![]() If your frogs have symptoms of a sickness, contact a vet and let your frog taken care of. There is an important thing to know, and that is that your frog needs to be in good health and have a healthy body weight to go into hibernation.įrogs that are sick shouldn’t go into hibernation because they might not get out of it. Let your pet tell you when it is ready to hibernate. The signs can be that it just refuse food altogether and that it sleeps a lot. You may notice that your frog changes some habits and it is giving signals that it is ready to hibernate. If your frogs want or need to hibernate, and it is appropriate for the species to do so, then here are some ways to do it safely and easily. Hibernation is a normal process to go through for some frog ( and toad) species. Think about: Bears, snakes, jumping mice and also many insects. This means that the heart rate and body temperature drop and they usually don’t eat anything. Hibernation involves the frog lowering its metabolism to a point where it uses very little energy. ![]() What about hibernation and not eating?įirst of all, let me explain to you what hibernation is. Besides that, you should know the importance of quarantine, and you should be aware of the risks of transmitting the viral disease. That’s why you should contact a vet and let them inspect what it is. Or maybe a viral infection is why your frog won’t eatįor a hobbyist, it is hard to identify if your frog has a viral infection. If you want to treat your frog, you will best find a specialized veterinarian that can help you. They can probably help you in deciding which treatment is right for your frog. ![]() If you don’t know which treatment to go for, for your frog, you can always contact someone you know who has more experience with having frogs as pets. You can do this by putting your frog in another separate container. If some of these signs occur, the first thing you have to do is reducing the risk of spreading the bacterial infection from your frog. If you want to detect bacterial infection in your frog, you have to look out for some symptoms like: How can you tell if a toad is dying? Generally, a bacterial infection comes from bacteria. Most people will treat the frog with a broad-spectrum antibiotic and pray to god that it works. There are a couple of ways to see if your frog has a bacterial infection and is not eating because of it.īut this is difficult to do. Does your frog have a bacterial infection? The frog is probably not adjusted to feeding by hand, and this is an excellent way to see if your frog will eat when you’re not the one giving it. Take for example the food you’re giving, drop it in the tank and let nature run its course. If you’re feeding your new frog by hand, I would suggest you feed it another way. This way your frog can get acquainted with the new environment slowly. Then, when it gets settled in, you can remove the dark pieces one by one and when time goes by. Cover 3 or 4 sides of the tank that your frog is in with something that is dark. What you can do to reduce the new stimuli is the following. This means that your frog does still need to settle in a bit to feel completely safe and secure. Allow me to give the most common reasons why your frog isn’t eating. There are several reasons why your frog won’t eat.įirst of all, I would like to mention that there are a lot of frog species and no cure is automatically for all of them. Now that this question is answered, you might have some other questions about why your frog isn’t eating well. If this isn’t the case, you can create this in the tank or vivarium so that the frog has a place to go. The second thing is that your frog needs a spot where he can feel safe and eat. ![]() First, if you’re trying to hand feed, drop the prey in the tank and let nature take its course. There are a couple of things you can try to see if your frog wants to eat. This is only so when your frog is healthy. But what if your frog won’t eat? I did some digging and found out why frogs stop eating and what you can do about it.įirst, you need to know that frogs can go a long time without eating. After you get a frog, you are naturally going to take care of it by feeding it. ![]()
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