Thank you for the reply. I am feeding them every other day. It has been about 3 weeks now that I have had them, and did notice in the first week I was over feeding them by a long shot. After the first week I decided to clean the tank and do some rearranging. It was at this time I came across about 11 crickets hiding under stuff. I removed them from the tank (and set them free) and went to the local petstore to get some smaller crickets.
I was buying 10-15 at a time, some were smallish, but the majority were (in my opinion) to large for my frogs to handle. I witnessed this first hand when a cricket stumbled past a hidden frog, and lost a leg as he tried to flee the grasp of the frog - I knew then these crickets I was buying were to large for my frogs.
I again made a purchase from the petstore - only this time I selected my own crickets from the tub they had, and tried to get as small as possible.
After looking online I found a local seller of crickets who sent me 150 1/8 size for 4.99 - but I paid 17 in shipping as it I wanted the crickets straight away, so for me it was worth it.
The frogs do seem to like the smaller food source. I figured I would try out some meal worms as well, but those were not a hit at all. I since put those in my bird feeder, and bought 150 small phoenix worms to give as a treat now and again. I have not yet tried these out with my frogs - and after reading some issues with these worms, I may not use them at all - just more feed for the local bird population - lol.
I will keep an eye on what is left in the tank - as of right now - all the crickets appear to be gone, so I may add a few more just to satisfy my curiosity that the frogs (Bob and Bill - my son named them) are getting enough to eat. I do not want fat frogs, but I do not want them to go hungry either.
Again, thanks for the reply.





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