Questions about crickets and dusting them with calcium

[Ebenezer Frothingham]

I have a new Pacman- i assume female, as it never makes a sound. She has a good appetite, and ate all the crickets I fed her, plus a couple earthworms-

I have a couple questions-I bought a container of 'Flucker's Calcium ' powder, and was told to dust the crickets so my frog (named Frog) will get calcium. i don't want him to Od- how much calcium dust do I use? The guy at Petco told me the powder can kill crickets after a short time, so make sure my frog eats them right away- but my frog won't eat crickets from the forceps-If the calcium dust can kill the crickets- can't it do the same to my frog? She'll only eat the crickets that wander by, and seldom right away. Also, as a young frog, should I be feeding her every day? Ive been told 15 crickets a week minimum. She likes the big crickets, and hasnt touched most of the small ones.

[LilyPad]

You will not hear any noises from a male either until they are a little more grown up (not sure of the age, someone else should know) Because she is still a baby, I would dust daily and feed daily. As she gets older, you can start dusting a couple times a week. You could try bowl feeding. You can put the crickets in a clear glass bowl and put it near her, that should get her interest.

[IvoryReptiles]

Dust the crickets every other day. Only offer a few at a time until they have been eaten (3 at a time). Offer food daily.
I would need to see the frog to judge the age at all but Amy is correct in that males won't start calling until they are a little more mature and the nuptual pad is showing.

If you soak the frog while cleaning the enclosure, try spraying a squirt of liquid calcium into it's soaking water. Frogs absorb through the skin and it's sometimes easier than trying to get them to eat a powdery cricket.Just be sure that if you use this method to use it at a very light spray.....too much calcium can be just as detrimental as not enough.

Also, change things up by offering appropriate sized chinks of earthworm/ night crawler as well. Variety in diet keeps them active & healthy! Just make sure your source of worms is a good one. Petco, Petsmart & Academy Sports stores carry them (NO worms with dye injections please!!!!!).

[Ebenezer Frothingham]

Dust the crickets every other day. Only offer a few at a time until they have been eaten (3 at a time). Offer food daily.
I would need to see the frog to judge the age at all but Amy is correct in that males won't start calling until they are a little more mature and the nuptual pad is showing.

If you soak the frog while cleaning the enclosure, try spraying a squirt of liquid calcium into it's soaking water. Frogs absorb through the skin and it's sometimes easier than trying to get them to eat a powdery cricket.Just be sure that if you use this method to use it at a very light spray.....too much calcium can be just as detrimental as not enough.

Also, change things up by offering appropriate sized chinks of earthworm/ night crawler as well. Variety in diet keeps them active & healthy! Just make sure your source of worms is a good one. Petco, Petsmart & Academy Sports stores carry them (NO worms with dye injections please!!!!!).

Here is a picture I snapped of my frog named Frogg.- i put a quarter next to him to give an idea of size- i just misted her/him, so the flash relects a bit off his/her back. My camera batteries just died, so next time I'll put up a better in focus image.

[Ebenezer Frothingham]

Here are a couple pictures I snapped of my Pacman 4 days ago- He's grown a bit since then:

[Ebenezer Frothingham]

I wish i could figure out the gender...He/she seems to have gotten used to their new home, but is not comfortable enough to eat bugs/worms from tweezers or forceps.

When feeding my frog worms, should the entire worm be covered with the calcium powder (ditto with crickets), or should I just dash one area with powder? I do not want to poison my frog..I'll look into that liquid calcium. Thanks for the advice on chopping up worms- i was feeding my frog whole worms, and he/she did get them down

My frog has a total aversion to being touched- he/she will immediatly jump if touched- so i haven't picked him up. It would be nice though if he/she could be trained to be hand fed (via forceps/plastic tweezers of course)