Feeding Options

[Mentat]

Myself would not take a chance with any small frog and phoenix worms. They pass mostly undigested and are an impaction threat .

[veggiemom]

I definitely don't want that. I've seen a few people say their frogs don't digest them, but no one reported any harm done to the frogs. But I don't take risks when it comes to my pets, so those are out. Thank you for the warning!

[Mentat]

I definitely don't want that. I've seen a few people say their frogs don't digest them, but no one reported any harm done to the frogs. But I don't take risks when it comes to my pets, so those are out. Thank you for the warning!

Any large undigested food can become an impaction risk. For example, the reason crickets sized same as distance between frog eyes, is not that the frogs won't eat the bigger ones; but that the undigested crickets head and hard parts can become an intestinal obstruction (impaction) if crickets are too large .

[veggiemom]

That's good to know! I'll have to have a chat with the husband and see what's going to work for us in terms of feeding, but hopefully I'll be able to get a few of these guys.

[badkelpie]

I would get dubias if I were you. The reason being, they are easier to keep. If you want to keep them on hand, you just put them in a container with some air holes and a carrot and they'll survive until they are all fed. Crickets die quickly and stink.

I've got the most simple way of feeding dubias (they will hide immediately if you just toss them in the cage). Now, granted I have a dubia colony, but it still works. I have a 2/3rds aquatic setup. I have 3 chunks of floating driftwood, each somewhere around 3"x4". I keep 2 pieces of driftwood in the colony, and one in the frog tank. Every 3 or 4 days, I take the driftfood out of the frog tank and replace it with a piece from the roach colony. Baby dubia LOVE wood, I don't know if they eat it or what, but the underside of the driftwood is usually covered with babies. Then the drift wood floats, the babies stay put, and the toads just hop on when they get hungry. You can also use a rock that protrudes from the water, and just put the dubias on that. They're smarter than crickets, so don't usually hop off.

[veggiemom]

Oh that's a smart idea! Thank you for the advice. I was planning on having a mostly aquatic setup with a few rocks for the land areas, so that would work out perfectly.