Is it uncommon for ACFs to spit out food then eat it?

[elliotulysses]

I had noticed this in one frog. He appears to be healthy, having interest in food, going in his little hide-outs, and camouflaging himself in the silk plants.
I figured he must have ate a little too much and didn't have room in his stomach, but I just want to make sure this isn't a concern.

I hand feed him, which really means chasing him around the tank until he realizes I've got something he wants in between my fingers, but does readily gobble it up.

This is the first time I've seen this behavior so maybe I over-fed him a bit?

[MatthewM1]

They spit out food and suck it back in to adjust how they swallow it, nothing to worry about

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[elliotulysses]

They spit out food and suck it back in to adjust how they swallow it, nothing to worry about

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Awesome! Thanks for all of the polite, friendly, frog advice, as promised by this forum!

[tgampper]

Most frogs have a sticky tongue that keeps the food in place as it enters the mouth. ACFs and their relatives do not have a tongue so the frog spits it out and uses its long fingers to adjust the food so it gets to the right place. Think of it like humans eating "finger foods"

[elliotulysses]

Most frogs have a sticky tongue that keeps the food in place as it enters the mouth. ACFs and their relatives do not have a tongue so the frog spits it out and uses its long fingers to adjust the food so it gets to the right place. Think of it like humans eating "finger foods"

Thanks! I think it's rather cute how they look like they are stuffing the food in their mouths. I suppose I had just never seen one spit it back out!

[Tongue Flicker]

Sometimes they tend to swallow things the wrong way so they'd spit it out again and again til they find a more suitable angle for the food to be swallowed. The same goes when they're eating live bugs. The spitting is their way of killing and drowning non-aquatic live prey fast.