Feeding baby horned frogs

[mikesfrogs]

If they are showing no sign of wanting to eat you might have to forcefeed them a few times to build up there energy. What were you feeding them as tadpoles?

[Frogger1]

Thanks for the replies everyone I just sent you a pm Mike because I didn't realise you would reply so quickly, but as tadpoles they have been eating tubifex, blood worm, black worm, white worm. I fed them as much as they could eat each day and the tadpoles seemed very healthy, especially compared to the last time I tried rearing the tadpoles. This is the only problem I have come across so far with the babies.

Thanks

[IvoryReptiles]

Try properly sized bits of nightcrawlers. Once our froglets are on land, we give them 3 days or so to fully absorb the nutrients from their tails and then we offer foods. We have not had to force feed froglets that young since our first attempts at breeding years ago because they all seem very aggressive in their feeding responses now. I have a theory..... we have found that each spawning over the years has produced healthier tadpoles & froglets as we tweak key husbandry points.

I say offer them a variety of food and make sure whatever it is, that it is the proper size. I know these frogs are like the Pitbulls of the frog world, but they do have limits as to how big food items should be. We start with the worms because the legs on the crickets & roaches seem to freak them out as froglets.

Good Luck!

[Frogger1]

Thankyou for the advice, if I have to force feed how do I do it? Because I don't want to injure them, but also is it normal for the frogs to look skinny after coming out of the water? They don't look at all fat, their body is less wider than their mouth on most of them and i'm keeping them on paper towels because I thought they'd possibly get their food easier. Another thing is where the tails being absorbed is it normal for the stump to go a brownish colour? Sorry about all the questions but want to try everything I can to get these eating.

Thanks

[mikesfrogs]

I sent you a message back