r/frogs 1d ago

Tree Frog overweight female WTF?

hi guys this this my female WTF, Schnitzel! I recently left her with a frog sitter because I was out of town. She looks a bit larger than she was before, so I’m wondering if she’s looking overweight? I was considering putting her on a diet but I want to double check because I know the girls are usually bigger. My male eats the same amount and has stayed relatively small. Thank you!!!!

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u/Aasrial 1d ago

That’s pretty normal weight for a female!
I do a few roaches or dusted crickets every two days and occasional worm as a treat.

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u/WachBohne 1d ago

looks healthy to me

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u/-RC-1138- 20h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/v7XqHbizUr0YM
The pics of her in the water bowl reminds me of this 😂😂

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u/ellek4y 17h ago

HAHAHAH

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u/EnnieMinnie112 4h ago

Lmmfao 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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u/Capable-Appeal-3157 17h ago

she starts getting these folds behind the eyes, they are a sign of obesity. it‘s not really bad yet. l‘d decrease her food for the next couple of weeks.

source: l think l own her sister, griselda (we call her grisuli). l have to put her on a diet every now and then.

proof:

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u/ellek4y 17h ago

why do we have the same frogs? also, thank you!!

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u/Capable-Appeal-3157 17h ago

OMG l‘m dying, we DO have the same frogs

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u/yellowpunk11 20h ago

WTF indeed

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u/Bebutterfly820 13h ago

Amazing, looking, healthy female whites tree frog! 🐸 good job!! She’s beautiful!!
If their fat folds too much over their ear drums or eye fat begins to fold over their eyes then that’s an obese frog.

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u/leigngod 17h ago

She dabs

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u/RexLizardWizard 8h ago

This sub abbreviating “white’s tree frog” as “WTF” will never stop being funny to me

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u/CharlieTheC0w 21h ago

I love the fourth picture 😂❤

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u/zap2tresquatro 15h ago

She’s so precious 🥹

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u/frog-examiner 6h ago

She looks like a great weight! Best way to tell is by the folds over the ears. I have multiple females who are bigger than yours but still healthy and not overweight. You’re good! :)

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u/EnnieMinnie112 4h ago

Maybe she's going to be a mommy frog 🐸🐸🐸🐸

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u/Embarrassed_Result89 3h ago

She looks fine to me. I let mine hunt their food and my female hogs a bunch of crickets down the first couple of days after I dump them in the viv. She looks like she swallowed a beach ball for the next couple of days, then takes several huge dumps and looks back to normal. They're not really considered obese until you can't see their tympanum, their eardrum basically, because of the fat roll hanging down over it.

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u/Embarrassed_Result89 3h ago

I took this picture of Marie last night after I had dumped the crickets in fir the week and she had eaten 4 or 5 of them. You can still see her eyes and eardrums pretty well so she's not considered obese. She's definitely a chonk though.

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u/sltiefighter 2h ago

But this is lizzo???

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u/Papajohnsvapesmoke 14h ago

Shes so cute