Hopper is a BOY!!

[Mentat]

Hi Lisa! Would not worry about frog poop unless his right side is noticeable larger than left or frog stops eating. Are you using food supplements on crickets? Those Fluker's orange cricket cubes are their worst product. Recommend get quality cricket food (i.e. Repashy Bug Burger) or feed them carrots, lettuce, and cherios .

[LisaGarcia]

The orange cubes were all they had at the time. I will be ordering bug burger on payday. I was able to get the rapashy calcium plus. I have been dusting every feeding. 4 at night and 3 in the morning. The morning dusting is with the left over dust from the night before. He is still hungry ALL the time.. Has been "diving" for the crickets since I took the bowl out and getting mouthfulls of paper towels. I am wanting to put the bowl back in but he's currently all alone in there and I think he'll get bored. I picked up a new combo meter today and a night heat light, the National Geographic one. He was really cold to touch last night while cleaning out his tank. The humidity in my house is currently 54% and his paper towels are still damp so humidity wise I know he's ok. I just worry about the heat. I tend to be cold in anything under 75 degrees so I feel that he is too. I'll post an update once I clean out his tank tonight and feed him.

[Lija]

Lisa, if I were you I wouldn't waste my money on stuff to feed your crickets whatever you have in your fridge will do: carrots, oranges, etc. It is healthier too.

[LisaGarcia]

Potatos?? Supper hubby might have a cow if I slice up one of his precious oranges.. Will they eat the peel? Apples?? Just any fruit or veggie?

[LisaGarcia]

Well, nevermind that previous post.. Super hubby is cracking open an orange right now and will be saving me a slice for the crickets! He is also going to be cutting up a potato tomorrow and will be saving a piece of that too! LOL he shocks me sometimes. lol Guess that's why he's super hubby! Keeps me on my toes

[Lija]

Not potatoes apples - sure, lettuce, any greens, carrots. They will eat cherios too, but then you need to have a water source.
I feed mostly lettuce and carrots.

[Lija]

Lol Lisa, he is awesome!

[LisaGarcia]

Hoppers temps stayed above 74 last night! The humidity was down to 47 this morning so I will add a little "extra" water to the paper towels tonight. He did NOT like the little baby crickets I got. He ate them but looked at me like "that's it?"

[LisaGarcia]

Well, I got home early today, Went to check in on Hopper and he is OUT of his hide. He is light green and sleeping under the fake plant. His temp is 80 and humidity is 70 ( I am thinking this is a little too high). I am heading up there to clean out his tank early but wanted to eat my late lunch first. I got to the bottom of the stairs and he started singing! Second time we have heard him croak! That means were doing something right, right? Still no poop out in the open yet. I gave him a 5 min warm water soak in boiled de-clor water last night. If I don't find any today I will try again tonight after he wakes up.