Hi there,

I'm new to this site but I'm finding it very fascinating!

I own 2 Brown New Zealand Whistling Tree frogs, they are both very shy and wont eat out of my hand or off a set of tweezers so i presume they wont eat mealworms (Is there anyway for them to get over this shyness?). They enjoy flies, and I ordered some live crickets for the yesterday which they have not tried before. Should I feed these crickets fish flakes to fatten them up before i give them to the frogs?

Here's my problem, winter is approaching and all the flies and creepy crawlies are dieing off. I am a poor university student, flies are almost $10 for 50 (And you never get 50 out of a pack) and crickets are $12 for 25!!!!! My frogs are relatively small (40mm) and I was wondering if there is anyway to breed crickets, flies or anything like that. I read about fruit fly cultures and I think fruit flies will be far too small for my frogs to see and eat, or am I wrong?

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated and i think all the users would be keen to see pictures of insect traps/breeding cages that you may have.