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[mcap]

I took her to get checked out by the vet. Among other things, they checked her for parasites via a stool sample. She was full grown when I got her early in 2008. The vet visit cost more than the frog!

[Kurt]

The vet visit cost more than the frog!

They usually do, unless of course you brought a Colorado River toad, strawberry dart frog, or yellow-spotted tree toad.

[mcap]

Now I remember why I took her to the vet: she did not, and still does not, eat very much even though she looks huge. When I first got her, she would eat 2-3 medium crickets twice a week, leaping and climbing branches to hunt them down. Any more and she would not touch them. Eventually, she would eat only 3 crickets per week, but she never really got skinny. The vet said she looks healthy, so I don't worry about it.

I got the dubia roaches in January and for a while she would eat 3 or more medium to large ones per week. Pretty soon, she cooled to them as well and now she eats maybe 1 or 2 small-medium dubia and 1 cricket per week.

I feed her a zophobas no more than once every 2-3 weeks, which she has never turned down. They seem to be like candy to her.

[John]

At what temperature do you keep her? Perhaps it's a little cool and that would definitely minimise her appetite.

[mcap]

In the back left, there is a thermistor hanging from a wire. The heating comes from a ceramic heat emitter above the top center near the front of the tank, along with a black heating pad that is stuck to the back wall at bottom right. There is also foam pressed against the entire back of the tank to help keep the heat in.

I have the thermostat set to 81 F with a 10 F degree night drop. It gets quite a bit warmer than that near the top front of the tank, but she would have to climb the door to reach that area.
Here is the new setup. The previous tank picture is pretty old.

[John]

According to our man Kurt, 81 is a little on the low end. He has 85 in his article for Day time temperature.

Nice setup btw.

[Kurt]

Has the frog had a fecal float done? Maybe she has gastrointestinal parasites. Or maybe she just has food preferences, though most frogs don't.

Also, 81 F isn't bad. These frogs range over most of Australia and New Guinea and can be found in many kinds of eco-systems, from tropical rainforest, to blistering deserts, to temperate forests of Southeastern Australia. Mine seem to do fine in the mid to upper seventies.