Quote Originally Posted by aquamentus11 View Post
my little hybrid is very stubborn about tong feeding. he turns in complete circles to get away, runs away, pushes the worm away, etc. and absolutely will not bite at it. i don't want to stress him out too much so i only try a few times with breaks in between then drop some crickets (which he eats right away). should i withhold food to get him trained? i don't want to reinforce this behavior in him, but also don't want him to starve. the weird thing is, he ate a worm right off the bat his first night here and never ate one again....sigh anyway, the video gives great info, but just isn't working in my case. any ideas?
Maybe wait a day then sneak in while he's awake and drop a chunk of worm directly in his field of view. Most will snatch it up without thinking. Once he really likes worms he will take them from tongs, BUT not all frogs will feed from tongs. Some just down right dont like them.