Best Food for Fire Belly Toad?

[deranged chipmunk]

Sorry man....had a few slow minutes at work and i couldn't resist. Lol

[FrogFriend]

I don't know much about breeding. I know that there are temperature and lighting changes that have to be involved. I would go to the Frog and Toad section and click on Fire Belly Toad forum. Put out a post asking or see if you can find a way to message Alex (Mantis Man) or Marco Caccianiga (he's from Italy- great English though). Both of these guys do breeding of their toads and have been quite successful. I am sure there are other people who know how, but I have read many of their posts and they have responded to my FBT questions very knowledgeably and both are really good about including pictures, etc. When I decide to breed my toads I will be going to them for help. I hope this helps!

[KittyKat90]

Thank You. How do you go about gut loading Cricket's? I meant breeding there food. lol I should of been more specific.

[FriedrichsFrogs]

Many pet shops carry gut-loading food for crikets. Some are packed with calcium, some are packed with vitamins, it depends on what you buy and what your looking for so be sure to read the labels. You want to feed those supplements to the crikets roughly a day before you feed the crikets to your frogs so the crikets GI system has enough time to absorb the good stuff before theyr consumed by your frogs. (a lot of pet shops sell their crikets already gut-loaded but it sounds like you want to breed your own frog-food source) If going natural is your plan, feed your crikets things like romaine lettuce (iceberg is low in nutrition), apples, oranges, carrots, and sweet potatoes. Personally i recommend you consider chipmunk + pluke's advice and feed your crikets spaghetti lol

[deranged chipmunk]

Good advice jay! Just an add on to jay's advice. Crickets are smelly. And i mean like leave a dirty diaper out in the sun for a week and then bake it in an oven bad! Just wanted to forewarn you. And spaghetti, while an extremely nutritious food, is very difficult to breed and should only bred by those with the highest of skill levels and experience.

[FriedrichsFrogs]

And spaghetti, while an extremely nutritious food, is very difficult to breed and should only bred by those with the highest of skill levels and experience.

Another warning, spaghetti larvae can only be bought from Italy from the breeder Bouardi so you'll be looking at an over-seas shipping and handling charge

[Sunshine]

Another warning, spaghetti larvae can only be bought from Italy from the breeder Bouardi so you'll be looking at an over-seas shipping and handling charge

True! It's Chef Boyardee to be exact. It's expensive but worth it!