Red Eyed Tree Frogs Not Eating

[hostensteffa]

My wife picked up a couple of tree frogs last week, we've had them about 5 days now. They still aren't really eating. Usually the crickets are still in there a couple hours later and I have to did them out, and we've only seen them eat one cricket. Does it take these guys this long to get adjusted to their environment??? I know it sometimes take a while but isn't 5 days a little long??? Thanks in advance for any tips/advice.
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How large/small are the frogs ?
What size are the crickets that you are feeding them ? How many are you dropping in the cage and how often also ?
The criks should be no larger than the space between the frogs eyes btw also. Any larger and they are too big for the frogs actually to be eating.
Basically feed them about three - 5 per frog at a feeding. Also only offer the prey/feed once every couple of days at first and adjust from there based on the frogs feeding habiots too. If the frogs seem to want more prey..give it to them. If they are not eating as much as your feeding, then lower the amount that you are feeding them. Just make sure that they are not thinning out and not feeding for you though. if this is happening, the frogs have something going on with them. Could be anything from husbandry on up to feeding thing that it is also.
What are your husbandry things set at for them atm ?
Other things you could offer the frogs as feed are the meal worms too. Just put them in a shallow dish and put it into the cage. the frogs might eat these more readily than the criks possibly. Criks are the basic staple of the frogs diet in captivity though.
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[Quakezombie]

Here is a little info i noticed about the pair i had in the past.
Mine started not eating after i moved the terrairium(so i put it back).
The only difference was that spot B had a higher light level from the way the light streamed in throught the day.
Too much light ? Lack of sleep ? I dunno but they were fat a week later. [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img]
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[telefrag]

I have had about 60 red eyed tree frogs over the course of 10 years, and I can honestly say, I have only seen them eat with my own eyes a few times.

But I did notice that crickets were not disappearing whenever the temps got over 80, and the humidity dropped.

So keep them cool, and very moist, these are rain forest denziens after all.

I dont think cage size/placement really matters, unless its in a high traffic area close to lots of activity, they are kinda shy, so if they are in a living room with the lights on all day, then they are not going to do to well there, they are best kept in a quiet room that gets at least 10 hours of total darkness, or near darkness.

Good luck!
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[hostensteffa]

Thanks for all the tips. The little guys finally started eating. Either that or the crickets are magically disappearing. [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] I'm thinking they problably just took a little longer to get used to their new environment. (At the time I posted this, I had had them for about 5 days). Thanks again.
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[Squirgle]

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Now see, this is what I always figured, but one of the guys I work with says the opposite. According to him, (according to him, he knows everything btw) red eye tree frogs NEED to be as bone dry as possible during the day and really moist at night. He insists that he used to breed them and that his way is the ONLY way that they should be done. Personally I think he is full of himself, but hey I figure I'd ask. Anyone else heard this theory?
Squirgle
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[hostensteffa]

Actually, when my wife told me she wanted some, I began to read up on them. Check this site of course, various care sheets, and other websites that I found with google. It seems that for about 20 caresheets that say you should keep it very humid, there would be one that would go with what your buddy says. So it seems like they'll still live, but I say they're probably not quite as happy. That and it's not exactly dry in the rainforest, day or night. [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_lol.gif[/img]
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[Bry]

<TABLE BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH=85%><TR><TD><font class="pn-sub">Quote:</font><HR></TD></TR><TR><TD><FONT class="pn-sub"><BLOCKQUOTE> It seems that for about 20 caresheets that say you should keep it very humid, there would be one that would go with what your buddy says. So it seems like they'll still live, but I say they're probably not quite as happy. </BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD><HR></TD></TR></TABLE>

I don't know much about red eye tree frogs. Being from the rainforest, I would think keeping them humid sounds about right. Anyway, what I wanted to say was this: any idiot with a hamster on a wheel for a brain can start up a website and make a caresheet with entirely inaccurate information. Twenty caresheets say the opposite of what ONE caresheet says. What does that tell you? Be careful what you read out there, and use some common sense.

Bry
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True Bry.. Why would anyone want to go woth what the minority says in regards to the humidity when there is such a vast difference with what the majority is saying in regards to such ? Just doesn't make sense to me either.

I also have never seen these frogs kept in a low humidity environment actually anywhwhere or heard of people doing such either. So I also would think that the humidity factor is one that needs to be of a higher degree , not a lowered one at all also.
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[Bry]

<TABLE BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH=85%><TR><TD><font class="pn-sub">Quote:</font><HR></TD></TR><TR><TD><FONT class="pn-sub"><BLOCKQUOTE> True Bry.. Why would anyone want to go woth what the minority says in regards to the humidity when there is such a vast difference with what the majority is saying in regards to such ? Just doesn't make sense to me either. </BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD><HR></TD></TR></TABLE>

Sadly, common sense just isn't common.

Bry
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[telefrag]

Well, I can say on that persons' behalf, during the breeding season, you do keep them DRIER during the day, not bone dry.
Then you inundate them with a mock rain for hours on end, and that stimulates amplexus.

just something I thought may be appropriate to add.
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