They have arrived! Phyllomedusa Tomopterna!

[Kisa]

Seizures are usually some sort of electrical misfiring in the brain usually brought on by a chemical imbalance and is usually genetically inherited... is it a chance it could be a seizure... I can't say I don't know enough about frog physiology to guess. Blunt trauma can also bring on a seizure but I doubt you traumatized your frog. Could it have been spasms to mimic death throws as a defense mechnism... much more likely imo...

That's what I'm hoping too. My friend who was with me when it happened said that it was probably just a defense mechanism, given that he was fine as soon as I touched him and "woke him up". It's still really scary, especially because I was holding him right before it happened...I can't help but feel responsible.

[Ebony]

Kisa..I think its a defence thing. Ive seen it happen to a friends frog and its always when she has desturbed it and picked it up. It seizured off an on for the first year she had it. Its now two years old and doing fine.

[Kisa]

Kisa..I think its a defence think. Ive seen it happen to a friends frog and its always when she has desturbed it and picked it up. It seizured off an on for the first year she had it. Its now two years old and doing fine.

Thanks for the info Ebony it makes me feel ten times better. I'm glad that others have experienced the same thing as me with success. Thanks. ><

I've seen Artemis eat at least one cricket with my own two eyes, so I think she's adjusting much better than Apollo. I took him out last night to check on him because I noticed he was laying weird and wanted to make sure he wasn't in a coma or something and when he woke up he freaked out and tried to escape from my hands. I put him back in the viv right away, and I had taken him out on a leaf so that I didn't have to touch him, but with him freaking out I had to cup my hands around his body to keep him from jumping. I put him back in the viv, he'd been out for no longer then 30 seconds, and he went right to sleep. I don't know if he's eating or even interested in food. I want to give him more time but I'm scared.

Is there a point at which a frog absolutely needs food and I have to "force" him? I've had them for 8 days now and have seen no feces or prolonged movement, hunting or otherwise, from Apollo. I'm thinking about taking him out and placing him in the carrier with a few crickets to see if he's interested but I don't want to traumatize him even more. Should I wait?

[Leefrogs]

would tweezer feed first before moving him into a carrier . Just try to immitate path of prey, try to think cricket,..... LOL

[Kisa]

would tweezer feed first before moving him into a carrier . Just try to immitate path of prey, try to think cricket,..... LOL

Haha good suggestions Ginger but unfortunately the tongs I have are way too big for the mini crickets I have to feed the Tomops, they're quite small right now, only about 1 inch each, though Artemis is a little bigger than Apollo, naturally. The carrier may be my only course of action. D:

[Leefrogs]

I feed pretty small crix to opal, I dust crix in the bag they come in, they want out of there and almost climb on my tweezers. I grab a leg, if it breaks off by them trying to jump free, they're less likely to do it on their last leg... No pun intended. U just gotta get one down him so u know he's a feeder, u can tell by how eager he is. If he's willing to thong feed at all. Each species is different, and every frog too I guess. but I think it's worth a try

[Kisa]

I feed pretty small crix to opal, I dust crix in the bag they come in, they want out of there and almost climb on my tweezers. I grab a leg, if it breaks off by them trying to jump free, they're less likely to do it on their last leg... No pun intended. U just gotta get one down him so u know he's a feeder, u can tell by how eager he is. If he's willing to thong feed at all. Each species is different, and every frog too I guess. but I think it's worth a try

This is very true Ginger, maybe I could give it a try. As long as I can get ahold of the cricket it should work out.