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Uma, my albino horned frog, has been inactive for the past four days sitting in her favorite hole and in her favorite corner. But today I woke up and went down to clean her water and found her finally out of her hole under her plant. I looked in the big hole and found four huge poops, so I stuck my little chopstick in which I have always used to stab poop and take out. Uma must have been hungry, because she lunged at the moving turd while I was trying to stab it and almost ate it all! I grew worried about her eating more poop if I moved it with a stick, so I put my hand in and grabbed all the turds as fast as I could. Then, seeing she was a tad bit skinny today I fed her a mealworm. I chop the mealworms heads off because I heard they can eat through their predators. I dropped the mealworm in front of her but it wouldn't move like normally. So I took my chopstick and wiggled it and she lunged for it and bit the chopstick, hanging on and with my slight reaction(I couldn't help it and I feel so bad) she flew across the whole tank. She ate the mealworm and seems to be doing fine, I'm leaving her in recovery from stress for the day

sometimes when i am feeding my pac man meal worms or nightcrawlers or anything like that i put him in a plain plastic transport tank and then offer the food items. he can see the moement of his prey easier, and there isnt any substrate to swallow either. might help
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if wishes were fishes we'd all cast nets

Uma will be fine. Better a turd/cocktail stick eating pacman than one that doesn't eat at all. Yes, some are problem feeders. I know from past experience.
That will teach you to get to close to Uma in future. Even YOU are food to her
I've managed to evade being bitten so far, fingers crossed. Though, in a split second he did lunge at my face one with his mouth wide open while I was holding him at eye level. Now THATS scary!

That is true, I'm glad Uma eats in front of anything! I like frogs with large appetites. I get away with cleaning the tank with my fingers one inch from her mouth, and the whole time I'm always scared to death.

i still have a scar on my finger from when my pac man lister hooked onto me years and years ago. he got me good. pwned! haha
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if wishes were fishes we'd all cast nets

A scar? He broke your skin? Wow.. thats a tough frog....