Pooping problem..

[GrifTheGreat]

Start a new thread about this; you'll get more responses, and it'll keep this one from getting sidetracked.



Don't feed waxworms. The exoskeletons have more chitin than crickets or roaches and cause impaction. If he won't take crickets try ordering some dubia roaches. My frog is incredibly picky, and she used to love them before I switched her to a nightcrawler-only diet.

Wrong worm DV. Waxworms are maggots and cause impaction in large amounts because their skin doesn't always digest properly leaving and empty skin sack that can sometimes cause blockages. The main problem with Waxies are fat content.

[NewFrogDude]

Well he has completely turned his nose up on Crickets. Waxworms, however do not last long at all. But I only feed him every other day.

[Lija]

DO not feed waxworms as a staple, it is ok to give them once in a while as a treat, but NEVER as staple. Feed nightcrawlers ( or pieces of it if a frog is small), roaches.

I feel like I'm not really getting what is a problem.

[DVirginiana]

Wrong worm DV. Waxworms are maggots and cause impaction in large amounts because their skin doesn't always digest properly leaving and empty skin sack that can sometimes cause blockages. The main problem with Waxies are fat content.

lol I always get waxworms/superworms/mealworms confused since I've never had anything that eats any of them. I just know that none of them are a good staple

[DeeDub]

Nightcrawlers are super affordable and ALL of my frogs love them. My peppermint will leap (I know...the fat little SOB's leaps compared to others aren't much) for a nightcrawler in the tongs or waterdish. My Pyxie...sad...lol, I almost wrote Pyxies (I sold my females to Mike)....anyway, he eats them by the mouthful. I put about 8 at a time on a plate in his cage (spagetti), sprinkle on a little calcium (parmasean cheese) and he destroys them.

No need to feed any other 'worms' IMO. Variety is the key as many have said multiple times on different threads and I think the other worms/feeders make for great treat to add that variety.