Until I decide on getting Dubia.....

[fish4all]

What feeders should I get for my frogs?

I am thinking of isopods, local ones I can catch for now and dwarf whites sooner or later.
Housefly and Bottle fly for a big meal they can catch off the ground.
Maybe some Phoenix worms but it will be so cold here for the next few weeks I doubt they will be ordered soon.
Crickets of course but want to vary the diet a lot more.

Anyone have any other suggestions? I thought about trying to catch some flies with the tried and true meat in a jar method. There should be a lot lower chance of pesticide issues this time of year.

I have even considered culturing my own flies, not something my wife was too thrilled about either but sounded better to her than roaches. I came across an interesting article on doing this and it doesn't seem to be so bad. Not as smelly as I thought they might be but the method is for Bushfly (Musca vetutissima) and not specifically houseflies. I have tried to contact the author to see if this should work for houseflies also. http://www.geckodan.com/articles/Bre...%20Bushfly.pdf that is the site. If anyone has ever tried anything similar please let me know if it worked or didn't work.

Any other suggestions on something I can culture myself or get regularly when it is going to be so cold. Fly pupa ship fine but everything else is gonna have to wait until the weather here gets a bit warmer. The post office is not the fastest at times and I hate to have an order of dead stuff arrive expecting food for my frogs.

[Murray of the Deep]

What feeders should I get for my frogs?

I am thinking of isopods, local ones I can catch for now and dwarf whites sooner or later.
Housefly and Bottle fly for a big meal they can catch off the ground.
Maybe some Phoenix worms but it will be so cold here for the next few weeks I doubt they will be ordered soon.
Crickets of course but want to vary the diet a lot more.

Anyone have any other suggestions? I thought about trying to catch some flies with the tried and true meat in a jar method. There should be a lot lower chance of pesticide issues this time of year.

I have even considered culturing my own flies, not something my wife was too thrilled about either but sounded better to her than roaches. I came across an interesting article on doing this and it doesn't seem to be so bad. Not as smelly as I thought they might be but the method is for Bushfly (Musca vetutissima) and not specifically houseflies. I have tried to contact the author to see if this should work for houseflies also. http://www.geckodan.com/articles/Bre...%20Bushfly.pdf that is the site. If anyone has ever tried anything similar please let me know if it worked or didn't work.

Any other suggestions on something I can culture myself or get regularly when it is going to be so cold. Fly pupa ship fine but everything else is gonna have to wait until the weather here gets a bit warmer. The post office is not the fastest at times and I hate to have an order of dead stuff arrive expecting food for my frogs.

Try this take up a flower pot(horizontal) and place pieces of fruit or meat then place a newspaper on top to cover the top of the flower pot BE SURE TO ADD LITTLE SPACES , then take a circular container and place it on top then wait for some time and check it , it has like 1-3 flies inside. it worked if you want a clearer explanation ill post a picture of it.
You can give him mealworms and crickets at the moment , or you can culture your own dwarf isopods! watch this (not my video):Isopod culture (Woodlice, Pill bug, Roly-Poly) - YouTube
I have a successful fruit fly culture , but it became weird I cant catch the fly when i open its container whooshh!! A swarm of flies!(you can also culture some of them)
here's a guide take a look at it:Fly Culturing, Care and Feeding - Everything you need to know about Drosophila
I never started one fly culture yet but my compost piles made me @_@ to culture flies I would harvest their maggot and feed them to my frogs. I can find small maggot in my apple. If you want to try the "accident culture" Ill show you a picture or the "fly" trap tell me. Tell me which one you would want to see and ill post a picture.

[JeffreH]

If your frogs will take them, silkworms make excellent staple feeders. They are soft bodied, high in calcium, high in protein, low fat, and contain and enzyme called serrapeptase that has amazing antinflammatory properties, promotes calcium absorption, and reduces arterial plaque.

They are expensive, however. And ONLY feed on mulberry leaves or special mulberry chow... great feeders, but require a little mor effort to rear than other feeders.

Here's some breeding/rearing info:
http://www.frogforum.net/food-feeder...eparation.html

Otherwise, the feeders' you've noted all sound great. Isopods are a crustacean and have a unique chitin complex in the shell so you'll want to avoid feeding them as staples - but if you keep them around in the viv as a cleanup crew your frogs can munch on them as they please. Most herps will prefer insects as a feeder in most situations anyway.

You can culture your own soldier fly larvae (phoenix/calci-worms) as well.

Little short on time and haven't had the chance to read the breeding article the Musca sp., but I know several members on here culture flies. As a general rule: crickets, roaches, soldier fly larvae, silkworms, and earthworms all make fine staple feeders. You can also try culturing milkweed bugs:
Frog Forum - An alternative to crickets and fruitflies - Milkweed bugs

EDIT: I just realized none of these options will help out much with the cold weather... You may be able to find a supplier in your state. Sometimes shipping can be done with heat packs if there is a break in the weather.

[demon amphibians]

i have a few animals such as frogs, toads and lizards and by far the best food i found which has the best nutritional value, and is the cleanest, easiest and fastest to bread. this would be roaches. i choose dubia because they cant climb and they come in a varity of sizes, they dont stink, they are slow so your animal wont have any problem catching them, they can not invade you house and they bread so fast that you can have a never ending supply. i have 4 massive amphibians and before i started my roach colony i was spending 40 bucks every 2 weeks on food and my animals and were still some what malnourished. roaches are a much better option to crickets, meal worms and flys. maggots are down right disgusting and can carry a varity of diseases. crickets die faster then you can feed them to your animal and they stink horribly. dubias are clean and friendly. i know roaches may have a bad rep but do a little research and you will find that they are the holy grail of food for any animal that eats insects. since i have been using them all of my animals grow quicker and are much healthier.

[fish4all]

It is only until I either decide to get Dubia or get Red Runners. Most likely Dubia simply because of their ease and everything else I have read about them. Just haven't decided yet for certain. I don't care if they are roaches or any other bug for that matter, I just have to make sure that I keep them contained so my wife doesn't find them running around in the house. Once she gets used to them and I keep them in their homes it won't be so bad. Bit I do like the concept of separating the ootheca from the red runners and hatching them in a controlled pace for easy feeding of smaller roaches.

I just need something to fill that gap until I get them. Temperatures here won't break 45F for another 2 weeks so shipping is going to be killer for roaches to keep them alive and have a live delivery backing. That and I can not for the life of me get anyone to reply to an email right now asking if they will ship right now and how much if they did.

Flies will have to bridge the gap or will be a supply while I build my colony numbers. That and maybe Phoenix worms and a couple others.

[Heatheranne]

What types of frogs are you feeding?

[deranged chipmunk]

I had to do a lot of convincing of my wife on the roaches as well. Poor little suckers have such a bad rep. But since i have been culturing fruit flies for a while and she hasn't seen any, she gave me the thumbs up. Yay! I ordered from lllreptile. They put a heat pack in with them. They are in san diego, i believe, so you should be able to get them alive without much problem.

[fish4all]

Pacific Chorus Frogs, they are about full grown now and range in size from 1 inch to maybe right at 1.5 inches. Just little guys and gals, hopefully. . I didn't expect them to get that big with the size of wild caught adults I have seen but they are quick little buggers so haven't caught many. These were raised from froglets and wogs rescued from an early dry out puddle.