When to introduce crickets to FBT?

[skottiesgerl]

No meal worms. Get crickets no bigger than the space between his eyes. Get rid of the gravel, he can/will eat it by accident and get impacted.

Here is a care sheet for you - Frog Forum - Fire-Bellied Toad Care and Breeding - Bombina orientalis and relatives

Thank you for the care sheet. I did read it a little earlier before posting but must have skimmed over the size of the food but it mentions meal worms as food source for them Can you tell me why you think I should not feed them meal worms? Just curious. and yes my first stop after work is to purchase a different rock source..... Just upset i spent 16.00 on 25 lbs of gravel!!! But live and learn

thanks again

[skottiesgerl]

Never mind... was reading other posts and threads and found the answer to meal worm question... hard to digest and not very nutritionous. Well now I am on a hunt to find crickets that small... yikes... and the dust.

Should have read more before asking.

[LilyPad]

Call around a few pet stores and see what they have or order online

[skottiesgerl]

Call around a few pet stores and see what they have or order online

I did find some tiny crickets and the dust. took them home dusted and put 3 in the tank. I am noticing something odd.... he or she grabs one in his mouth starts to eat it and then spits it out. Once it is dead he has no interest in it. I thought maybe it was a one time thing because I know Pet Smart was feeding them meal worms but he or she is also doing that with her meal worms. (I am doing the ween off thing from meal worms to crickets) Does this seem odd behavior? He or she chases the cricket attacks the cricket takes one chomp and hand push into mouth then drops it and has no interest in it any more also did it this morning?

[skottiesgerl]

I did find some tiny crickets and the dust. took them home dusted and put 3 in the tank. I am noticing something odd.... he or she grabs one in his mouth starts to eat it and then spits it out. Once it is dead he has no interest in it. I thought maybe it was a one time thing because I know Pet Smart was feeding them meal worms but he or she is also doing that with her meal worms. (I am doing the ween off thing from meal worms to crickets) Does this seem odd behavior? He or she chases the cricket attacks the cricket takes one chomp and hand push into mouth then drops it and has no interest in it any more also did it this morning?

Anyone??