Grey Tree Frog Diet

[McLaura]

Here are a couple of pictures of him, so you can see what he looks like right now.

[John]

He's a bit small to try with waxworms but there's no harm in it - adults can definitely eat them and digest them. In fact, lately that's all I've been feeding my 3. Crickets would be a straight forward food for your frog until it's a bit bigger, just be sure to gutload them first, or at least give them a vitamin/mineral sprinkle.

[Kurt]

Sounds like the frog threw the worms up. Every time I have tried phoenix worms my frogs threw them up too. You will have to use crickets at some point. Go lightly on the waxworms especially after he has grown up. They are high in fat.
Right now feed him fruit flies, bean weevils, and small crickets.

[McLaura]

Thanks for the advice! My main worry about the crickets is that I live in a 450 sq. ft. apartment in the city, and I don't think my neighbors would think too kindly of me if I caused an infestation of my building. Is this a big risk, or is it fairly easy to keep a small amount of them?

[Kurt]

Well the size of cricket you would use with this little guy would be to small to cause an infestation.

[John]

I disagree about throwing them up - waxworms are hard for some species to digest and I've seen them come out the other end almost untouched.

[Kurt]

I have never seen this.

[McLaura]

Just thought I would jump back in and clarify - the worms were definitely coming out in the poop. I was still feeding them fruit flies as well, and so the worms were basically encased in the poop and were a tiny bit digested as they were pretty slimy looking, but they weren't throwing them up. I figured it was just because they were too young to digest something like that.

[jtay]

I disagree about throwing them up - waxworms are hard for some species to digest and I've seen them come out the other end almost untouched.

I have once seen a hardly digested waxworm larva in one of my frogs poos.
I figured I fed her too many during the previous feed.