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I just got a fantasy frog at the NARBC show on saturday and it doesnt want to eat. I have offered crickets daily, and it already defecated upon transportation. He just sits there and lets the crickets walk by and over him, should I try giving him a bath or digging him out to like wake him up? any suggestions

there is no need to give him a bath or dig him up because this may further stress him out. If his eyes are open and clear and he seems to be in normal shape, just let him settle down in his new enviroment and in turn, he should eat. also if you put the crickets in there for a while and you notice that he doesnt care for them, take the crickets out and try again the next day or two. They dont seem to like crickets walking on top of them and the crickets can drown in a water dish, etc. When I was taking care of like 20 babies I would feed them all at once but there were always like one or two that didnt want to eat. But they eventually came around and ate later on.
I am assuming that its a baby? Make sure the crickets arent too small because they eat large prey items compared to their body, hence "pacman"
-Victor

Mine didnt want to eat right away either it took about 3-4 days thean it came around...I even use a pair of feeder tongs to feed my Fantasy,pacman and Pixy.
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Aninmal crazy you can never have too many Amphibians.I want more

1-Pixie frog "Tank" 0.0.1(I say it is a he,Yet to find out)
1-Fantasy frog "name to come yet" 0.0.1
1-Pac-man frog "name to came yet" 0.0.1
2-Bearded Dragons "Salt and Pepper" 0.2.0
1-Western hog nose "Piglet" 0.0.1
1-Cat "mom-ma cat" 0.1.0 (Stray we took in)
2-Catahoulas "Barney and Lilly" 1.1.0 (Wifes)
2-Fire belly toads "??" 0.0.2(sons)
2-Guinea Pigs "Nemo and Bush" 2.0.0 (Daughters)
1-Love Bird Margret(Wifes)
1-Cockateal Frank
1-Fire belly toad "?" (Daughters)

Hey, I was at NARBC too!

My girlfriend got a little pac, and he ate right away. What vendor did you get your frog from?

I got him from Yoncalla frogs. It was a good show in Anaheim wasnt it?

Yep, best show on the West Coast!

The same thing happened to me. I bought a baby fantasy frog last sunday and I'm waiting on him to eat.