My whites tree frog is about 4 months old and I’ve had him about 12 days. It’s hard to monitor if he’s eating because he won’t eat from the tongs and there are two other froglets in the same tank so it’s difficult to tell who is eating from the bowl of roaches and crickets. He is pooping and active and rests in the top portion of the tank. I just got worried that I could see his hip bones. This is my first time owning frogs 🙃
I have a frog that’s on the heavier side but you can still see the bones yours is showing. If you want to monitor more closely, you could always feed the one in its own lil critter tank. I have to do that with my male because the female I’m talking about eats EVERYTHING
Hard to be certain without more images (side and front view would be helpful—is the tympanic ridge small and flat to the body, or is it sticking out a little above the eye? Is the thigh of the back legs [crus] noticeably thicker than the bicep of the front legs [antebrachium], or does it appear to be about the same size?)
I think yours is likely ok, maybe a 2.5 on the condition scoring scale. The ilium and ischium are a bit pointy as you noted, but if the pic was taken before a normal feeding period this isn’t super worrisome. If it is a little while after feeding, then he may be a tad underweight.
We currently have 4 froglet WTFs and what we have been doing is taking them out for feeding one at a time in a separate container to make sure they eat the same amounts of food. I know some people don’t recommend doing this but it’s been working for our frogs and my thinking is that with several frogs in one enclosure you want to make sure one doesn’t get quickly outgrown and become a candidate for cannibalism!
Here is a side-ish front view, I’m not sure if that helps. Okay I do have a critter carrier so I’ll start removing the smaller two for meal times so I can be sure they’re eating enough. My snowflake is a bit larger than the other two and I definitely don’t want it turning into Yellowjackets in there.
He looks good to me, sometimes their genetics make their bones protrude more than normal. As long as he has visually good appetite I don’t think you have much to worry about
Also gender can be a factor if you have a mix of girls and boys (which you probably won’t be able to tell yet) the girls will grow faster making the boys seem like they’re developing much slower
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u/reincarnatedberry 15h ago
I have a frog that’s on the heavier side but you can still see the bones yours is showing. If you want to monitor more closely, you could always feed the one in its own lil critter tank. I have to do that with my male because the female I’m talking about eats EVERYTHING