How can you save a starving frog?
Any common fruit fly will also do, although lethargic frogs are not going to chase them up the walls. So, dump a few flies in a tupperware container, put a top on it, and throw it in the freezer for a few minutes to slow the little buggers down.
Why is my white tree frog not eating?
If not it should be.) If you can find and afford an exotic vet in your area, you should try taking your frog, because it sounds like he either has an unspecified illness or he ate something from the tank that he shouldn’t have. No the gravel is too large for him to ingest in his pool (large river stones) so that’s not a problem.
What to do if your frog won’t eat?
Re: White’s tree frog not eating If he is protesting, try giving him wax/butter-worms in a dish where they can’t get out to entice him to eat. They are fatty so use them few and far between and gradually put more and more of your staple food item in with the wax-worms, until you stop giving him wax-worms and give him all normal food
How often should I Feed my white tree frog?
I typically feed him every 3-4 days, with 4-5 large crickets, a hornworm or an earthworm. I dust with calcium once per week and vitamins once as well. Usually he is a great eater. He would eat his food as soon as he noticed it, within a few minutes. But over the past month or so he doesn’t appear to be eating – or at least not successfully.
What kind of worms do white tree frogs eat?
Good foods include roaches (Dubia roaches or turkestan roaches) of appropriate size, nightcrawler earthworms, hornworms, and maybe waxworms occasionally. Mealworms and superworms contain a lot of shell, so they’re not the best feeder.
What kind of food does a white tree frog eat?
Again, when using real plants you need the proper substrate and lighting. White’s Tree Frog Diet In captivity, white’s tree frogs eat mostly appropriately-sized crickets although dubia roaches, horned worms, and wax worms can be used as well. Crickets (dusted with vitamins/mineral)
Re: White’s tree frog not eating If he is protesting, try giving him wax/butter-worms in a dish where they can’t get out to entice him to eat. They are fatty so use them few and far between and gradually put more and more of your staple food item in with the wax-worms, until you stop giving him wax-worms and give him all normal food
When is the best time to get a white tree frog?
These frogs are nocturnal, which means they are more active in the evening and night hours. A White’s tree frog is a good choice for a beginning frog owner.
What’s the room temp of a white tree frog?
The bottom is flooded and one half is covered with gravel and coconut fiber in which various live plants are rooted. He has climbing vines and several ledges. The room temperature is kept at 21 C at all times, during the day a full spectrum day lamp and heat bulb are also on, which brings the temp up to about 26 C.
