My Red Eye Won't Eat

[Katieasaur]

nope he still didnt eat

[andaroo]

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[andaroo]

4 days is nothing! You are worrying too much, they can go without food for a month atleast so calm down your only going to stress your frog out even more so it will take even longer to settle.


These frogs stress REALLY easily so trying to hand feed and holding it will make matters much worse. You need to just leave it alone and give it time to settle in.

Please read my caresheet here:

The secrets of successfully keeping red eyed tree frogs - Reptile Forums

If you follow my advice written there your frog will settle and be healthy.

[Katieasaur]

trust me i havent really bothered him that much, ive been careful not to, i just dont know how long before i got him he didnt eat cuz he is extremely emaciated and lethargic
thanks though i will read ur care sheet
i admit i was in the wrong for getting him without thorough research, but the breeder flat out lied to me about keeping him with my whites, luckily i researched more before i put him in there, my whites were never aggressive towards me or each other before i got him but their tanks had been placed next to each other and they were trying to get him through the glass and then started attacking each other and then biting me whenever my fingers are in the cage, i swear they act like i never feed them, but i have him set up in a quiet, dark spot now with warmth and humidity at the right point so hopefully he will eat something soon

[andaroo]

keeping them with whites? that is just retarded. Whites are so heavy and aggressive they would constantly pounce on him and if they were big enough eat him! They would stress the poor frog out so much it would die from stress alone.

It was a bit silly buying something without doing research. Also why did you buy it if it was emancipated and lethargic? It may be too far gone for it to recover, but make sure you do read my caresheet and keep the frog dry ignore the caresheets that say to crank up the humidity to 70-80 thats just wrong, they are only exposed to that during the breeding season not all year round! It will cause a stressed frog to be easily susceptible to picking up a bacterial infection brought on by the warm humid environment.

Also don't put me down as some fanatic I have alot of experience with these frogs. Frogs, ESPECIALLY red eyes can be extremely difficult to care for if you dont have experience with them and their behaviours/characteristics.

[Ebony]

Hang in there Katie. What ever happens you are doing the best you can do for him.

[Katieasaur]

thanks yall for your support and help
he was good when i bought him, he was moving around and happy as a clam, but about 2 days after he started getting skinner and stuff, i just bought a few more plants to put in there so he feels even safer but should i wait to put them in? or not put them in at all?
i really appreciate your advice andaroo

[andaroo]

thanks yall for your support and help
he was good when i bought him, he was moving around and happy as a clam, but about 2 days after he started getting skinner and stuff, i just bought a few more plants to put in there so he feels even safer but should i wait to put them in? or not put them in at all?
i really appreciate your advice andaroo

Are the plants real or fake?

[Kurt]

4 days is nothing! You are worrying too much, they can go without food for a month atleast so calm down your only going to stress your frog out even more so it will take even longer to settle.

I will agree with you that 4 days is nothing, but I would say a month is a bit of an exaggeration.

In my experience red-eyes are not a ravenous as White's or gray treefrogs. If I give the adults about a dozen crickets, it will take them a good part of a week to polish them off. Where a White's will do it in one sitting. So at this point I am not 100% convinced its not eatting. Of course, if Katie is following Cheri's advice and its still not eating and it's ematiated, it may be time for a trip to the vet. Then again if she has only had it for just four days, it may be a little too soon to panic.

My article - Red-Eyed Leaf Frog

[andaroo]

I will agree with you that 4 days is nothing, but I would say a month is a bit of an exaggeration.

In my experience red-eyes are not a ravenous as White's or gray treefrogs. If I give the adults about a dozen crickets, it will take them a good part of a week to polish them off. Where a White's will do it in one sitting. So at this point I am not 100% convinced its not eatting. Of course, if Katie is following Cheri's advice and its still not eating and it's ematiated, it may be time for a trip to the vet. Then again if she has only had it for just four days, it may be a little too soon to panic.

My article - Red-Eyed Leaf Frog

A month is not an exaggeration at all. I had one myself that didn't eat for over 3 weeks when I first got started in this hobby. A friend of mine had a mossy frog that didn't eat for 6 weeks after he got it. So frogs can go along time without food.

Red eyes are ravenous when they are settled. I tong feed mine so I dont have any locusts or crickets eating up my live planted tank. They snap them up right away and the female is exceptionally greedy and will keep eating. Again this is all after they got used to me one of which took 6 months as he would turn amnd jump away if i came near him with food on the tongs now he is much like the 2 other snapping it up right away.

[Katieasaur]

he must have eaten something last night cuz hes nice and fat today, plus i just put a bunch more crickets in there for him to eat

[Kurt]

Very good.

[Ebony]

Thats great news Katie, Well done