Feeding

[Kurt]

I dust my insect every time I feed. Adult frogs get fed once a week, more if needed. Froglets and other small mouths much more frequently.

I don't use forceps at all when feeding. I do try to watch all frogs eating to make sure they are ok. Not all frogs will eat when your watching. Red-eyes and other extremely nocturnal frogs won't eat until lights out and it's a little hard to observe that. So feed and watch them, if need be you can separate them when feeding, just to make sure they are all eating.

[snoopfroggyfrog]

Thanks for the advice kurt!

[Kerry1968]

Because my tank is mainly aquatic I take my little one out to feed him.

I keep the crickets in a container where they eat veg etc. I take them out, dust them with calcium, put them in an old cricket carrier box and add my baby! He'll eat upto 7 crickets in a sitting and then maybe one or two the next day. But he's still little, about an inch and a half long.

I suppose feeding 4 individual frogs like that would be a little time consuming, but at least you would know exactly what each one is eating, if they were fed in separate containers.

[1beataway]

7 small or large crickets? Still a lot more than my frogs ever get.

[snoopfroggyfrog]

Thanks kerry....i think i might try that tho just for a few days to see how much they eat... iv just fed them & straight away one of the very active ones ate 2 so that was good to see its one of the other ones im a little worried about he just seems less lively than the rest & sleeps a whole lot more.. would just be nice to see him witha healthy appetite..........

[scribbles]

Your frogs may eat in front of you with time. Sometimes when I'm bagging crickets for my geckos and other frogs in the basement, I take my White's with me and they chase the crickets around next to me. I take the back legs off the crickets so they can't run away as fast. Try to make sure they are all eating.

[Kurt]

Thanks for the advice kurt!

You're welcome.

[Kerry1968]

Beataway - I feed him mostly large-ish crickets, he can handle them! In size I would say about half to 3/4 inch long. The next day he is less inclined to make much effort though!

[snoopfroggyfrog]

taking there back legs off what a good ideal! thanks scribbles!

[1beataway]

Beataway - I feed him mostly large-ish crickets, he can handle them! In size I would say about half to 3/4 inch long. The next day he is less inclined to make much effort though!

Yeah, that's all the size I fed. It's amazing how little frogs can handle such big crickets. But when I got my frog he was super tiny.

Yours will grow quickly eating so many.