Quote Originally Posted by Heatheranne View Post
Andaroo,

Because I love my frogs, I have msg'd one of the best breeders in the states and asked of his advice. I am not going to argue with anyone, especially here on the forum. I always do what is best for my frogs and will continue to further my education for them. I have not only learned from some of the best breeders, but have learned from vets and read weekly. I have read the Merck amphibian care manual and articles, Amphibian Ark's care guidelines, learned from a great herpetologist here at the forum and who has several years of experience not only in care but with testing, and more. I have several saved/read articles, online journals and books. I never trust in just routine care articles on the net without comparing data and discussing care with others. I have rescued 9 sick frogs with the aide of a herp vet. However, I am always open to new and updating care guidelines. For this reason I have consulted a knowledgeable breeder on this topic.

I have, again, reread data as to the total fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, and HDL fats in common insect feeders and mice (crickets, roaches, worms, waxworms, mealworms, etc.) The data shows that the insects high in fat cause lipid keratopathy, as I already knew. Mice do also. Crickets fall within the middle zone of feeders, with waxworms high and earthworms and night crawlers as low. This I already knew. To aide in this issue, feeding your crickets a balanced diet of rinsed fresh fruits, veggies, and leafy greens will lower their fat content, and feeding them carbs raises their fat content. So, you can tweak their nutritive value just a bit.

I will update after speaking with this breeder as to any further recommendations after discussing this with him. My goal will be to determine the best feeders and feeding schedule.

To be continued...
I'm not arguing with you I was just giving you advice and you have clearly taken it the wrong way spewing facts at me and how much you read and who you have spoken to and such. I don't care about all that I'm telling you what I experienced and I do feed my crickets fresh kale, oranges and carrots and thats it, I never feed them anything carby or fatty. I know that adult crickets are fattier as their abdomen is bigger. Sometimes peoples actual experiences aren't documented in any books or breeders haven't had these issues and such. Like I said earlier I have had a few issues with red eyes when I first started keeping them that I researched for hours and could not find anything about the issue anywhere. I went to several "experienced frog" vets and spoke with lots of experienced people and they all didn't know what the hell was wrong. I keep these frogs at home with me for 5 years I see them every night, I haven't just read about them or taken courses like most vets or herpetologists or breed them for the sake of making a few extra $$$, they are my pets. I saw things like the territorial shaking the males do to each other years before it was even documented. If I had been told what I have told you back when I first started I would have appreciated the advice, not argued against it and would never fed larger crickets or waxworms as treats and this eye problem would never have happened. If you are so knowledgeable can you come up with an explanation of why my frogs eye went like this if you don't think that its down to feeding crickets? You were the only one to respond to my post on here when I asked a few months ago, you said it was an infection, you were wrong it wasn't an infection at all. If it was the frog would have been dead by now, not lasted over a year after the problem presented itself.