Pyxie frog diet

[Crikey]

Hey Y'all,

I recently got my first Pyxie frog (named Pickles) and man am I in love with this species!

I have a question about diet, The person who had him before me was just feeding him mice.
I am a newbie but I already know thats not a great idea. Mine is 6 months old if that means anything.

So far I have feed:

Dusted Crickets (loves them)
Night Crawlers
Horn Worms (by far his favorite)
Tried Dubia roaches, was less thrilled, but still ate them


Is this so far a good staple diet? These are what I have available to me, besides meal worms, which I don't feed any of my frogs.

[b24082]

sounds real good. =) You should post some pics!

[pac]

My Pyxie is eating superworms,earthworms,Crickets and pinikies sometimes

[tgampper]

My pyxies are eating superworms and an occasional crickets. If you are dusting the crickets with calcium suppliment, you may want to reconsider. High levels of calcium in the frog's diet may cause an imbalance between water intake and outtake leading to edema or water holding.

[pac]

If you wait two days and gutload your crickets you wouldn't need to use the calicum dust crickets fish food and vionate mineral vitamin powder

[Crikey]

thanks guys! ill keep that in mind. Will post pictures tomorrow!

[Crikey]

Here is a picture of pickles! Hard to believe this is a younster lol

[demon amphibians]

roaches are by for the best decision i have made. they are easy to culture and they are 12 times as nutritional as crickets. my frogs didnt seem to like them at first but after a couple feedings they go crazy for them. and the frogs that used the roaches for a staple for grew 3 times faster then the other frogs that i stapled with crickets and pinkies. although your list of food items is great. and many items on the menu is optimal, some are hard to come by such as the horned worms. Earth worms are great as well but you may have to feed with tongs the are slimy so they are kinda hard for the frog to grab on to. But they are loaded with protein and have a high calcium content. crayfish and goldfish are probably the most nutritional food you can feed your frogs but they tend to be spendy, and like the earthworms you may have to tong feed them. i found gut loading your feeder pray weather it be crickets, roaches or mice, with fresh veggie's or oats. along with dusting every 3rd feeding. that way they get vitamins and calcium. gut loading this way you can do every feeding. I found lots of gut load products in pet stores and honestly they are a waste of money. when you can make your own substitutes at home that may be much more beneficial. mice should only be a supplement maybe once a month. even though it is pretty sweet watching them in action when you drop a mouse in.

[Crikey]

roaches are by for the best decision i have made. they are easy to culture and they are 12 times as nutritional as crickets. my frogs didnt seem to like them at first but after a couple feedings they go crazy for them. and the frogs that used the roaches for a staple for grew 3 times faster then the other frogs that i stapled with crickets and pinkies. although your list of food items is great. and many items on the menu is optimal, some are hard to come by such as the horned worms. Earth worms are great as well but you may have to feed with tongs the are slimy so they are kinda hard for the frog to grab on to. But they are loaded with protein and have a high calcium content. crayfish and goldfish are probably the most nutritional food you can feed your frogs but they tend to be spendy, and like the earthworms you may have to tong feed them. i found gut loading your feeder pray weather it be crickets, roaches or mice, with fresh veggie's or oats. along with dusting every 3rd feeding. that way they get vitamins and calcium. gut loading this way you can do every feeding. I found lots of gut load products in pet stores and honestly they are a waste of money. when you can make your own substitutes at home that may be much more beneficial. mice should only be a supplement maybe once a month. even though it is pretty sweet watching them in action when you drop a mouse in.

Thanks for the Advice!

As for the horn worms, I can order them and they are not that hard to get. Ill keep trying with the roaches too cause I keep hearing great things about them.

[Bruce]

roaches are by for the best decision i have made. they are easy to culture and they are 12 times as nutritional as crickets. my frogs didnt seem to like them at first but after a couple feedings they go crazy for them. and the frogs that used the roaches for a staple for grew 3 times faster then the other frogs that i stapled with crickets and pinkies. although your list of food items is great. and many items on the menu is optimal, some are hard to come by such as the horned worms. Earth worms are great as well but you may have to feed with tongs the are slimy so they are kinda hard for the frog to grab on to. But they are loaded with protein and have a high calcium content. crayfish and goldfish are probably the most nutritional food you can feed your frogs but they tend to be spendy, and like the earthworms you may have to tong feed them. i found gut loading your feeder pray weather it be crickets, roaches or mice, with fresh veggie's or oats. along with dusting every 3rd feeding. that way they get vitamins and calcium. gut loading this way you can do every feeding. I found lots of gut load products in pet stores and honestly they are a waste of money. when you can make your own substitutes at home that may be much more beneficial. mice should only be a supplement maybe once a month. even though it is pretty sweet watching them in action when you drop a mouse in.

I don't think I would feed crayfish or goldfish. Especially goldfish. They can tend to harbor a lot of parasites, not to mention they do have a high fat content. I honestly don't know much about crayfish in that aspect, but I play it safe and assume all animals that live in water have a high chance for parasites.
Everything else sounds fine though!

[ejh805]

I don't think I would feed crayfish or goldfish. Especially goldfish. They can tend to harbor a lot of parasites, not to mention they do have a high fat content. I honestly don't know much about crayfish in that aspect, but I play it safe and assume all animals that live in water have a high chance for parasites.
Everything else sounds fine though!

PLUS Goldfish contain thiaminase which is dangerous to the frog.
And crayfish have been found to carry chytrid fungus.

[Bruce]

PLUS Goldfish contain thiaminase which is dangerous to the frog.
And crayfish have been found to carry chytrid fungus.

To clarify, that's the gold/orange pigment in their scales, correct?

[ejh805]

I believe that's what it is, but not 100%. Other types of fish that aren't gold colored contain it as well.

[Deac77]

I feed earthworms as a staple and then roaches In between

Also if I feed mice I don't feed again for a week after every now and then Rexie will get one of my tegus left overs (very rare that happens lol)

[Crikey]

thanks guys! I just stay away from the fish period. They are so gross and all the pet stores keep them in horrible conditions.

[demon amphibians]

Your info on the goldfish is incorrect, yes goldfish can be harmful only if you leave them in their water to poop in, when it builds up it creates a toxic environment similar to ammonia. That is why I said to tong feed them because it doesn’t allow the buildup of that acid. It has nothing to do with there skin pigment. And no they are not fatty. Not anything like a mouse. Although too much of anything could be a bad thing. For crawfish, yes they have been known to carry parasites and fungus…. When they are wild caught.... Rule of thumb never feed wild caught anything to C.b frog. But the crawfish that I feed to my frogs are C.B. The frog farms also staple there frogs on crawfish. Crickets pose a much greater threat for parasites when raised in captivity. And also if you think mice are a better diet and safer then fish or crawfish you might wanna do a little more research because you have your facts mixed. I took the advice about the fish/crawfish thing from people who breed and distribute thousands of frogs a year and these people have been doing it for years. But nothing wrong with being cautious. I was a little unsure about the crawfish thing until I saw where and how they were being cultivated. They are a perfect staple for a large frog but they are very expensive. Thats the reason my frogs are stapled on roaches and only get gold fish and crawfish as a treat. Also a mouse once a month as a supplement. To much more then that will make your frog obese and it will develope fatty liver disease.

[ejh805]

Your info on the goldfish is incorrect, yes goldfish can be harmful only if you leave them in their water to poop in, when it builds up it creates a toxic environment similar to ammonia. That is why I said to tong feed them because it doesn’t allow the buildup of that acid. It has nothing to do with there skin pigment. And no they are not fatty. Not anything like a mouse. Although too much of anything could be a bad thing. For crawfish, yes they have been known to carry parasites and fungus…. When they are wild caught.... Rule of thumb never feed wild caught anything to C.b frog. But the crawfish that I feed to my frogs are C.B. The frog farms also staple there frogs on crawfish. Crickets pose a much greater threat for parasites when raised in captivity. And also if you think mice are a better diet and safer then fish or crawfish you might wanna do a little more research because you have your facts mixed. I took the advice about the fish/crawfish thing from people who breed and distribute thousands of frogs a year and these people have been doing it for years. But nothing wrong with being cautious. I was a little unsure about the crawfish thing until I saw where and how they were being cultivated. They are a perfect staple for a large frog but they are very expensive. Thats the reason my frogs are stapled on roaches and only get gold fish and crawfish as a treat. Also a mouse once a month as a supplement. To much more then that will make your frog obese and it will develope fatty liver disease.

I am going to stick to my guns on fish not being safe. The feeders purchased from petstores are often riddled with parasites and not worth the risk.
Also-
"Fish such as minnows, goldfish, or rosy reds can be fed to larger species of amphibians.30
Feeding frozen, thawed fish to amphibians exclusively can lead to thiamine (Vitamin B1)
deficiency, because both freezing and long-term storage (in fish containing thiaminase
enzyme) both can destroy thiamine outright. It is better to vary the diet with live fish or avoid
feeding frozen fish altogether."
(Source: http://www.aza.org/uploadedFiles/Con...ourceGuide.pdf)

Because of the vitamin deficiency risk, it is best not to feed frozen/thawed. Unless you breed your own feeder fish, it probably wouldn't be very safe feeding live fish because of the issue with petstore feeders.

I'm not criticizing anyone who does feed their frogs goldfish and/or crayfish. Just saying it's a risk I wouldn't personally take.

[GrifTheGreat]

Your info on the goldfish is incorrect, yes goldfish can be harmful only if you leave them in their water to poop in, when it builds up it creates a toxic environment similar to ammonia. That is why I said to tong feed them because it doesn’t allow the buildup of that acid. It has nothing to do with there skin pigment. And no they are not fatty. Not anything like a mouse. Although too much of anything could be a bad thing. For crawfish, yes they have been known to carry parasites and fungus…. When they are wild caught.... Rule of thumb never feed wild caught anything to C.b frog. But the crawfish that I feed to my frogs are C.B. The frog farms also staple there frogs on crawfish. Crickets pose a much greater threat for parasites when raised in captivity. And also if you think mice are a better diet and safer then fish or crawfish you might wanna do a little more research because you have your facts mixed. I took the advice about the fish/crawfish thing from people who breed and distribute thousands of frogs a year and these people have been doing it for years. But nothing wrong with being cautious. I was a little unsure about the crawfish thing until I saw where and how they were being cultivated. They are a perfect staple for a large frog but they are very expensive. Thats the reason my frogs are stapled on roaches and only get gold fish and crawfish as a treat. Also a mouse once a month as a supplement. To much more then that will make your frog obese and it will develope fatty liver disease.

Goldfish are dirty fish period. No matter how clean you keep their tank. Emily is also correct about Thiaminase which can cause a Vitamin B1 deficiency over time or if they are offered much too often.

The best feeder fish are Minnows, Guppies, Rosey Reds, and Silversides. Of course all feeders should come from a reputable source.

[Deac77]

To add to how nasty they are think if this gold fish have no stomach everything they eat is instantly digested and passed

[ejh805]

To add to how nasty they are think if this gold fish have no stomach everything they eat is instantly digested and passed

so much poop