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[irThumper]

I doubt it's a breeding reaction to you. You are a mammal.

That being said, I don't live with your frogs so can't make suppositions on why they act the way they do, but I DO know that tree frogs in general seem to be quite intelligent. When I first got my Milkies they were just over a year old, too small, way too thin, and wild as could be! I'd go to clean the cage or something and they would jump like kangaroos in the opposite direction; having to get ahold of them for precautionary anti-fungal treatments for 11 days was nerve wracking to say the least. I never thought these frogs would calm down. Anyway, I've had them since June and they have doubled their size at least, and a little something changed them from wild leapers to bug beggers... I was bowl feeding these guys crickets, with the occasional waxworm, and decided to try them on butter worms. They didn't want the butter worms. Those things were spendy, so I left them in the bowl and added crickets-- a couple more days went by and no butter worms OR crickets were eaten. I removed the bowl and tossed the bugs down the toilet. I was worried that the Milkies hadn't eaten in 3-4 days when they had been eating everyday, so I tried something on a whim. The frogs were perched in their sleeping spots, still dozing even though I had just turned the red nightlight on. I took a cricket and held it under the first ones nose... GLOMB! He grabbed it and crammed it in, FIRST time ever trying to hand feed (remember I couldn't even get close to them before). Tried this with the other frog with the same results. I gave them each four crickets. The next night I turned off the lights and they immediately woke up and turned toward me. I looked at them looking at me and wondered if they'd hand feed for me again... YES! They actually came toward me and eagerly grabbed up every cricket I handed them. They have been this way ever since, and will watch me from inside the tank or come toward me anytime of day or night (when they are awake) and I just walk by. My WTFs don't even do that, lol, though they will turn toward me and prepare to glomb when they know it's feeding time :P