Pixie passed way !

[froghub]

Okay, you were right about trusting the thermostat too. Anyway i've a laser one that is comming, so i'll check that out too.
Soooooo new guy is home.
He ate three crickets and a lot of ecoearth, he was chasing four more but no joy, only got ecoearth after the first three.
So two medium and one big one, not sure if its enought for a juvenile. Anyway he gave up and burrowed deep into the substrate.
I helped with the tongs for the big one, he was hungry and not afraid, after i tried again but he kinda backed up and went chasing another one but only ecoearth.
Maybe i try some dubias since they're bigger then crickets?
Now i guess i'll try again after tomorrow ?
I'll try to make the ecoearth more compressed so he doesn't eat all of it at least in the area i put the crickets in lol.
I wasnt able to know when he popped, but he didnt seem to have a lot in his stomach, now he's much rounder as he should be.
Now eating a little bit of ecoearth should not be a problem for a juvenile as long as he poops right?
And he disappear under the substrate, he'll come back up on its own when is hungry i hope!
This enclosure sees about the right size for now, but when should i put him in the big one?
Thanks guys

[monster]

Hey glad to hear this guy doing better already, if he took one from the tongs next time you feed I wouldn't just let the crickets go and try to feed them by the tongs. All though eco earth can be passed you don't want him eating to much of it, you don't want him to become impacted from it and you don't want him filling up on eco earth and then not wanting to eat his bugs. Even though eco earth is made to be able to pass sometimes if they eat large amounts it will give him a mild impaction, but nothing a good old honey bath cant take care of. I would try the roaches, from what I have heard they are better then crickets nutrition wise. And if he's a juvenile I would get some nightcrawlers ( big worms) and feed him those, if they are really long you can cut them in half. Once you feed nightcrawlers you will notice his growth rate will really speed up. He should come back up on his own, if he doesn't for a day or 2 I wouldn't worry to much because this is his way of making himself feel secure. After lets say 2 days if he doesn't then I would unbury him to check on him. Once you know he's doing ok and he's grown abit you should be able to put him in his permanent home, I would give a month tops. If he keeps eating he will grow a lot within a month. A little trick when tong feeding is to rub the food item under his bottom lip, this triggers there feeding response most the time and once he's eaten one they usually keep going.

[froghub]

Will try that for sure!
But for the nightcrawlers, we don't have them in europe, only the littles ones(European Nightcrawlers; Dendrobeanna veneta). Not as big as yours. But i'll try to find the big ones.
I'll bait him out of the hole with some crickets running arround and them try to tong feed him.
I believe that he did not eat as much as that, but i'll make sure i'll be paying attention to poop, otherwise i'll give him a bath. How often should he poop? Once in two days?
In the mean time, if he refuses to eat by tongs, a container without ecoearth is fine too as i did before?
Should i put something under the container? Or clean plastic is just fine?
Meet Trixie!
Took this one on arrival:

The new family member, and yes he's bigger that it looks outside
Thanks Monster

[monster]

He’s a very nice green. He should poop every few days to once a week, depends on how fast his metabolism is. If you feed in a separate container it doesn’t matter if the bottom is dark or not he can still see them. If he seems to not like the container you can try tapping some dark paper around the outside so he can’t see out this may help. In all honesty though tong feeding is the best way to feed, you know he’s eating and you know he’s getting his vitamins, sometimes the feeders clean the vitamins off before the frog gets a chance to eat them. If he doesn’t take from the tongs right away don’t get discouraged and keep trying, he will eventually get the idea they mean good and they won’t hurt him

[froghub]

He’s a very nice green. He should poop every few days to once a week, depends on how fast his metabolism is. If you feed in a separate container it doesn’t matter if the bottom is dark or not he can still see them. If he seems to not like the container you can try tapping some dark paper around the outside so he can’t see out this may help. In all honesty though tong feeding is the best way to feed, you know he’s eating and you know he’s getting his vitamins, sometimes the feeders clean the vitamins off before the frog gets a chance to eat them. If he doesn’t take from the tongs right away don’t get discouraged and keep trying, he will eventually get the idea they mean good and they won’t hurt him

Okayyyy, so good news.
He doesn't refuse tongs at all. I tong fed him two crickets and he has eaten no problem at all
Then he borrowed deep i understood he was full already.
So this morning he was out and he looked like he wanted to eat, so i fed him arround the same time as yesterday, he took them no problem.
Tomorrow i'll give him a break, yesterday i gave him multivitamins today calcium, tomorrow is off for digestion and after i shall try to feed him again!
Ahahah great Monster! This guy has a lot of appetite and thats good
Thanks

[monster]

That’s awesome, glad to hear this one is already doing better. I really believe the other guy was sick when you got him. That’s good he’s eating from the tongs, now you know that he won’t ingest the substrate and that he will get his vitamins. As you mentioned make sure you give him a day off in between feedings to digest and you don’t want him to become over weight as weird as that sounds for a frog that is as wide as he is long. Sounds like everything is going to work out for you this time around. If you can get your hands on some Repashy Calcium Plus I would pick some up, it is a far better vitamin supplement then a lot of the others out there and as I mentioned it has all the vitamins in one.

[froghub]

I will make sure of that, right know he's just filling the loosy belly he had, now at least he's round either he pooped before he came or they didnt fed him enought food. Anyway the meat in the belly was there, just not round i guess. But yes i'll be carefull.
Well i found the repashy calcium plus, its a little bit expensive but its fine, i'll order some later, but it is all in one?
Right now i'm using reptivite multivitamins +D3 and calcium without D3 by zoomed.
So if i use the repashy it's a all in one thats it? No need for calcium+ multivitamins ?
How many times do you powder insects with it?
And btw, is there such thing as too many vitamins or will they poop the excess? Or can too much powder be harmfull?
Thanks Monster