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Whites Winter

trev72 Aug 31, 2003 07:57 AM

I live in australia and ive had my whites for about 5 months and there 5 months old were just coming into spring today was the first day and they havent eaten for about the last 2.5 to 3 months is this normal if so when will they start im really stressing im trying them all the time but they wont eat

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wtfgirl Aug 31, 2003 05:55 PM

What they haven't eaten for 2-3 months?!?!?!?!

Or they haven't eaten much?
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lukeybaby Aug 31, 2003 06:46 PM

where are you located??? what are the temps within the enclosure?. if the temps are to low the frog will drop its metabolisim right down, and the food intake will decrease dramatically.

luke z
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trev72 Sep 01, 2003 03:39 AM

where i am they hybernate during winter so im not to supprised the temp is always between 20 and 30

lukeybaby Sep 01, 2003 04:52 AM

where are you located??????? eg:VIC,QLD,NSW etc?????? what is the size of your enclosure?? have you even been trying to feed them????

luke z
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trev72 Sep 01, 2003 05:08 AM

tewantin queensland noosa as what they usually eat crickets meal worms meal beetles and woodies they are still very active and dont even look a bit under weight

wtfgirl Sep 01, 2003 05:38 PM

Your GTF shouldn't be 'hibernating'. It doesn't matter where you live as you should have an external source of heating.

I live in Victoria and it is certainly alot colder here than where you are and mine aren't hibernating.

They do slow down a bit in Winter and you should feed them accordingly. But they certainly eat more than once every 3 months!!!
They might not eat as much as they do in the very warm months but they still should be eating twice a week.
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