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    Lol, no problem! And I just connected you with the cocci kitty post... lol. I was thinking, "Hmm, where else did I read about someone with frogs and kitties...?" I've been down with a respiratory bug for a week so lacking in sleep myself, lol. Here's info on the Grays in NC. I love GTFs, would love to have had some myself but our state doesn't allow them, *sniff*
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    4.4.0 White's tree frogs (Litoria caerulea): Sir Honey Lime, Bok & Choi, Martha, Shirley, Leapin' Loo and Ping & Pong; 0.2.1 Amazon Milk Frogs (Trachycephalus resinifictrix): Otto & Echo and Pip-Squeak aka Tiny
    2.0.0 South American Bird Poo Frogs (Hyla marmorata): Ribbit & Rupert


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    Hmm, if you have any diseased plants I've read in a thread here that frogs seem to like aphids. You might want to check the nutritional value though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by elly View Post
    Hmm, if you have any diseased plants I've read in a thread here that frogs seem to like aphids. You might want to check the nutritional value though.
    Good thought... except that they might have eaten off plants that were sprayed! One reason I won't feed wild caught bugs to my 'Phibs. I know these are wild froggies, but still...
    Mom to these fine frogs!
    4.4.0 White's tree frogs (Litoria caerulea): Sir Honey Lime, Bok & Choi, Martha, Shirley, Leapin' Loo and Ping & Pong; 0.2.1 Amazon Milk Frogs (Trachycephalus resinifictrix): Otto & Echo and Pip-Squeak aka Tiny
    2.0.0 South American Bird Poo Frogs (Hyla marmorata): Ribbit & Rupert


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    Quote Originally Posted by irThumper View Post
    Good thought... except that they might have eaten off plants that were sprayed! One reason I won't feed wild caught bugs to my 'Phibs. I know these are wild froggies, but still...
    I got the termites from under rotting logs on our property, we never use insecticides or even fertilizers. We didn't cut down all our trees and plant non native species of plants like just about everyone else around here does, not even a lawn. So we don't have harmful runoff. We live on top of a pretty big hill so we don't get other peoples runoff either.

    The nutritional value of termites is supposed to be pretty high and they are soft bodied so good for the babies.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DEW View Post
    I got the termites from under rotting logs on our property, we never use insecticides or even fertilizers. We didn't cut down all our trees and plant non native species of plants like just about everyone else around here does, not even a lawn. So we don't have harmful runoff. We live on top of a pretty big hill so we don't get other peoples runoff either.

    The nutritional value of termites is supposed to be pretty high and they are soft bodied so good for the babies.
    Sounds like you're good to go as far as bugs then, as long as there are still some able to be gathered with winter coming on!
    Mom to these fine frogs!
    4.4.0 White's tree frogs (Litoria caerulea): Sir Honey Lime, Bok & Choi, Martha, Shirley, Leapin' Loo and Ping & Pong; 0.2.1 Amazon Milk Frogs (Trachycephalus resinifictrix): Otto & Echo and Pip-Squeak aka Tiny
    2.0.0 South American Bird Poo Frogs (Hyla marmorata): Ribbit & Rupert


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    Quote Originally Posted by irThumper View Post
    Sounds like you're good to go as far as bugs then, as long as there are still some able to be gathered with winter coming on!
    I got my order from Josh's frogs and was able to separate the babies into groups of 20, so I finally know how many I actually have. 137! That is counting the remaining 9 tadpoles and the three froglets that should be getting out of the water within the next couple days.

    Luckily the termites are easy to find year round I think.
    If I don't get crickets soon I'll be in trouble.
    All I have is fruit flies. I have 3 active cultures, I am just getting ready to start my first two fruit fly culture kits, I got 20 and Zack said to start two every 2 weeks.
    ?
    With that many frogs I should probably grow crickets to shouldn't I?
    Besides, waiting for them in a pain in the A.

    By the way, I love the picture of Jelly Bean! too cute.

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    Thanks, I love my Jelly Bean! ^_^ Have you tried Armstrong's? Buy Live Crickets and Worms | Armstrong Crickets I've been thinking of culturing crickets myself, but that is just not something I'm going to be able to do in this apartment Right now I'm buying from Pet Smart but I'd like to get mine shipped in from Armstrong's eventually.
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    4.4.0 White's tree frogs (Litoria caerulea): Sir Honey Lime, Bok & Choi, Martha, Shirley, Leapin' Loo and Ping & Pong; 0.2.1 Amazon Milk Frogs (Trachycephalus resinifictrix): Otto & Echo and Pip-Squeak aka Tiny
    2.0.0 South American Bird Poo Frogs (Hyla marmorata): Ribbit & Rupert


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    Whew! (long, slow whistle). I have a single baby White's tree frog (1'' long) and so far I'm averaging about 5 tiny crickets a day. Which doesn't sound like a lot, except if you consider over a week and that a number of crickets will die off. I ordered 50 small dubias before I realized that they're going to last hardly any time at this rate and won't be enough to start a breeding colony. So yeah, I think you're going to need all the bugs you can get.

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    I'm sorry your not feeling well.Hate it when I am sick and still have to do stuff, there should always e someone to take over all of your chores and then wait on you hand and foot, I have an app that is a service bell, the last time I was sick my husband just happened to be home and I used the heck out of it, I love that app.

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    I'm also caregiver for my senior mom (who is a stroke survivor) so I could definitely use some help like that!! I forgot to add the link about the Grays... here it is Gray Treefrog - North Carolina
    Mom to these fine frogs!
    4.4.0 White's tree frogs (Litoria caerulea): Sir Honey Lime, Bok & Choi, Martha, Shirley, Leapin' Loo and Ping & Pong; 0.2.1 Amazon Milk Frogs (Trachycephalus resinifictrix): Otto & Echo and Pip-Squeak aka Tiny
    2.0.0 South American Bird Poo Frogs (Hyla marmorata): Ribbit & Rupert


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    Quote Originally Posted by irThumper View Post
    I'm also caregiver for my senior mom (who is a stroke survivor) so I could definitely use some help like that!! I forgot to add the link about the Grays... here it is Gray Treefrog - North Carolina
    You really do have your hands full.

    The Link to the NC frog page is what I originally used to find out what type frogs these were. We had the adults ( males) hanging around the pool all day so I had a good picture to go by, then listening to the calls was cool and a big help. A few days after I used the site the first time was when I saw the pickerel frog, I had never seen one before and it was so pretty, I was able to identify it by it's call, they really do sound like a person snoring ( believe me I know, lol) Unfortunately that was the only one I ever saw.

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