New tomato frogs

[Pluke]

When you post the picture can you have a quarter in it for size reference? You positive they are adults? Mine are probably 1- 2 inches right now but they will barely eat anything other than crickets. Have you actually fed them silkworms yet? These frogs tend to be very picky and will give up trying to eat something if they fail to get it after a couple licks, I think they prefer the small prey like crickets and little roaches, quick moving bugs. I've tried giving mine nightcrawler chunks and they just lick at it a couple times than give up, although they did like young hornworms. You could probably feed them guppies if they'll take it, worth a shot I suppose, I just don't trust fish in general because I'm afraid of parasites.

I dust my frogs food with "Repashy Calcium Plus" every feeding, which is about 4-5 days a week. That's a caclium/multivitamin mix. They have grown real fast and are forming some nice colors, I have a thread with pictures of them in it. Maybe you can get an idea of how old yours are by looking at mine. There is a quarter there for size reference, mine are about 4 months old.

[abc123]

Here is the bigger one beside a quarter. I didn't want to disturb them much since I just got them yesterday, so the pictures aren't that good.




I got some silkworms from the petstore but they only had 5 left, so I gave the bigger frog 3 and the smaller on 2. I just put the worms in front of their face and they ate it right away by just shooting out their tongs lol. I also got some crickets that I fed them after, they ate those too. Judging by the frog's size would you say it is an adult? Thanks for the help

[Pluke]

Yup, definitely adults. Glad to see that they like the silkworms, I have a hard time finding those around here for some reason. One of these days I'll get some. Your frogs look good.

[abc123]

Thanks, so that feeding schedule should be alright then? And about how many silkworms should I give them each in one feeding?

[Pluke]

I really don't have any experience with Silkworms, but if they're anything like Hornworms, I'd only give them one or two at a time depending on the size. Maybe twice a week while giving crickets for all other feedings.. this is just a guess though, like I said I have no experience with Silkworms. Your frogs are big enough to where you can offer nightcrawlers too. I've tried to give them to mine I just think they are too small or something.. I've seen videos on youtube of Tomato frogs inhaling nightcrawlers.

[abc123]

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Silkworms are much smaller than hornworms, and they have a lot less fat, but still a lot of nutrition. If I feed them 4 times a week, I think I will give silkworms two or three times a week and crickets one or two times. I will also add in some other random foods once in a while as well. The problem is I have to dump in the crickets right after I get them because my mom hates them and whenever I keep them in a container they always die quickly and some even jump out when I feed them and they run around the house.

[Pluke]

Ahh, I know what you mean. Crickets are kind of annoying. I just have a tub full of them at all times for my tomatos, that's just how I do it. I'd prefer to feed my tomatos something else but unfortunately crickets are the cheapest and most convenient thing.. I would use dubia's but they burrow and thats even more of a pain. I plan on breeding silkworms here sometime if I ever manage to get a hold of some..