WTF won't eat

[awesomefilca]

He is young, he is only 2.5-3 inches big. my girlfriend tried feeding him with tongs last night and he was more receptive but still didn't eat (she only has reptiles so she's a stickler on this). the last few times we have tried feeding him we took him out and but him on a towel, with mixed results because he wants to explore the apartment.

trying to get a picture of him is difficult because he's always either hiding or moving around, and his favorite hiding spot is to dig into the ground. a lot of his picture are him covered in his substrate.

[Bynny Ribbit]

Hm, if you try to feed him outside his tank again, I would try maybe a bucket or a plastic storage container, like something made by Sterilite. From my experiences with my own frogs, they aren't fond of being on towels, especially dry ones, so it could be a distracting texture.

Where did you buy your frog? Do you know the conditions he was in prior to this? Was he receiving calcium and multivitamin supplementation on his food?

If you could, try to get a clear picture of his face. His jaw looks off to me...does it look like he has an underbite? Or compared to pictures of other frogs, does it look different from normal?

Sorry for the barrage of questions, just trying to help you get to the bottom of this. From what I see, especially in the bottom right picture, it looks like there's something off with the lower jaw. I don't want to alarm you, but sometimes the inability to eat coupled with deformation indicates Metabolic Bone Disease.

[awesomefilca]

oh man is he drinking a lot of water, his water dish is empty almost everyday. just took him out to get these photos

no that I look at him, his jaw does look different on one side

[awesomefilca]

I got him from a locally owned petstore. they have higher prices but don't treat their animals as badly as petco or petsmart. he was their last one from his batch too. they commented that he doesn't projectile pee like his siblings did.

[Bynny Ribbit]

Yeah, the left side of his face looks odd. It could be an old injury or, as I mentioned, sometimes MBD is responsible. He otherwise looks plump and healthy.

If it were me, I would try to get him a vet appointment not only to address him not eating, but to get the side of his face looked at. They'll be able to check his bone density and look at his face/into his mouth to be sure it isn't what's affecting his ability to eat.

Lol, projectile peeing is often a fear response or a general "I don't like what is happening right now". One of my WTFs would sometimes do it when applying medication she didn't like.

[awesomefilca]

yeah, he did it on the carride home and when he saw my dad. both are terrifying to a frog.

I'll get an appointment set up tomorrow, since it's sunday. today I'm going to the petstore we got him from and asking for advice

[Bynny Ribbit]

That's a great idea. I'd especially ask when he last ate with them and when he was last supplemented with calcium (and if it was with or without vitamin D3 and if he had UVB lighting).