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    melsfrogs
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    Default want some fire bellies

    Ok, so I want to get some fire bellies. I have whites and a green tree frog but am branching out a little. I have read the care articles, but have a silly question.
    With my other frogs, I just dump in the crickets and watch them hunt. Worms, etc I put in a glass bowl and they gobble them up.
    With fire bellies, I am worried that the crickets will just jump in the water and drown. Also, how do I feed them worms? Do they eat tubiflex worms and stuff I can put in the water? How about freeze-dried foods put in water?
    Thanks so much. I am so looking forward to getting my little ones.

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    Default Re: want some fire bellies

    They do jump in the water, but if you have rocks in the water, they can usually climb to "safety" (and then get eaten). Also, fire bellied toads rarely let them live long enough to drown .

    They won't eat any freeze dried food, it has to be moving.

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    MantisMan
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    u can train them to eat dead stuff
    they r real nice easy toads
    here is the caresheet i wrote
    pretty good for a 16 year old
    http://www.frogforum.net/fire-belly-...lly-toads.html

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    EJT97
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    Are your frogs all in the same tank?

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    MantisMan
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    Quote Originally Posted by EJT97 View Post
    Are your frogs all in the same tank?
    all adults r with each other and all the babies r with each other

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    Megalechis
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    When I first got mine I was worried about drowning crickets, but not one has died from drowning once, as they just don't avoid being eaten long enough to. The worst that's happened is I've had to upright a stunned cricket who landed upside down in the water. I've heard reports of some people claiming they can be trained to eat freeze-dried/dead food, but I doubt it's an easy transition.

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    MantisMan
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    Quote Originally Posted by Megalechis View Post
    When I first got mine I was worried about drowning crickets, but not one has died from drowning once, as they just don't avoid being eaten long enough to. The worst that's happened is I've had to upright a stunned cricket who landed upside down in the water. I've heard reports of some people claiming they can be trained to eat freeze-dried/dead food, but I doubt it's an easy transition.
    actually it's easier than u might think
    u start by using tweezers to make the food crawl on the ground and if u touch the lower lip of the toad it will reflexively open its mouth and attack the prey
    soon they'll hop at the tweezers
    i trained my toadlets to eat bloodworms off a bamboo toothpick in 3 weeks

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    NatureLady
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    Quote Originally Posted by melsfrogs View Post
    Ok, so I want to get some fire bellies. I have whites and a green tree frog but am branching out a little. I have read the care articles, but have a silly question.
    With my other frogs, I just dump in the crickets and watch them hunt. Worms, etc I put in a glass bowl and they gobble them up.
    With fire bellies, I am worried that the crickets will just jump in the water and drown. Also, how do I feed them worms? Do they eat tubiflex worms and stuff I can put in the water? How about freeze-dried foods put in water?
    Thanks so much. I am so looking forward to getting my little ones.
    I am in the same boat as you! I really want some fire bellies AND I have a whites and greens!!!! It really is a frog addiction

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