Is he eating or not

[brandongalea]

I got a white lipped tree frog this week, and I gave him crickets normally, but i don't know if he's eating them or they're just hiding, and if they're hiding how is he gonna find them?

[Green Ghost]

I've never kept a White lipped tree frog but I've had RETF's and GTF's (american) now for a while. Tree frogs use the same basic hunting skills as thier aquatic counterparts: (ie: leopard frogs, green frogs) they just sit motionless untill somthing comes in range and then they pounce. I found my frogs move around a lot more in the aquarium than they probably would in the wild but still use that basic strategy. I'm pretty sure they act that way because they're in the middle of the food chain in nature and don't want to attract attention and get eaten themselves while they are hunting for food.

My point is that the frogs probably won't find the crickets, it'll be the other way around. The cricket will wander in front of the frog and get eaten.

If your frogs are new they might take a couple of days to adapt to thier new environment and tend to hide in the beginning. Frogs can go a few days without eating.

You could try the "leg pinch" technique I've seen posted on this site previously.... give a good pinch to the cricket's hind legs so they can't hop anymore and put them in front of the frog / try slower moving prey.

I rarely see my GTF's eating, but the crickets are always all gone.

Hope that's helpful.

[Green Ghost]

ooops.. someone delete the 2nd post pls.

[schlegelbagel]

i feed my WTF in a 5 gallon bucket. That way I know how much they are eating and there are no chances of impaction or crickets taking a nibble out of my frogs body.

[brandongalea]

The problem with my frog is hat he stays all day and nigh sitting on the same piece of branch

[Rainfrog]

When I feed my Geckos crickets I remove the spurred jumping legs. that way they are slower, cant jump, and cant kick out of the mouths of their "Hosts"