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    Default Re: From Full Fed to Too Skinny...? :(

    I posted about one of our indoor guys, known as #4, the other day and he/she was FAT, but today #4 is looking more normal. I'm wondering if (I'll just call him he since I don't know, though I'm probably wrong, lol) he was needing to shed and just looked poured into his tight skin after a big meal... like tight jeans after Thanksgiving dinner Skin looked nice and shiny and not dull though. Today he was sitting in the water dish taking a hiney soak, so never know.

    It's the outdoor frogs that really have me concerned, in some of the pics their back/hip bones (?) are sticking out quite sharply and they just look scrawny I've taken to giving them the occasional cricket or two to keep up their strength, since they are fortified/gut loaded. They look a bit better afterward but I'm trying to not give them too many so they will still hunt. In fact #7 ate a couple of crickets then immediately jumped out of the jar and ate a wandering leaf hopper off the wall, so I'm glad the crickets give them the energy TO hunt. Pics (left to right) are bony #7, skinny #6 resting head on fat #5 (who had three crickets night before), #7 and 6 after having a couple crickets each, #7 after jumping out of jar to eat leaf hopper, and #6 getting ready to join #7 on the wall.

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    Default Re: From Full Fed to Too Skinny...? :(

    I am having the same problem with my frog looking really skinny. I try to mix up feeding times and amounts to to make it more like it would be if she was in the wild. How often do you feed your frogs and how much? Mine usually looks like the one on the left but a little skinnier Also, does anyone know what a good size for breeding them would be?

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