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    Hey everyone!
    My name is Kristin. I've been a frog lover for my entire life but only recently was able to keep one as a pet. I have one American Bullfrog, Jeremiah. I raised him from a tadpole and he is now a young froglet. I'm having trouble getting him to eat so if anyone has suggestions let me know please.

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    Hello and welcome!! I have no experience with bullfrogs, but a few things that might help out the others... what is the temperature and humidity? What kind of vivarium is he in? What have you been feeding him?
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    Welcome to the forum! I have some bronze frogs (one of them named Jeremiah ) that I raised from babies... and I feed them with feeding tweezers. You could try that maybe with a wax worm or a small red wiggler. Crickets may work as well. You will need to kind of tease him with it (wiggle it) because they like live things. Typically it takes them a few days to eat after they turn into lil froggies. I hope feeding him works out for you. Good luck.

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    Welcome to the forum Kristin. The food needs to move to attract him. If he only recently lost a tail there will be a lag time before he starts to eat food. Crickets are an excellent choice.
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    Thanks for the suggestions... I don't know much about raising frogs as I'm a beginner and I've heard many different things on what to feed and what temp the tank should be. I had been keeping the tank between 72-80 degrees. I live in Oklahoma so it is easy to maintain this temp without even lighting the tank and it is also humid here so no need for humidity regulation lol.
    I originally bought some freeze dried crickets and mealworms to feed him but I soon found out that wouldn't work. I have even tried to hand feed him a night crawler but that was obviously too big. In desperation I caught a house fly and took the wings off for him last night. I think he ate that but I don't want to rely on that because house flies can carry diseases.
    My main issue is that I don't have alot of money to spend so I have find the least expensive way to get him to eat. I really like the idea of trying to feed him with tweezers so I think I will try that first before I have to resort to more expensive live food.

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    Crickets aren't that expensive. I usually buy 50-75 at a time and only spend $4-$6 depending where I am getting them from (the two cheap stores are sometimes sold out of small crickets so I have to go elsewhere!) From what I've seen, that's cheaper than the freeze dried bugs, healthier, and much more enticing for them. So I would definitely go the live food route.
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    2.2.0 Agalychnis callidryas "Red Eyed Tree Frogs"

    0.0.3 Dendrobates auratus "Turquoise and Bronze"
    0.0.1 Anaxyrus fowleri "Fowler's Toad"



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    Thanks I'll see if I can find a place to get some close to where I live

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    Hi there Kristin. Welcome to the forum . You certainly have the dedication..taking the wings off the flies . Well done. When you get your Crickets you might want to read this.. Cricket glass bowl trick???? ( 1 2 3)

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    Thanks Ebony! I'm going to have to get a little bowl. That was a great idea and and my water will stay clean!

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