gem_scott Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 They have been tail-free frogs for about 3ish weeks and my previous frogs had started eating by this age, but these ones just wont. I put alot of fruitfly and housefly in there (each day) and the frogs are still really skinny. There are as many dead flies each day as i put in the day before, what do i do!? :-? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 add a peace of orange or apple for the flies helps keep them alive longer sorry not sure what to do re frogs, keep offering food.... sounds like your doing everything right to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reptilenutt Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 I spray my baby tree frogs with water and then they go nuts ..have about 20 so far and doing good . Lots of fruit flies .....and in a very small tank so do not have to far to get there food Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gem_scott Posted January 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 so there is really nothing i can do? yeah my tree frogs love the sprey thing too, they are great (double chinned and all) its just these damn bells. does anyone know if they will starve themselves? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spoon Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 if they are big enuff you could try hand feeding them something that moves a lot like a moth or blowfly they are normally hard to stop once they start Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 when ours wouldn't eat we held the fly/moth on the end of some tweezers and moved it around near them. after a while they got the point and ate it. now we don't need the tweezers now and they happily eat them up. how big are they? isn't there a rule not to feed them food that is bigger than their head? can't remember quite but it was something like that. one of ours got very stubborn and wouldn't eat like the rest. So we used the tweezers and kinda rubbed it gently across the frogs lips and he got the hang of it after that. Maybe he could taste it and liked it? I'm not sure what your suppose to do, but the above worked out well for us. Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gem_scott Posted January 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 All of the food i am feeding them is smaller than their heads, the frogs are about 2-2.5cm long. Thank you so much for all your advice! I will try them and see how it goes. Hopefully they will gain some weight soon, i like my frogs fat! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gem_scott Posted January 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2009 alls well now! thanks so much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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