I have had my frog Jabba for about 5 weeks. I'm pretty sure he's a male because he has been croaking all week. He is growing like a weed and has been eating great up until this week. I feed him nighcrawlers as a staple and supplement gut loaded crickets.

My regimen is as follows: I put on gloves which I spray with a little water to get them moist. I take Jabba out of his enclosure and put him in a medium sized critter keeper to feed him. He usually gulps up whatever I put in there but now he wont eat while he's in the critter keeper. He just tries to jump the whole time he's in the keeper.

He only eats in his enclosure. I have no problem feeding him in his enclosure but I'm concerned that all the coconut fiber that sticks to the nightcrawlers while he is eating will cause an impaction. He is still eating well but just giving me a hard time about eating in the critter keeper. Last week I put some crickets in his enclosure and he would snatch them up as soon as they crawled by. He seemed to love the hunt. Do you think that is why he is now wanting to only eat inside his enclosure?

Any advice on the best way to decrease the risk of substrate impaction by feeding nightcrawlers in his enclose will be helpful. Thanks.