Northern Leopard Frog stopped eating!

[Tom Highum]

Sorry i wasn't serious this is a thread that helps find good vets

http://www.frogforum.net/general-dis...list-vets.html

[kymillers]

It's already been more than 18 days - how long can he safely go without eating before he starves? I'm trying desperately to find a full hood for his tank, but no luck so far. I'll keep trying. (This is turning into quite an expensive endeavor for two little tadpoles!) I appreciate all your help!

Oh, and Tom, I did pick up on the humor.

[Tom Highum]

Well i hope you enjoy the forum and expand on the hobby And that your N Leopard Frog will be better

[coltiger]

It sounds like he is going into hibernate mode. I had green frogs that were active and singing then suddenly became silent and inactive.

My experience with northern Leopards is limited but I did find they didnt like the water as much as my green frogs. They did prefer cover and were alittle skittish.

I hope your frog stays in good health

[Tom Highum]

I thought that they hibernated in water though

[kymillers]

No, I'm pretty sure they burrow to hibernate, and only when the temps are consistently dropping (ours are steady). We keep the lights on them the same number of hours daily, although we do have the blinds raised in the room during the day/evening. They are not very close to the window, but are in view of it.

Can ANYONE tell me how long he can go without eating before he starves?

[Tom Highum]

It matters how much he ate last time he did, his overall health, how much he has moved. But i believe he could almost last over a month.

[Kurt]

Well, I have a greater hatchet-faced treefrog that I bought back in April and it only started eating in August. I thought for sure that it would've starved long before August came around.

[Tom Highum]

Your stethoscope? you a doc?

[kymillers]

Hah, no. I just have a LOT of health issues, including high blood pressure and hearth arythymia. Thus, the stethoscope. You wouln't believe how useful it is for lots of things non-medical! I did work for a vet for several years as a tech, and I have owned just about every type of animal imagineable at one time or another. Looks like my daughter has inherited my love of God's creatures. Not my boys; they could care less about anything breathing except our Golden Retriever (and various people, of course).

[Tom Highum]

Have you ever had sugar gliders? Kurt what else is there that it could be?