Came Home With These

[redeemedsoul136]

How's Rib and Bit doing?

[BigBruiserAl]

How's Rib and Bit doing?

Hi

very much the same. Think i have had them for 10 days and they do sleep in the same place evey day now so maybe there getting used to the tank. Still having the feeding problem i think between them they have had 4-5 medium sized gut loaded crickets between them. Not really sure what to do with these two, looking back is was a mistake for a amature like me to get such a fragile tree frogs

[Chaya]

i got my first one on impulse too, but she did really well. It was my second grouping that had problems. I still hand feed the buggers and i still love their big bright eyes... Keep enjoying them and dont worry that you arnt prepared, they sound to be doing ok I think ur son would kill you if u tried taking them back lol

[BigBruiserAl]

i got my first one on impulse too, but she did really well. It was my second grouping that had problems. I still hand feed the buggers and i still love their big bright eyes... Keep enjoying them and dont worry that you arnt prepared, they sound to be doing ok I think ur son would kill you if u tried taking them back lol

I did all the reasearch on whites and the tank was mature, but the store said "oh there not too diff to white's" hmmm!!
When do you think i should resort to hand feeding? how do you go about it?
Im not giving up on them yet spoke to a uk memeber who has them with no lights and room temp no heat mat, so im changing the bulbs to 15w night time glow and temps are set at 24c day 19 c night. Will see how we do, if anything it will help another person using the search on the frogs

[Chaya]

Honestly? I resorted to hand feeding when the frogs were so skinny that they barely moved when i picked them up. At first i thought i was too late but then she jumped out of my hands. The ulu's hipbones are high up on their back and when she slept they were really protruded so i knew i had to do something.

If you do try to forcefeed be careful.

I first tried tweezer feeding with a wriggling cricket and the frogs pretty much said no and shoved it away. So now i have my boyfriend get a bowl of frog safe water and a drivers license (a blockbuster card works if the frog is smaller cause it is thinner but i dont like it for my bigger girl and make sure u rinse the card in the frog water) He cleans his hands with frog safe water (not the bowl of frog safe water) and holds her gently in his hand with his thumb softly on top of her head and then i get the card in my dominant hand (right) and if she isnt crazy skinny a waxworm or cricket in a pair of tweezers or just in my fingertips of the other hand and gently slide the card in her mouth and turn the card slightly so that her mouth is open (sometimes you have to wiggle the card a little cause they will clench their jaw shut! lol)...then just slide the food in and pull the card out. She normally jumps at that point and then swallows happily. And then ends up on the floor...which is why you have the bowl of water! give her a little rinse (if you can use warmish water its better...not hot) Depending on size depends on how much they will eat...and sometimes they try spit it out.

I have recently started trying reptaid at the beginning of the hand-feeding and then wax worms since they are fattier and she needs the food and i normaly dip every third worm in vitamins/calcium. The biggest girl eats about 3-4 waxworms and reptaid and the smaller girl eats 2-3 and reptaid...the boy who is maybe an inch is hard as hell to feed like that...i think he may actually be eating so i leave him alone

Just be sure to be gentle as their eyes are in the top of their head and u can see them inside their mouth.

[Chaya]

I will try and get a photo of her tonight, as i believe i need to feed her today...crickets havnt really disappeared...