Hello!
I've lived here in a suburb between Baltimore and D.C. for the last 25 years. I've never heard or seen a wild frog in my neck of the woods until two nights ago when I opened my backdoor to find a baby green frog with a white belly clinging to the handle. I am not in the habit of taking in 'healthy' animals, but due to the recent hurricane and weeks of massive flooding I figure this poor thing is well away from home. I've never cared for a frog/toad before. He/she is almost the size of a quarter.
The very next morning I woke up early to get him some flightless fruit flies, but they all crawled out the mesh on his lid rather quickly (tips?). I saw him eat ONE. Today I 'hand' fed him some flies, and the poor thing ate TWELVE! I gave him ample time to digest between each. If I fed him now I feel like he would eat 12 more. I am worried of overfeeding or underfeeding him! My dog will eat until he pukes, so I'm keeping him in mind... but that's a dog.
I've read a LOT of tutorials. He's in a 10gal tank, and my wife is picking up a UV lamp on her way home tonight. I mainly wonder about feeding. Is it wise to just keep feeding him until he busts? Or will he know better? And what is busting for a baby frog half an inch long? I know some baby animals eat crazy amounts like triple their body weight in a day. I swore he ate his weight in flies today!
I'm sorry for sounding like a clueless idiot. I care for all types of mammals, just never a frog/toad, and I really think this guy needs some help.