Quote Originally Posted by fish4all View Post
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.