Substrait

[mrzoggs]

i dont think the size of the bowl matters. with my red eyes they just eat til they are full and leave the rest...the only problem with that is sometimes i put too many in there and i think they see so many that they are scared to jump in. i would try a few small bowls with 2-3 each in there. not postivie on how many greens should be eating a night. im having a problem with my new female being really fat. i dont know if she has eggs in her, is overweight, or is sick. shes a fatty. when shes on the bottom hunting, her stomach is buldging on the ground and out the sides inbetween her legs. im gonna have to get her checked out to make sure shes just fat and not sick lol. i wouldnt mind eggs except i dont have a healthy male. i have a male whos ready BUT he has hookworms

[DC101]

Bumber, hopefully your male gets well soon

Whites can be aggressive eaters and i don't have that much room to fit many bowls. Mine are only 4 months and are eating 2-3 medium sized crickets a night. Im going to cut it down to 1 cricket and 1 roach so they have a variety.

This may be a random question, but is olive oil safe for frogs. I have wood roaches and they can climb out of glass bowls and i put some olive oil around the rim and they can't get out. My only problem is, is that im not sure if its safe.
Any suggestions?

I am currently using tweezers to feed them.

[mrzoggs]

hmm good question. im sure there might be something thats a little safer. maybe try a bigger bowl for the roaches? just curious, do you have your own roach culture or do you buy them? i want to culture roaches so bad...but they are a bit pricier than crickets lol.

[DC101]

I have my own colony thats been going for around...3 weeks. On week 2, i pulled away the FIRST, egg carton and there were babies!!! Heaps of them. I dont touch the ones at the bottom because its hard to get to and i need to buy another box but im sure that i have heaps more. i bought 600 adult sized/medium wood roaches and they are great! Better to get ones that can't climb otherwise you will have the same problem like me

Ive been experimenting with ways to spot the roaches from climbing and olive oil seams to be the most natural and safe way. They can climb glass and I've tried but ill keep you guys posted.

Sorry for going a bit out of subject breedlebee

[BreedleDee]

I have read on other site's that you can also take the frog out and put it in a feeding cage (Large Critter Keeper) to eat so they do not eat the substrait. So I have been trying this for 3 days now and tonight when it was dinner time 2 of them gladly climbed onto my hand one at a time and went onto the Cage and ate 5 crickets quickly and climbed back on my hand to go home. Does anyone see a problem feeding like this? Are 5 crickets to many for my frogs and if so how many should I feed each night? Also this is just a little off subject but is there anyway to tell how old my frogs are?

[DC101]

BreedleDee, it is perfectly fine to feed your frogs like that, i may try it myself. How big are yours and how did you pick them up? i haven't tried to pick mine up yet and may try to today

[BreedleDee]

BreedleDee, it is perfectly fine to feed your frogs like that, i may try it myself. How big are yours and how did you pick them up? i haven't tried to pick mine up yet and may try to today

They are not very big! I have 3 and they are all diffrent sizes. Little'en is about 1 1/2 inches long, Mid-Lynn is about 2 inches long and Big'en is about 2 1/4 inchecs long. I just place one and in front of them and one hand behind them and slowly slide my hands together and they lift normally there front feet on to my hand first and then crawl onto my hand while I am moving then when I am actully moving them to the feeding cage i place one hand above them incase they decide to jump. Knock on Wood!! I have never had one try to jump yet.

But this is Day 5 of Feeding like this and I feed 5 crickets everyday and like I stated above 2 of them for 2 nights now gladly climbed on to my hand by themselfs with only me placeing one hand infront of them almost like picking up a bird.