Quote Originally Posted by Lija View Post
Would you please summarize on what's happening and what is a problem?

What i got is:
1. You are trying to feed 1.5" whites frog pinhead crickets and friut flies? If so get bigger food.
2. It's in quarantine, please describe how it looks like exactly, what you are doing during that time.
The problem: Refusal to eat.

What happen: I took in/adopted (whatever you wish to call it) a juvenile whites tree frog that appeared healthy via the CL Ad, but upon seeing Olive in person, looked unhealthy, slightly skinny (bones poking out). And was told previously from bought from petco. Fed on dusted crickets (pinheads) every morning, no problem eating food, and was owned by them for just over a month or so.

1. I did not try to feed it pinheads, I stated that's what I was told the previous owner previously fed Olive.

I offered both small, and medium dusted crickets dusted in vitamin d3, towards noon and again at midnight, whites being nocturnal.

Olive's stated size is estimated at most an 1" 1/2.

Upon refusing these for 3 days my fiancé suggested we should try wingless fruit flies. So, knowing his theory wouldn't work, I let him test his theory out. No dice. I then gave Olive a honey soak as thumper suggested. As I've never had a white who wouldn't poop and have ever needed a honey soak.

Olive seemed more lively. But still did not take interest in the crickets offered.

The next morning I tried again with forceps to encourage Olive's interest in dusted crickets and succeeded in getting Olive to eat 1, I left Olive with the crickets (5) to see if it'd eat anymore. And then I prepared their travel cages, and took Olive and Mr. Frog in to the vet.

Mr. Frog was given a clear bill of health, and his feces were accepted in for testing of worms. I left Olive with the vet and let her do what she could and possibly get him to poop. Mid-noon today she called to let me know all test results for Mr. Frog and to come in for his treatment. And that Olive had not made it through the night, but that he had likely passed to intestinal parasites. And it's poop was indeed found to have worms, too.


This was Olive.

2. Quarantine is a 10gal aquarium with three sides covered, a single water dish to soak, with river rocks added so Olive can't accidentally drown. A small corner plant with low hanging large leaves, and on the opposite side a high suction fake plant (mandarin, hangs fairly long) to sleep under. Misted twice daily with bottled water. Placed in the quietest room in the house, with the least traffic.

I provide no substrate at this time, for both easy clean up, and to avoid risk of possible impaction. Crickets are offered in a separate feeding container and none are ever left in the QT aquarium overnight.


-BrittsBugs