Care Sheet: Budgett's Frog

[Mentat]

Hello Sandy! Did you know there is a section for posting care sheets and from there they could be added permanently to care sheet article section: Care Sheet Proposals? Have a nice day and thanks for information !

[GrifTheGreat]

Hello Sandy! Did you know there is a section for posting care sheets and from there they could be added permanently to care sheet article section: Care Sheet Proposals? Have a nice day and thanks for information !

I made it into a sticky Carlos so it would remain at the top of the page and so I can go over it. I'm going to submit it to John and see if he approves.

[Sandy Bear]

I have a few other care sheets that I would like to submit as well, should I post them in the forums, or in the proposal section that Carlos suggested?

[GrifTheGreat]

I have a few other care sheets that I would like to submit as well, should I post them in the forums, or in the proposal section that Carlos suggested?

Go ahead and post them in the proposal section and I'll PM John about them.

[Namio]

Hi Sandy,
Since Ca/vitamin dusting is virtually impossible underwater so how would you get around that? Is there a way to get them to feed on land?
Thanks!

[Sandy Bear]

Adding supplements to a Budgett's frog diet is not impossible, just requires a little more effort.

If your frog is an eager feeder and jumps out of the water for his dinner, tong feeding dusted prey won't be a hassle

If your frog is a little more fussy, you may want to ask your vet for some syringes and inject the prey with the supplements prior to feeding him. I had to do this with medication for a frog that was sick one time.

Exoterra also makes a water conditioner that has calcium supplement added to it.

[Namio]

Adding supplements to a Budgett's frog diet is not impossible, just requires a little more effort.

If your frog is an eager feeder and jumps out of the water for his dinner, tong feeding dusted prey won't be a hassle

If your frog is a little more fussy, you may want to ask your vet for some syringes and inject the prey with the supplements prior to feeding him. I had to do this with medication for a frog that was sick one time.

Exoterra also makes a water conditioner that has calcium supplement added to it.

Thanks for the response, Sandy. I feel silly now because you reminded me of a simpler solution that I totally blanked out on: simply gut load the crickets with the yellow Calcium Gel from Fluker (do not have a water source available, this will force the crickets to eat the gel for hydration), then feed the crickets to the frog. The crickets can now be fed underwater without losing any Calcium that they obtained (as oppose to Calcium dusting the cricket).