Weight

[Immortal]

When researching I didn't come across how you'd know if your frog is too thin or too fat lol. I was wondering if anyone could let me know?

This is Orchid, taken the day I got her (March 28 2011)

Frog Forum - Immortal's Album: Orchid - Picture

Thanks!

[bshmerlie]

Very nice picture by the way....you're gonna have to enter our monthly photo contest. You don't really have to worry about red eyes getting fat. I feed mine as much as they want and they seem to stop when they're full. They are naturally slender frogs so they can eat all the cheeseburgers they want and it doesn't go to their hips. If they start to look too skinny increase the food or feed more wax worms as they have a higher fat content and will put more weight on your frog.

[Immortal]

I just submitted that photo a while ago to the contest!

Ok that's good they're not very hard to keep proper weight then lol. I have a thoroughbred horse and it is a constant battle to keep weight on him. He's always a bit on the thin side, even with fatty foods, just because of his breed. Thank you!

[Kisa]

Now White's THAT'S where you have to watch the weight. My bug guy is totally huge and I've had him on a diet since I got him! Not healthy...but I'm trying here.

My P. Tomopterna's (which have the same basic body shape as a Red Eye) always look thin when their walking around, but the breeder (who is amazing and very knowledgeable) told me that you really only have to worry once you start seeing bones, as in, it's obvious that their underweight. You'll know if your frog needs a bit more food I think.

[Immortal]

Well I'd say from her photo she looks kinda boney, but I don't know if that ammount of boney is normal or not. When she's sleeping (I just looked at her right now) you don't see that, so maybe it's even the way she's sitting?

[Kisa]

All frogs tend to bunch up when they're sleeping, so I'd say the normal weight is looking at them when they're awake. I see in your pictures that she does look just a bit boney, but I don't think this is life threatening. Maybe just give her one more cricket at feeding time for a little while until you can't see the bones? I found some examples on google, so take a look at these and see if they help.


This one is definitely underweight. You can see it's ribs. It's skin is also pretty dark, it could be normal discoloration, as you will see all types of frogs change colors between night and day.


This one looks right about perfect to me, skin is healthy and eyes are bright.


And this one is the healthiest of all! XD Jk. A bit chunky, but there is no cloudiness in the eyes yet so I'd say this is just a little above healthy. This frog could also be pregnant, I'm not an expert in the difference.

I'd say if they look anywhere in between the middle and last pictures, you're a-okay. Hope these have helped you out. Orchid looks like she falls between the first and middle pictures, but her skin is healthy and her eyes are bright so I'm sure she's fine, just try feeding her a wax worm or two and the boniness will go down right away.