(Try saying that 3 times fast. :P)
I have young frogs who are still very small. They can only eat fruit flies right now and I'm finding it really difficult to find a regimen that works just right.
I put my frogs (3) into a separate feeding container together, and then I drop the flies in with them. This is the method I've been using recently:
This is the container of flies I got online. Specifically at snailtail.com:
I cut out the mesh from one of the breathing holes and put tape over it, like a bandaid so the flies don't stick to the tape over the hole.
Then when I'm ready to feed my frogs I put a little plastic vial over the hole and let the flies crawl into the vial.
Then once I've got the desired amount of flies in the vial I plug the vial with a cotton ball and set up my frogs in their container. Then I basically unplug the cotton and tap the flies into the container.
I guess what frustrates me the most about this technique is that I never do get my desired amount of flies in the vial.
I just really don't know what to do with these huge containers of flies to where I can feed my frogs without getting flies EVERYWHERE as well as keeping my frogs contained while I'm dropping the flies in their feeding container.
I just can't wait until my frogs are big enough not to have to eat these darn things ever again!!!! Can anyone tell me how long that may take? For them to maybe get big enough to eat small crickets? I have gray tree frogs btw.
The whole point of this post is to see what kind of ideas I can get about efficient ways of doing this. You see what I've got to work with, so PLEASE help me get creative with a cool solution for this!