Quote Originally Posted by firefly View Post
Hi there

I've had 3 FBTs for 2 weeks now & feel a bit frustrated .

I seem to have the same sort of problem as some of the other members, namely the toads seeing / catching their food . It either ends up drowned, buried or sitting at the top of the tank.
In my old tank I used to drops crickets into it just to watch what they would do. It was a half and half so I figured they would immediately drown but, much to my amazement, they didn't. Instead they would walk onto across the dirt towards the water half and, when their antenna touched the water they would back away. I think that unless there is a major elevation difference or the crickets are extremely terrified they won't drown.

But I have heard of people who's crickets can drown very very easily but who can remedy the situation via "cricket ladder" so they can climb out of the water should they be stupid enough to get in there in the first place.

(I think it was Kurt who mentioned a cricket ladder.)

As for them seeing the food, do you have a lot of hiding places for crickets in your enclosure? (Such as egg crates?) My enclosure just had grass and the frog found them just fine. (not recommended as your frog can swallow the grass)