Best Food for Fire Belly Toad?

[KittyKat90]

So, when I purchased my froggies today the pet store didn't have crickets so I bought Mini- Mealworms. I plan on picking up some Crickets tomorrow and a few more things I need for them. They are slightly scrawny and could use some beefing up. What I'm wondering is, What's the best food to feed them? Is there a way to breed any of them? I could use all the help I could get

[Sunshine]

Mealworms are not very good for frogs. Their exo-skeleton is made of chitin which the frog's can not digest. You can try nightcrawlers and cut them into 1" pieces and see if they will eat those. Nightcrawlers are very nutritious. Butterworms and waxworms are nice and fatty and are good for putting on weight. Variety is important in their diet. Silkworms are very nutritious too but will most likely have to be ordered online. Hornworms make a nice treat once in a while but will also have to be ordered online. Crickets should be gut loaded for at least 24 hours prior to feeding. Food items should be dusted with a calcium and multivitamin powder a few times a week. I use RepCal's Calcium with D3, and RepCal's Herptivite multivitamin powder.

[deranged chipmunk]

Spaghetti

[Pluke]

Dangit DC, that's the first thing that popped into my head when I saw this.. I was seriously considering saying it but you beat me to it.

[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!

[Sunshine]

spaghetti

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