Hi all,
My sweet bold silly boy, Sunny, has become very reclusive around me since I returned from an eight day vacation last Friday. He had always been uninhibited being out in the open around me prior to the vacation. I have his lights and environment automated so he should not have experienced any bad temperatures or humidity levels or anything like that. I follow the care sheets to a t. My husband misted him morning and night, changed his water ponds and fed him each night, and picked up poo. He has always been shy around my husband and now he's treating me the same way. I switched from free feeding to bowl feeding a few days ago and that first day I did that he came out and didn't run away so I thought I was making progress, but now he won't come out until I leave. Is this typical behavior after a week long absence? Do you think he'll come back around? I am going to add something else for him to climb on today if I can find something. I'm hoping that'll get him excited and pull him out of his shell again. I miss his fun little personality so much. Any ideas? Some friends of mine who know nothing about frogs say he needs a friend or a mate. I'd prefer not to get another frog but I want to do whatever would make him a happy frog again. He really seems like he's fine otherwise. I think I'm the one suffering, not him. I wonder if he forgot who I am or what.
Please, give me your honest assessment.
Thank you