Re: Diet for the big boys?
I feed my ABs on the same as I fed my Cane toads, a good mixed diet of insects. I disagree with feeding them mice and rats because
of the trouble it can make for their liver etc. As you said it is like feeding them junk food, so I just do not do it.
It upsets me to see so many idiots putting videos of them up feeding them live mice and rats.
Many of the frogs look obese and overly stretched, they have lost there patterning and texture, they just look like bloated balloons.
Not only that live food bites and can cause damage to the frogs mouth and on the way down, not worth it if you love your pet.
I set up an earth worm farm, tiger worms ended up being better than bog standard worms. They breed faster and are sturdier, they do not break in half
when trying to feed the frogs.
I also have a Dubia roach breeding box, King worms and Garden Snails.
I have had NO luck with breeding Locusts, I am going to try again soon...also with Honey worms.
Last month I purchased 20 Madagascan Hissing Roaches (5 male 15 female)...but it was so tempting to feed Goober with some, so I have only 10 females now.
He loves them and they grow pretty large as you know. They normally cost around $4 each which is an expensive treat, so I thought breeding them is a better idea.
The thing is my Goober has become a spoilt brat, he used to love earthworms, then he refused to eat them. So I tried feeding him them with the earth still on them, he
ate them for a day or two then refused again. ALL he would eat was king worms which are way too rich for everyday feeding. Then he did the same with snails!
But then I got some Dubias and he is mad
on them now, refuses to eat anything else. I tried the old cruel to be kind thing, leaving him unfed until he gave in and ate something else. BUT he never gave in I did !!
He went 10 days turning his nose up at earth worms, crickets, king worms...just wanted roaches.
So that is what he has for now...Dubias.
Madagascans if and when they breed!
Pablo Pickle will eat anything you give, so the other stuff is not going to waste
I feed all the insects/worms on organic veg/fruit/oats/dry dog food and Calcium powder.
So I think my frogs eat well, indeed better than I do, I spend more on them than on myself
I live in Southern Spain, so if the weather is too hot or too cold no dealer will deliver live food because it dies.
I did not want to end up in a situation where I´d run out of food for my pets, so I started to breed some myself.
MAYBE at xmas or on their birthday I might give them a pinkie as a treat.
Anyway sorry for the long post, this is what I feed mine on.
Goober (5mths) and little Pablo Pickle (4mths)
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