New White's Tree Frog possible issue

[Frogger00]

The dark spot on the eye could be a bruise. Not sure what you could do about it though. I've tried a few different feeders.
Crickets: only the small ones(2 week old). The big ones can cause damage as others have said and they are gross. My one frog loves crickets the most. One downside is they are difficult to keep alive.

Meal worms: my one guy is pretty obsessed with these worms. They are easy to keep and breed. Sometimes my frogs don't recognize them as food though.

Hornworms: these worms make your frogs poop like crazy! Nutritious, and easy to digest. Hard to keep alive.

Pinky mice: a good treat. Hard to digest.

Phoenix worms: my frogs wouldn't even touch them and instead proceeded to push them away with their hands.

Hope this helps! I personally like meal worms best. And they are a bit fatty so they will put some weight on your tiny frog! Good luck.


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[irThumper]

The downside to mealworms and superworms, though, is the excessive chitin (undigestible material) to meat ratio. That and these things have been said to be able to chew their way out of delicate species (which adult WTFs are not, but still)

[Rainrad2002]

The dark spot on the eye could be a bruise. Not sure what you could do about it though. I've tried a few different feeders.
Crickets: only the small ones(2 week old). The big ones can cause damage as others have said and they are gross. My one frog loves crickets the most. One downside is they are difficult to keep alive.

Meal worms: my one guy is pretty obsessed with these worms. They are easy to keep and breed. Sometimes my frogs don't recognize them as food though.

Hornworms: these worms make your frogs poop like crazy! Nutritious, and easy to digest. Hard to keep alive.

Pinky mice: a good treat. Hard to digest.

Phoenix worms: my frogs wouldn't even touch them and instead proceeded to push them away with their hands.

Hope this helps! I personally like meal worms best. And they are a bit fatty so they will put some weight on your tiny frog! Good luck.


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Thank you for all the info! I usually have mealworms around for the reptiles, will get some more and offer them to her. Also like the waxworms for fattening up..... I tried to get her to take a thawed pinky mouse but she wouldn't eat it, will try again next time I thaw one for the bearded dragon.

[Frogman1031]

This has become a very interesting little thread ! Anyway welcome to the frog forum ! I agree with the others in saying that the lesion was probably cause by some sort of bite and the bruising possibly spread to the eye. Remember to keep a close eye on it to make sure that it doesn't get bigger . Keep on fattening her up. They aren't called Dumpy tree frogs for nothing !

irThumper, Martha is adorable! As are all your white's!

I'm getting jealous of everyone's nice big tanks! My babies are still stuck in that cramped 18x18x18 . Will have to wait until the next White Plains expo to (finally) get a 24x18x24.

Good luck with your new frog and I hope her little injury gets better

[irThumper]

This has become a very interesting little thread ! Anyway welcome to the frog forum ! I agree with the others in saying that the lesion was probably cause by some sort of bite and the bruising possibly spread to the eye. Remember to keep a close eye on it to make sure that it doesn't get bigger . Keep on fattening her up. They aren't called Dumpy tree frogs for nothing !

irThumper, Martha is adorable! As are all your white's!

I'm getting jealous of everyone's nice big tanks! My babies are still stuck in that cramped 18x18x18 . Will have to wait until the next White Plains expo to (finally) get a 24x18x24.

Good luck with your new frog and I hope her little injury gets better

Lol, thanks Eli! ^_^ Martha was actually a real pain in the butt tonight... wouldn't eat her worm! Not even in half! I got so disgusted I took it out, dumped 5 big juicy crickets in her house, and told her to move her flabby hiney and go hunting... oog!

I'm slowly moving my frogs up in cage size as well. Shirley and Honey are now in a 10 gallon, and Martha will hopefully go from her 10 gallon to her Exo-terra medium-tall this weekend. Lucy will have to wait to go in with Martha until her own QT is up and I see what's going on with her fecal exam (I'm getting a second opinion... well if she gives me another sample that doesn't get baked under the heat lamp I'll get a 2nd opinion!)

[Rainrad2002]

The spot looks slightly better today, and I put a dab of non pain relieving neosporin on it this morning to help it along. Hopefully it will just continue to get better.....

[elly]

This has become a very interesting little thread ! Anyway welcome to the frog forum ! I agree with the others in saying that the lesion was probably cause by some sort of bite and the bruising possibly spread to the eye. Remember to keep a close eye on it to make sure that it doesn't get bigger . Keep on fattening her up. They aren't called Dumpy tree frogs for nothing !

irThumper, Martha is adorable! As are all your white's!

I'm getting jealous of everyone's nice big tanks! My babies are still stuck in that cramped 18x18x18 . Will have to wait until the next White Plains expo to (finally) get a 24x18x24.

Good luck with your new frog and I hope her little injury gets better

Or at least keep fattening her up until her ear-rolls show up and then stop. They don't need to be too fat!

[irThumper]

Keeping fingers crossed for her!

[Rainrad2002]

Well, I think Quibbit is looking better! She has also gained some weight in the last few days, about 3 grams so she is now 18 grams and about 3 inches long. Here are a couple pics I took of her last night, it looks like the bruise on her eye is smaller and the red spot is smaller and no longer red. Her skin still looks a little beat up to me, probably from being shipped.......hopefully she will be all smooth and perfect soon. We are in love, it's that little face.......

[Cliygh and Mia 2]

Aww, she's so cute!