Main diet?

[pinkcloud]

i mostly feed crickets and nightcrawlers , but also butterworms when i dont have any crickets or worms

[ramp]

i mostly feed crickets and nightcrawlers , but also butterworms when i dont have any crickets or worms

Butterworms is what we call Tebo larve here. The frogs love them and since they have a high level of calcium, I think they are a good food source although they also have a high fat rate so must not be fed as a main food source. Almost the same thing can be said for the waxworm (larve of Chilecomadia moorei). Tese larve live in beehives and consume mainly beewax and pollen. They taste very sweet, like honey but contain mainly fat and these are known to give impactation in amphibians and reptiles if fed too often and in high quantity's

[pinkcloud]

ya he loves butterworms ..... think i kinda fed him too much , he's looking obese ....... what would be an acceptable amount to feed him. ...... he's only a couple months

[ramp]

I feed butterworms as a treat. Depending on the size of the butterworm and the size of your frog, you have to guess I think. I usualy give 1 butterworm per animal every or alternate feeding. The smaler pacs get the smallest worms. I feed my frogs on alternate days and they are doing fine. But most people on the forum suggest you feed your baby frog 5 to 7 times a week. Mine won't eat every day, exept the Fantasy's as they are almost always hungry and so also are much bigger then the cramwelli's I bougth a week later.