American Green not eating?

[Inrk]

No offense but I'm not overnighting crickets. Most are in large quantities and most will die off. It's just not economical. His humidity is fine, he has fresh water and gets a mist. I tossed two moths in before I left for work and I'll check when I get home. His size is about 2 inches and I'll get a pic when I get home. I'll remove his substrate and put some paper towels down. As for stress, I generally leave him alone and don't handle him. I'll check the pet store again tomorrow morning. If they are still out I'll probably just go hunt for some myself. I know it's frowned upon for potential parasites, but it might be the only option.

[Mentat]

If you can't purchase or get enough food for it; recommend release frog close to where you got it. Maybe can try with another frog once you solve the food supply issue or start your own food cultures.

[kueluck]

I have a pair of AGTF and feed mainly turkish roaches, but they also love moths and wax worms. I get my roaches from Feeder Source & Welcome to NightGlow Feeders . I love the roaches over crickets, less die off, no noise and not as stinky as crickets.

[Inrk]

Update: It's unbelievable that the pet store still has no smalls. I had the clerk get the smallest ones from the large crickets, and that seemed to work. I tossed 2 in there and he ate them. It's not that I cant afford crickets, its just ridiculous to pay for overnight shipping for them, and between my full time job and spiders, I don't have the time to properly maintain a colony. As far as the pet stores inventory goes, they had their cricket order recalled for some reason and they will have more tomorrow.

[UncleChester]

Glad to hear you found some suitable crickets. Waxworms that you allow to pupate to moths are also great treefrog food.

If they are still out I'll probably just go hunt for some myself. I know it's frowned upon for potential parasites, but it might be the only option.

There are other wild caught options, see the first couple posts of: http://www.frogforum.net/tree-frogs/...ght-foods.html In particular, earthworms are a great option if you have a chemical free area to collect from.

Caresheets will seem to disagree about everything, but the reality is these are a fairly hardy species that can handle a good range of living conditions. A reasonably comfortable room temperature, lots of climbing spaces, a clean water dish, and a tank that's as tall as you can afford are the basics, well planted with live plants being preferable.

[Lija]

The only option is to have constant and proper food supply for your frog! As well as provide proper housing and vet care. You dont want to ship feeders, dont want/have time to have colony, wild caught feeders are not an option in captivity. A frog couldnt care less about food availability of your nearest pet store, it wants/need to eat and it cant wait. You need to test and treat frog for parasites too.
failure to proper care for a pet animal is neglect in my books!

[DigitalPunk]

All of us face struggles with our pets and have to make a tough call from time to time. I have Never had an issue ordering crickets online and having them shipped. I HATE having to care for 1000 crickets, they smell, they make a giant mess, and they are just not something I want to deal with, BUT I love my frogs.. I CHOSE to keep them and care for them. They sure didnt choose to be in captivity.

Giving an excuse not to properly care for your pet in public is sad. You pet is hungry, it can't tell you it's hungry, it doesn't even have the option a dog does (eat garbage) if you don't feed it. It will simply suffer alone in silence.

We are here to help and we have offered you the help we can. Order some food for your frog or release it so it can at least have a chance at a meal.

[Lija]

We are here to help and we have offered you the help we can. Order some food for your frog or release it so it can at least have a chance at a meal.

And we will continue helping if you would like us to do so, to set up tank properly, how to test/treat and more. But im sorry it just breaks my heart to hear about frog (any animal) suffering and owner that is making excuses... It is really sad.

[Inrk]

I do understand that some might be concerned, but please understand that any mistakes I might be making are not from malicious intent. This is still a learning process for me and I do appreciate the info that was given. Remember we were all noobs once

Update: The terrarium is scheduled for delivery tomorrow so I'll begin the process of making it nice. Does anyone know a good place to get corkbark backgrounds?

[flybyferns]

Hi,
Please see post # 15...
Brian has super comments for you!
My tree frogs LOVE waxworm moths. They will pupate quickly.
When I buy the wax worms, I intentionally purchase the ones that have already started to pupate.
This way you will not have to wait so long for the moths

Remember, Inrk is it OK to keep the frog in a QT setting or an extended period of time.
You're able to monitor the frog very closely in QT. It benefits you and the frog.
If the frog is now in your care....well you can't go backwards. Forward is good, this is not rocket science
It will all work out. It is obvious you want to take good care of him!

I hope he takes a worm. Please keep us posted.