What I do is, I hold a single worm in between my fingers, and rather than chase them with it, I keep my hand still so they have time to sniff out the worm, bump and poke at my hands and realize that nothing bad happens if they come near me... just good stuff happens - like finding food!

once they start coming to my hands right away to search for a worm (if they nibble at a finger it obviously doesn't hurt since they have no teeth)...if they for a moment rest on my fingers I will move my palm slowly under them so they get used to the feeling...with my other hand I gently rub their sides and belly so they get used to me touching them instead of just them touching me.

after a short while, I am able to support them in my hands for an extended period of time (always keeping my hands wet and the frog wet) with out them doing much more than shifting their weight to a more comfortable position.


this all started as an experiment with my first three, Phantom, Phoenix and Kirby. I used to breed guppies so I used to hand feed them my home raised feeders by holding the guppies tail and letting them hunt down the fish and take it from me.