Crazy as a box of frogs

[irThumper]

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...

[DEW]

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.

[irThumper]

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!

[DEW]

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.
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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.

[irThumper]

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.

[DEW]

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.

I don't remember if Armstrong's is one I tried, I will though.

[elly]

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.

[irThumper]

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.

How do you keep your crickets, Elly? You can extend lifetime of these guys by giving them their own enclosure and a constant source of food and water & clean out in between batches. I've had very little die off most of the time, when I manage to purchase good healthy crickets to begin with (*shakes fist at stupid Petco!*).

[elly]

They have their own enclosure and I give them pieces of carrots changed out every few days and water crystals. I had about five die off over a couple weeks.