New tomato frogs

[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..

[abc123]

I found my tomato frog with a chunk of coco fiber in his mouth and I think it was because he was shedding. They eat their shed skin right? Please give me some advice, thanks

[Pluke]

Yeah, they shed. They open and close their mouths like any other frogs would and whatever is stuck to their skin has the tendancy to be ingested. Nothing to worry about my tomatos eat bits of eco earth all the time and they're fine. They aren't exactly sharp-shooters when it comes to eating, sometimes just dropping food in the container they'll start lashing out at nothing in front of them and eat dirt, lol.

When I blow up a brick of eco earth I just skim through it and make sure there isn't any sticks/rocks/matter that will cause impactions.

[abc123]

I was thinking about putting sphagnum moss on half of the tank as the top layer over the coco fiber to help keep in the humidity. Would that be detrimental to the frog's health? I have heard both good things and bad things about sphagnum moss.

[Pluke]

I don't think it's as much of an issue as it would be with pacman frogs, but I don't use it. I just have eco earth and fake plants in my tank. I have a glass lid and only need to mist like once every 2 days.. I stir the soil around and mist. Always make sure you check little burrows they're not using anymore for feces, when they go to find a new spot to burrow it's normally cause there is a big turd in their last spot. At least that's what I've come to notice.

I suppose you could use sphagnum moss if you really wanted, I see people do it a lot with Tomato frogs. I'm just too afraid they'd ingest it and don't have trouble keeping humidity. What kind of lid do you have on the enclosure, screen?

[sschind]

I was thinking about putting sphagnum moss on half of the tank as the top layer over the coco fiber to help keep in the humidity. Would that be detrimental to the frog's health? I have heard both good things and bad things about sphagnum moss.

I use only long fiber sphagnum with my tomatoes (no coco fiber) and I have not seen any problems. I've been keepingthem on it for many years. They are much more precise feeders than pac man frogs and rarely get a mouthful. I just make sure that after I wet the moss down I pack it very tightly. This seems to keep the loose strands from poking up.