Need help feeding Dubia to frogs

[yoshimi]

I tried so many bowls, even before I started on dubia. anything with a smooth side and a solid color will work. of course, shallow enough for frogs to be able to peer in, and if they get it, get out again. Half burying in substrate allows frogs to see in and get at them without jumping right in (which mine does anyway, but then they sometimes crawl on him and I have to brush them off). What I found was a salsa bowl hanging in an aisle in a grocery store. it has tapered sides, and the roaches run around at the bottom, some climb up higher, but can't quite get to the top and out of the bowl. (i feed baby nymphs, if you're feeding big roaches, i'd imagine any frog would notice.) I used to place my toad by the rim and wait, then he'd spot them and lean and and get his grub on. or roach on, whatever. they always seem pretty active in bowl, except after he's done eating when there are only one or two left, some dirt he brought in with him, and if i put an orange cube in there for snacking, that too. Then the roaches feel secure and kinda hide.

Be patient, try different bowls, maybe keep them all in the same place everytime you try, cuz mine knows now where the food usually is. eventually you'll find something that works. dubias are awesome.

Mine looks a little like this except it's green, and maybe a little more shallow. This is a random site that happens to be out of them, but you get the idea. http://www.acemart.com/dining-room/d...292909012.html

[unkempt1]

Weird, my frog lunges in the air at them when I tong-feed roaches! Of course, I trained him with the tongs using crickets and have since moved to dubia roaches.

Maybe it's how you are holding them with the tongs? I knock the dubia on their backs in the plastic cup I use to dust them, and pick one up by one of its back legs, not by its rear end. Then I dangle it in front of Jimmy and he usually scoops it up very quickly. It seems the roaches are stunned enough to not try and hold onto the tongs, but aware enough to squirm around until he snatches them up!

[fish4all]

My roaches would climb and hold on to the tongs but then again I bet the tongues I am using are not the best. Might be nothing more than than getting a proper pair of tongs.

As for activity, they move a oround until a frog jumps in then the roaches all stop. I feed nymphs, very small ones, and once they feel anything or see anything larger than they are they stop moving.