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My frog wont eat, HELP PLEASE!!

Lisa197174 Aug 07, 2004 08:13 PM

Hi, my african albino clawed frog (1 yr old)who was super healthy has stopped eating for 4 days now. I dont know what to do and im so sad. Hes getting really skinny. I gave up on his food sticks and have tried crickets and shrimp. All he does is float at the top non stop which is new for him too, he used to just pop up for air but now he stays there. He never comes down so obviously that complicates my feeding matter as well. I have been holding the crickets up to his face which he used to gobble right up from my hand. Hes in the same 10 gallon with a very good filter that hes been in from day one. WHy is he floating and why wont he eat? Is he going to starve to death?

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Stormwave Aug 10, 2004 12:02 PM

Well... According to aquaticfrogs.tripod.com that could be normal. But since he isn't swimming normally, it prolly mweans something is wrong, but this could point to any number of problems.
Firstly I recommend asking the people at Froggy Friends on Yahoo Groups, they know quite a bit more than I do, but here's a link to illnesses:

http://clawedfrogs.tripod.com/id20.html

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