally. it was probably too big from what ive read

If you want you can use paper towels as his substrate in the Reptile Carrier. If he is used to them then it should be fine. Once he is older switch to coco fiber.

[Mitchell]

I'm going to get his critter carrier in the morning and will use paper towel as his substrate for now.
I have really great news ! He ate again last night ! I'm soooo happy ! Now i dont have to worry so much. I left him a pretty nice sized segment last night too. when i came back to check on him 10 minutes later, and poof gone. I couldn't be happier, for now at least.
Take a look. he's looking nice and round now, healthy

And thanks for advise so far. It's much appriciated !

[DVirginiana]

Cute cornuta Glad he's eating for you.

On the paper towels: They have to be changed a LOT. Otherwise you run the risk of the frog's urine creating a toxic environment. After he's eating regular, you could try housing him on cocofiber and moving to a feeding tank with paper towel to eat.

[Mentat]

Good that your nice Cornuta frog is eating now. You've gotten good advice, do make sure you use dechlorinated tap for damp paper towels and change them frequently, no less that daily. Now that frog is eating night crawlers, can start dusting it's food with CA/D3 and vitamins. Can see a schedule in here: http://www.frogforum.net/food-feeder...schedules.html. When cutting night crawlers, do so from pointy end, and pieces no longer than frogs length from snout to vent. Good luck !

[reptileszz]

I'm going to get his critter carrier in the morning and will use paper towel as his substrate for now.
I have really great news ! He ate again last night ! I'm soooo happy ! Now i dont have to worry so much. I left him a pretty nice sized segment last night too. when i came back to check on him 10 minutes later, and poof gone. I couldn't be happier, for now at least.
Take a look. he's looking nice and round now, healthy

And thanks for advise so far. It's much appriciated !

Simply adorable!

Carole