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    Hi there doganie , You have done a good job with your temporary home. Maybe drape the plant half in the water dish so your frog can get out easily. Your frog still has a part tail so it will be wanting to eat in a day or two. Im not certain that your frog will eat dead food. You will need a back up just in case. Fruit fly is great for young frogs. You will need a very fine netting over your enclosure so they dont escape.You may want to let the person know who you ordered your crickets from that most were dead. They may send you a replacement or look into another supplier. Just a thought, maybe you could put a branch in there for your frog to climb on. Make sure it's sterile first. Well done doganie

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    Thanks
    Yeah, I noticed that it had a hard time getting out of the water so I put some aquarium pebbles sloping down the side of it.
    I'll see if I can get some fruit flies since even the live crickets seemed really large for such a small frog.

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    Crickets range in all sizes when growing, so when you order ask for pin head crickets or slightly bigger. Give them the size you want in millimeters if you are not sure. They must be able to fit in your frogs mouth.

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    We are still using inches here. I know, so archaic. What you want for crickets are pin-heads to no bigger than 1/8" in size. Most stores do not sell these sizes. Petco (and I think Petsmart now) sell fruit fly cultures. Remember to dust your feeder insects and both crickets and fruit flies are lacking in nutrition.

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    Paul, you're in Washington right? Are there any places you know of near silverdale where I can get the right size crickets?

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    Quote Originally Posted by doganie View Post
    Paul, you're in Washington right? Are there any places you know of near silverdale where I can get the right size crickets?
    For newly morphed frogs you can get fruit flies at Petco. I have my crickets overnighted from Ghanns Cricket Farm or Josh's Frogs. You want 1/8" crickets because pinheads don't survive the trip very well.

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    Here are some new pics. I just want to make sure that if I buy the 1/8 inch crickets that it'll be able to eat them. Does it look big enough? Thanks for all the help everyone.
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