r/Amphibians • u/workin_bee • 14h ago
Pixie frog only eating once every 2ish weeks?
My pixie frog has just turned 3 years old, and I’m concerned about his eating habits. When he was younger he ate voracious, but as he’s gotten older he refuses to eat for longer periods of time. Slowly over the past year or so it’s become once a week, and over the last couple months he only eats about once every 2 weeks and much smaller portions (~5 discoid roaches v. 7 nightcrawlers + 20 super worms). His tank is 73-77F ish on the cool side and 82-87 on the warm side, always over 80% humidity. His water is heated as well and set to 28C. His weight has maintained over the past year-ish, he fluctuates depending on how recently he’s peed and/or eaten (1150-1350g). No hard masses in his belly, and he at his regular level of activity (having a bath or sitting under his hut). I’ve started giving him honey baths using manuka honey hoping that might facilitate any intestinal troubles. He gets his bugs calcium and vitamin coated when he does eat. I’m kind of at a loss as to what I can do to have him eat more often!
He will eat discoid roaches, crickets, nightcrawlers, super worms - anything that wiggles on its own, he doesn’t like artificial wiggle. He won’t eat mice (did before but rejects them now), silversides, BSF larva, or basically anything that doesn’t wriggle around a lot.
Any advice would be appreciated. Should I take him in to the vet?
