Help needed very urgent plz

[Waybueno]

I got him and a sibling of his because I worked at petsmart and pet stores in general like to get them as young as possible because they sell better, and that goes with all animals not just frogs. And while i've never owned a frog before I've owned pretty much everything else and knew because they were so small and in such a stress filled place they may not live so I took them home and wasn't sure if I was going to keep them till they were healthy enough for homes or keep them. Jaba's sibling ended up dieing from unknown cause but Jaba's always never had issues and I got extremely attached ended up keeping him.

BTW i've seen pics you've posted of your baby frogs their sooo cute!

[charlamanda]

Thanks, I'll be over whelmed with froglets soon when the tads morph. When I intially noticed the tadpoles in my pool ,at the end of spring, I was dumb founded at the numbers. There were thounds in the pool along with dozens of Green Frogs, whom I was watching and checking on. The adult Gray Tree frogs have been using my pool for years for they're chorus parties, but this was the first years they left eggs that morphed and I couldn't figure out why. Then I recalled that in previous years I had added chlorine to control the mosquitoes, which in turn would have killed the eggs and any tadpoles, but would have not been at the strength to harm the adults, since chlorine dissapates and losses it's strength very quickly exposed to the air, sun and rain. I guess it was my timing, I felt horrible when I realized what I had done! This year because there were so many frogs in the pool I didn'y put the chlorine in and in turn saved the tadpoles and the eggs. I was over run by the froglets leaving the pool, but it's been an enjoyable experince. I just never expected, after the froglets all left the pool by the end of July, that it wouldn't happen all over again!!! Now the pool is full of tadpoles again that I am trying to save...I am such a sap!!! I just hope and pray that the Pa fish and boating commission will allow me to give them away or I can get the proper paperwork needed to send them out to people who will take them and care for my lil' babies!

[Waybueno]

Wow that's amazing! I remember raising tad pools in elementary school and thought it was the coolest thing watching them grow their legs and slowly turn into frogs. I keep my horse at a friends ranch and she has a creek going through it and there's always tad pools in it and HUGE toads like the size of baseballs or bigger, ive saved a number of them from the barn cats or from being stepped on by horses, i've even found one chillin in my horses water bucket like it was the thing to do and my horse wouldn't go near it. lol

I was actually really surprised Jaba lived when I took him and his sibling home they were so small and I knew nothing I thought for sure they'd both pass on but I thought they'd have a better chance home with me anyways and they were so cute I couldn't help myself.
There was also this girl I worked with and she knows a lot about reptiles and the basics or more about frogs she was a lot of help when I got them.

[Julia]

Glad your frog is better. I am curious about what may have caused this. You mentioned mealworms in your first post...is that his main diet?

As for substrate you should consider building a false bottom...and covering it with leaf litter. A quick forum search will give you all the info you need on how to do that.

[Waybueno]

Glad your frog is better. I am curious about what may have caused this. You mentioned mealworms in your first post...is that his main diet?

As for substrate you should consider building a false bottom...and covering it with leaf litter. A quick forum search will give you all the info you need on how to do that.

His diet is a mixture of crickets and mealworms, since this is my first and only frog I wasnt sure what his main was supposed to be and my friend that has had frogs said to feed him mealworms. lately he has been eating more meal worms than crickets. I dont have a cricket keep(ill get one if you want me to) so I'd by maybe 4 days worth of crickets and feed him till there gone then go get some meal worms then feed those to him till there gone.

But this last time the mealworms I got were a little bigger than normal they were out of small and he ate a good 11 of them or so, I think it could have been caused by him eating to much?

how long should I wait to feed him again?

( I dust all mealworms/crickets that he eats.)

[Julia]

That is your problem. Mealworms have an exoskeleton made of chitin, which is what your fingernails are made of. Chitin is very hard for a frog to digest and break down. Continuous feedings of meal worms can and most likely will cause an impaction. Crickets should be the main diet. Meal worms should only be offered as treats or not at all. This means 1 or 2 meal worms a month. Try something more nutritious like silk worms or horn worms.

The warm bath that Paul suggested probably saved your frogs life.

[Waybueno]

That is your problem. Mealworms have an exoskeleton made of chitin, which is what your fingernails are made of. Chitin is very hard for a frog to digest and break down. Continuous feedings of meal worms can and most likely will cause an impaction. Crickets should be the main diet. Meal worms should only be offered as treats or not at all. This means 1 or 2 meal worms a month. Try something more nutritious like silk worms or horn worms.

The warm bath that Paul suggested probably saved your frogs life.

Now I feel like a horrible frog owner
I guess I should buy a cricket keep then, the noise they make annoys my step dad.
Are silkworms more of a treat thing to?
I wish there were like online feeding charts like feed this monday, this the next feeding time and then crickets again this day.
Should I give him another warm bath today? He pooped last night sometime when I was sleeping he's still a little sluggish but a lot more normal than he was.