New Frog Mommy

[1beataway]

Cristen, how is the new White's? Have you added anything to the setup?

[Cristen]

1beataway -

Hi and again thank you thank you!!! I have been feeding him like crazy, I actually have another post in the forum about him. I thought he was looking kind of thin like I had told you, so I got some picts up and he has been gaining a little weight, but I think he still needs a little more. Went to the pet store today and got some froggy dirt for him, also picked up a couple dozen crickets, and 3 mealworms. He ate 4 crickets today and one meal worm, and is A LOT more active tonight then he was earlier in the week. So I think he is a bunch happier

[1beataway]

Fantastic! I'm so glad. Is your daughter enjoying him?

[Cristen]

Fantastic! I'm so glad. Is your daughter enjoying him?

OMG... She absolutely Love - Love - Loves him to death. She asks me if she can hold him all the time. I was so worried about him before that I wouldn't let her hold him. So I let her hold him today for a couple of mins since he is eating so well and gaining weight! Then we shut off his light at about 730, and she sat in there in the dim light watching him jump across his tank until well past her bedtime (but I couldnt help it, I just had to let her ).

[Kurt]

Sounds like you have a budding batrachologist there.

[Cristen]

Sounds like you have a budding batrachologist there.

Kurt - LOL It would not surprise me at all, she is just one of those kinds of kids. Yesterday, she came running in with some bugs for Kermit. I just about had a heart attack... told her that Kermit had to eat special bugs from the pet store, or he could get sick. Now that is going to have to be her job with moms supervision.

[1beataway]

That is so awesome. I'm glad she's enjoying him. Did he start moving immediately when you shut off the lights? Mine seem to, even if I didn't shut them off exactly the same time every night.

You know...you'll just have to get another White's. It's sorta a rule, especially when you like them so much.

[Ebony]

1beataway -

Hi and again thank you thank you!!! I have been feeding him like crazy, I actually have another post in the forum about him. I thought he was looking kind of thin like I had told you, so I got some picts up and he has been gaining a little weight, but I think he still needs a little more. Went to the pet store today and got some froggy dirt for him, also picked up a couple dozen crickets, and 3 mealworms. He ate 4 crickets today and one meal worm, and is A LOT more active tonight then he was earlier in the week. So I think he is a bunch happier

Hi Cristen. You may already no but soil can be irritating for your frog as it sticks to the skin. You can use it but just cover it with either moss or Josh's leaf litter.

[1beataway]

Hi Cristen. You may already no but soil can be irritating for your frog as it sticks to the skin. You can use it but just cover it with either moss or Josh's leaf litter.

Really? I did not know that. But I do use moss too. And my White's spend most of their time up high.

[Cristen]

Hi Cristen. You may already no but soil can be irritating for your frog as it sticks to the skin. You can use it but just cover it with either moss or Josh's leaf litter.

I was kind of nervous about how messy the soil would be so I just stashed some in a little cave type encloser that we have set up for him to hide in and my husband is going to track down some of the sphag..??.... moss for him to put on top of it, right now there is just a moistened paper towel. Im a bit of a spaz about extreme messes so I wanted to limit it to a minimum.