betta fish & pay man frog

[michael1846]

My frog looked so bored so I put my betta fish up against his tank and all my frog has been doing is watching him it's fantastic and now he won't be bored.

[MatthewM1]

He stares at it because he wants to eat it, frogs don't get bored.

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[michael1846]

I feel like they might so I better not chance it and if he does want to eat it at least he can have a life goal(DANG YOU SPELL CHECK IT'S PACMAN NOT PAYMAN)

[Bedore]

I feel like they might

They won't. They stay in one spot and wait for something they can eat to pass by them. That is their nature. They cannot be bored.

[GrifTheGreat]

Frogs don't get bored. You're going to stress your frog out because he can't get to the fish to eat it.

[michael1846]

I have seen no negative effects as of now and he eats fine and looks at the fish....All day It's Like An Eternal Staring Contest

[DVirginiana]

I have seen no negative effects as of now and he eats fine and looks at the fish....All day It's Like An Eternal Staring Contest

You probably wouldn't notice if he's stressed after just a few days... But frogs really don't get bored. Someone waving a pizza around in front of you would probably get old after awhile if you could never get to it.

Mine used to pay attention to one of my baby snakes in a nearby tank, but she started ignoring him after a few days so I didn't have to move anyone. If the frog is really fixated on the fish it's probably not exactly fun for the fish either, being stared at by a predator all day.

[michael1846]

If I see anything negative going on ill move the fish if not then he stays plus the fish is always checking out the frog cage.

[Bedore]

If I see anything negative going on ill move the fish if not then he stays plus the fish is always checking out the frog cage.

I don't think you understand exactly what we are trying to say....but I doubt your fish is checking out the frog cage and I doubt your fish is keeping your frog company. Your frog basically sees food that he cannot get. That could stress your frog out (as mentioned before) and that in itself is 'negative'...but do what you will.

[michael1846]

Thank you my fish find things in the room and in the frog cage and stares at them i don't know what perplexes him may the color but i only observe this when he doesn't know I'm there because when he sees me all he does is beg for food

[DVirginiana]

Stress isn't always obvious in frogs, so by the time you see something 'negative' it can be too late. Some very knowledgeable people with a lot of experience with these frogs have told you it's stressful. You can ignore that, but it won't benefit your pets.

Frogs have a reflex response to movement. They will grab something (anything) that is moving and shove it in their mouths. Having something moving in front of them constantly and being unable to catch and eat it is confusing and stressful because it's preventing them from doing what they would in the wild, and they don't understand why.

Your betta probably isn't checking out the frog's cage. They're incredibly territorial, but normally pretty passive when calm... You're probably seeing aggression. Most fish can see color; if you have any blues/reds/greens in the room, he may be reacting to those as well. If you give him a fake plant, he'll calm down since he has somewhere to hide.

[michael1846]

He has real plants ... live plants

[AKFROG]

Some people just don't get it.