Feeding question

[Roman]

Do ABF's go off feeding sometimes? My Big one just isn't interested in eating at the moment... What are some factors for me to be looking into??

Thanks

[willtilian]

estivation needing to chill and take a dump?

[Dog Shrink]

I know a lot of herps go off feed with winter slow down but being in Boca that likely isn't an issue for you as far as the cold goes but amount of daylight could factor into winter slow down, also breeding seasons will make a herp go off feed as well as shedding.

[Kevin1]

Temps are the main factor,secondly it would be the humidity. If you were to raise the temps I'm sure you would see a difference in feeding response. If he spends most of his time in the water, I would raise that or vice versa if he spends most of his time on/in substrate.

[jaguilar15]

I have the same problem, my biggest pixie isn't eating neither, and he's always in the water with his eyes closed. and everytime i come in, he submerges under water and hides, he doesn't eat neither, but my other pixies are eating fine. Is temperatures still a problem?

[FG]

I have the same problem, my biggest pixie isn't eating neither, and he's always in the water with his eyes closed. and everytime i come in, he submerges under water and hides, he doesn't eat neither, but my other pixies are eating fine. Is temperatures still a problem?

Maybe it's sick? Ectoparasites, maybe...this would be a reason for the permanent bathing.
My one once showed a similar behavior and at second glance I noticed red mites in the substrate and on the frog. After a substrate change, careful cleaning of the terrarium and the frog (warm and mild shower) and one week of waiting, everything was fine and feeding was back to business as usual

[jaguilar15]

Thanks for the heads up, but i doubt it's ectoparasites, the other frogs are always outside the water bowl, he's the only one in the water bowl, he did get back to eating though. Just does not eat as much

[Malachi]

Do you feed him in his water?

[jaguilar15]

no i don't, i feed him outside of his water bowl. My frogs do not eat everyday, but they are looking healthy, there lively too, they are burrowing jumping out there burrows and of course hugging the glass of the tank haha.

[Malachi]

My male loves to eat night crawlers in his water.

[Meatball]

My male loves to eat night crawlers in his water.

Ive found this is the only way to get mine to eat night crawlers. Even with calcium powder on the worms they are too hard for him to get with his tongue so I kinda half hang them over he edge of the bowl and he slams em down.

[jaguilar15]

I've just been giving them crickets and gutloading them. I haven't really gave them anything else i'm too afraid that they might get stuck on that item aka the superworms. So i am trying to stay away from other food items until they are adults. I can't wait to feed them mice

[spencerburgo]

Ive found this is the only way to get mine to eat night crawlers. Even with calcium powder on the worms they are too hard for him to get with his tongue so I kinda half hang them over he edge of the bowl and he slams em down.

my horned frog was the same drop the worms in the water with him and he used to go crazy for them, my pixies just go crazy for anything i never feed the same thing 2 days in a row but there main diet is large earth worms, dubia roach, large grubs, and fuzzys, pointless feeding pinkies as earth worms are a lot bigger and probaly better for them, stopped feeding crickets as they stink and there noisey lol

cheers spencer...........

[jaguilar15]

I use to feed them dubia roaches until my mom found my colony stash =[. So i had to give the rest of my colony away to a local reptile shop.

[jaguilar15]

Do you think it's okay to get earthworms from a store like walmart selling them as bait or should i just get them at petco? Which petco is of course, more expensive.

[Tofuman]

My big male does this a lot too. He'll eat one week and then wont for several weeks. It's kind of chilly where I live right now, but I've got a heat lamp on him.