Yet another new baby frog topic! I need your expertise please!

[NialR35]

I think I've had enough with crickets . Somehow they escape, and I've put tape in every possible hole in that little carrier, some die too fast and someone told me is from laying eggs, smell kinda bad and gut loading is kinda annoying..... Night crawlers seem to be easier and more nutritious as far as I know. Is it safe to buy them from Walmart? Do they go by a different name? Aren't they known as earthworms in some places too? I can't wait for my baby to slurp that like spaghetti!

[Lija]

wait, how come there no pics of your baby????? did you even post it? please do, for one we love pics and this way we can confirm ornate or cranwelli.

nightcrawlers are also known as dew worms, any bait store should have them, just make sure they're dye free.

[NialR35]

I will post a pic as soon as I'm able to get a good shot, he has been buried most of the time and comes out at night; but don't want to flash him but I'm on it.

Do you get your night crawlers at a bait store or online? any particular brands?

[Lija]

everywhere, doesn't matter. the bigger the better.

[danfrog]

I get my worms from the gas station where I buy my beer. Two in one shopping is awesome!

[NialR35]

Okay, for sure I will look into it because I hate when I see a random cricket running in my house.

As far as night crawlers, I heard African or Canadian are the best ones. Is there anything I need to know before buying these worms?

1) How do I care for them?
2) Do I have to gut load?
3) I heard you need to refrigerate them, but do they escape like crickets do? I would hate to find a random night crawlers inside my fridge, and my wife would kill me too.

Just let me know how you guys do this. I think I already had my share of crickets, night crawlers seem slower and clumsy. I just don't want them to escape! Just let me know how you guys do this.

[Lija]

lol, no they are not crickets, you won't be finding them in random places lol
1. you don't
2. no
3. you buy them, they are sold in plastic deli cups with soil. so you stick it in your fridge and take it out when you need them. they won't escape unless you're clumsy yourself and damp them inside your fridge and then will be too lazy to clean up and pick them up lol

[NialR35]

LOL@ Lija

Well I was browsing through other posts about night crawlers and some people were saying they are "ninjas" and could escape but I guess for a worm to escape using that tiny hole on the plastic deli cups then they must be really small?

DAMN! This sounds like too good to be true compared to crickets lol.

How do they live then if I don't have to feed them and how long do they last? Do I have to change their substrate? water? LOVE?! they don't need anything??!?! I mean there has to be something bad about this lol. If not, I'm going to walmart RIGHT NOW! It's just that much simpler than crickets? And the fact that they have a higher nutritional value makes it better!

[Lija]

hm... they sure need some love lol from pacs/pixies they'll get plenty of that
they can easily live in fridge for 3-4-6 month if need to, with occasional addition of a new substrate. so just make sure they are cold and moist . don't leave them in warm environment for longer, they'll die and start to stink. meaning you might want to get a cooler to transport them from a store if your car a/c is screwed.

[NialR35]

I see, any specific temps they need to be maintained at? My fridge just has a dial that says cool-cooler-coolest. So yea lol...

[danfrog]

Yeah if you leave nightcrawlers out, they will melt. Its a horrible smell.

[NialR35]

Ok...the only challenge is convincing her to let me store them in the fridge! lol. I do have another small room bridge that I barely use but it's pointless to waste electricity just to cool off one small item.

[danfrog]

Do not get these types. They secrete a nasty tasting toxin.

[Lija]

hide them in small compartment, we have one that is not see through lol

[NialR35]

hide them in small compartment, we have one that is not see through lol

Sounds like you hide yours too, don't you? lol

[Lija]

lol kind of, we have all kind of stuff in our fridge, frozen rodents in all sizes too but when we have friends over and they want something to grab from a fridge lol so we try to keep it hidden.

[danfrog]

I just threw my nightcrawlers behind the milk without asking or telling the wife. I figured it would be better for her to find them while I was at work.

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[Lija]

way to go lol

[NialR35]

Let me introduce my baby! ( Finally got some good shots) I haven't named him/her yet because I don't know what he is. I wanted to name him Koopa from Super Mario Bros but any suggestions would be nice!



Ornate, right? Is he going to look like a pancake with two cherries on top when he becomes an adult? All the cranwelli I've seen look like that hahahah. Are ornates pretty much the same?

[Lija]

yep ornate take a lot of pic, it will grow very very fast