You can use treats instead of regular food if you so wish, but be careful not to use too much or your frog may not want to eat its regular food later on. A nice treat includes beef heart or krill.
You can gently sway the baster back and forth in the water to spread the scent of the food more effectively. [1] X Research source
If your frog still doesn’t want to jump up even after it realizes there is food above it, it might be too high up. Lower the tip of the baster slightly until your frog is able to reach it!
Keep the baster in the water, no matter how high it wants to jump after several days, or it could jump out on accident while trying to reach the food outside of the water — frogs are strong jumpers!
Do not handle a frog with your bare hands even if you washed them, as the oils from your skin as well as all forms of soap can cause damage to the frog.
Live food may be more effective than dead food, in which case you should use tweezers to hold a fly or other live bug in place while you trace it in the air.
Give your frog treats every time it follows your finger. Over time, it will associate your movements with treats, and will keep playing with you!
You can use live food, but it will be harder to fasten around the string. Do not use a fishing hook with live food on the end of it. When the frog goes to eat the food, it will hook itself — fishing hooks are for catching fish, not playing with your pets.
Using fishing wire or a strong thin string is recommended as it won’t deteriorate in the water and can be used multiple times in a single play session.
It’s important to remove the food from the string so that the frog doesn’t eat the string along with their tasty treat. If your frog does end up catching the string, don’t panic — pull the string out gently from the frog’s mouth. If you have to, pull the frog out of the water for just a few seconds with your cleaned and rinsed hands and the frog should instinctively let go of the string.
