hi i have bought a frog for my daughter, it is a horned frog, i have bought a book from the seller but it doest say much about this particular breed, ceratophrys cranwell. it has a heat pad and i bought some crickets from the shop to but it hasnt eaten any of them since we got it on thursday today is sunday. what do you think could be the problem???

thanks

how big is it, if it's small it needs to be up around 80F make sure it has a bowl of fresh water that you change daily.

some where to hide and a bit of substrate to burrow in, mist it every day.

and dust the crickets every other day when you feed it.
where abouts in the north west are you?

have no idea of size say about 1.5 inchs, i dont know the temp. of the heat pad?, it has bark over damp kitchen town at the bottom of the tank has a piece of wood to hide in and a bowl of water.

dust the crickets??? i am in essex

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this sort of thing.

you need to get a thermometer yesterday. and a thermostat soon to control his temperature.

also get some pinky mice and try him with one of those, but don't feed him mice exclusively because they are too high in fat, use forceps to feed the mice to him.

he will soon look like this then.
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...t/DSC00043.jpg

here are 3 cheep books on looking after them.
Amazon.co.uk: The Horned Frog Family and African Bullfrog (Reptile Keepers Guides): Patricia Bartlett,R.D. Bartlett: Books

Amazon.co.uk: Horned Frogs: Raymond E. Hunziker: Books

Amazon.co.uk: Horned Frogs (Herpetocultural Library): Philippe De Vosjoli: Books

none cost more than a fiver and all will have good info in them.

Id change the substrate to coconut fibre(eco earth) they like to bury themselves in that. I suggest the change of substrate because your frog may feel stressed being exposed which could possibly cause her to not eat. Ive read a few posts about pacman frogs not eating much or at all for a while after arriving home but they mostly seem to come around in the end. What size crickets are you using? my cranwelli seems to ignore small and medium crickets but likes the large ones.

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