Benny lunchtime

Benny decided to have a rat over for lunch today.

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Isn't she a fattie? :sunny:
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That is just an amazing creature! It looks like an alien from a George Lucus movie!! :P

Benny kicks it!

Great pics Jen...and thanks for sharing!

:O WHOA!! she's AWESOME! how big was that rat? watch where you put that hand!:O ;)

lol; it was a rat fuzzie, eyes not opened yet.
Benny spends most of her time buried in about a foot of dirt (we actually keep her in a styrofoam cooler full of eco-earth; works great.)

What temps is he kept at? Mine hasn't eaten in about 2-3 months. He hasn't lost much weight either.

I keep her at 80 degrees. We only really feed her once every few months; we watch for when she decided to unbury herself, then offer a baby rat.
A lot of people have said that rats aren't good food, but we feed them in addition to nightcrawlers. Mostly rats, and we aren't having any problemw with this fattie :)

Wierd, I can't get my guy to eat anything now. Any advice

Hm.. Benny usually does an about-face when she sees the rat, then just clamps down on it.. have you tried mice/rats? They can't be too big or the frog just gets scared and retreats.
Does yours have that "catatonic stare?" Benny does much of the time :)
If yours is smaller, crickets and nightcrawlers would also be good ideas; that's what this girl ate before she got to be this size. Now she would just ignore these things.

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Originally Posted by Ginevive

Hm.. Benny usually does an about-face when she sees the rat, then just clamps down on it.. have you tried mice/rats? They can't be too big or the frog just gets scared and retreats.
Does yours have that "catatonic stare?" Benny does much of the time :)
If yours is smaller, crickets and nightcrawlers would also be good ideas; that's what this girl ate before she got to be this size. Now she would just ignore these things.

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He used to eat fuzzie mice a while back. Won't even touch crickets that I know of. Tried worms and he won't touch them. I have to hold him and hold the worms to his mouth before he will MAYBE take them

princess louifee (my pac man) lovvvvvvvvvvves silkworms!!!! she'd eat them till i ran out... she also loved crickets. i always put a couple dozen crickets in her tank and left some cricket food in the corner in case she didn't eat them all.

:D she was such a pig!!!!!

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Originally Posted by Pork Chops N' Corn Bread

He used to eat fuzzie mice a while back. Won't even touch crickets that I know of. Tried worms and he won't touch them. I have to hold him and hold the worms to his mouth before he will MAYBE take them

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Let me give you a little advice; there were a few times where we had to assist-feed. I don't like doing it, but it isn't forcefeeding; it merely seems to wake them up from their usual catatonic state. What I did was, took a rat pinkie or fuzzy (harmless sized ones) and gently pried the frog's mouth opened, sliding the rat head in.. 9 times out of 10 Benny would clamp right down and take the meal. We only had to do this a few times, it was mainly in the transitional stage between crickets and rats; the crix were too small for Benny to pay any attention to them once she reached a certain size.
It helps to have 2 people do it; one to Gently pry the mouth open with one finger, the other to sneak the rat in. I never pushed it in, just let the frog take it and it works well. I would not use it on a frog that's sickly or emaciated; better to go to a vet since it probably isnt digesting right.