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    Default Nightcrawler bullfrog feeding question

    Hi, all.

    Let me explain my current situation and then my question.

    See, I have a VERY large and naturally renewable quantity of (Canadian (Lumbricus terrestris), W/C from an additive/pesticide free compost) nightcrawlers at my disposal, and I typically feed my American bullfrog 1-3 every feeding, with 5-10 crickets. Now, my big bullfrog, Gnag, has a voracious appetite, and my Green frog (Rana Clamitans) will not eat earthworms. However, the latter is also a big eater, and I find myself nearly running out of crickets every so often because of this. So, I'm curious:

    Could I feed my young, adult (3.5 inch Snout-Vent) American bullfrog a diet more so consisted (2/3 or 3/4) of Nightcrawlers than crickets, with 3-5 dusted crickets dusted with a Calcium + Vitamin D3 mix every other feeding, and a Multi-vitamin dust on the crickets once a week?

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    Default Re: Nightcrawler bullfrog feeding question

    Nightcrawlers are probably the most nutritious for your frogs, the ones i find for
    my toads are almost always european ones in the forests nearby. Crickets are
    basically a head and stomach and dont have much nutrition, but calcium
    dusting will help add more nutrients into the crickets, i use calcium gut load
    for my colony at home
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    Default Re: Nightcrawler bullfrog feeding question

    Thanks for the reply,

    Yeah, but what I'm saying is: Would it be a sufficient diet to give Gnag a diet mostly consisted of earthworms, with a few dusted crickets weekly, instead of a diet mostly consisted of crickets regularly dusted with 1-3 earthworms?
    My Amphibians:
    1.0.0 Rana Catesbiana (Bumpy Digtoad )
    1.0.0 Pseudacris Regilla (Levi )
    1.1.0 Ambystoma Macrodactylum (Urtham and Gargan )
    2.2.0 Bombina Orientalis ( Rosa, Sasha, Aleksis, and Dimitri )

    Rest in Peace, Gnag the Nameless, Chrome, and Thermidor

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