Hey guys. This time my problem isn't so serious, just a small concern.
Over the weekend I caught a cold that's been going around in my neck of the woods. I just wanted to ask what the protocol is when handling a frog when you're sick.
Tonight is feeding night for Bruce (WTF) and usually I take him out of his viv and place him into a smaller container for feeding since he seems to have trouble finding crickets if I just throw them into the viv with him. I have latex gloves (non powered) that I used to carry him around when he was sick a few weeks ago after he developed some pesky lesions on his leg (that have since gone away) and was planning to use those to transport him into his feeding box and then back into his viv. I have also thought about covering my mouth and nose with something to prevent my disease-riddled breath from getting onto him (I have terrible sinus congestion and a horrible cough, I feel like a bad of mucus).
Is this ok to do tonight? If anyone has any better suggestions I would love to know, I wish I could just throw the crickets in his viv and be done with it but he won't eat if I do that.
Note: Also, I don't handle the crickets with my hands, I have a nifty little tool that my friend made me out of a paper towel roll that I can catch the crickets with and then shake them in with Bruce, so there's no chance of sickness spreading there.
Thanks so much for any suggestions you guys might have. If it's not safe to handle him at all I really need to know so I can have someone help me feed him tonight.
Thanks,
Kisa