Hello Everyone,

New post now that I know what to ask.

I got my order from Josh's frogs, they said to separate the babies into groups of 20, I did and now 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.

Questions are;

*Twenty in a large funariunm ( Exo Terra's version of a critter keeper) is not too bad right now but when should I give them more space?

*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, Zack said to start two every 2 weeks. Will that be enough?
I did collect some termites, they were from our property and we use no pesticides ever. I read termites are a good food source, this time of year they are the only wild bugs I know I can feed.

*I can't get pinhead crickets, when I placed my order they were out and a couple other places said it was too cold to ship right now. Local Pet shops have crickets that are far to big.
Anyone know where I can get some now?!

* At the rate they are eating fruit flies should I be raising crickets too? Ordering them could get really expensive fast.

*At what rate will Grays grow? They are small now because they were a late clutch, some no bigger than my pinkie fingernail.

* What is the best way to handle them without hurting them? I was my hands like crazy before and after, but they are so little I am afraid of hurting them. I will be cleaning the enclosures daily so that is a lot of handling.


And last but not least,

* Does anyone know where I can get an ultra-fine screen ( like that used in the lids of the cultures by The Fruit Fly Company)? Or some other ultra fine mesh? Fruit flies are getting Everywhere! I need something to put on top of the enclosures that will breath.


Thank you for reading and any help will be greatly appreciated.

***(for anyone who did not read previous post, "Crazy as a box of frogs" and "Tons of froglets and tadpoles" or something like that.

I did not get these guys on purpose.
 I had a couple thousand tadpoles in my pool that I started feeding when I found them, They grew up and went off on their own.

I pressure washed the pool and got it all cleaned out hoping for a couple months of use but made the mistake of leaving a couple inches of water in it. the next evening there were tons more eggs.

A lot of the second group left on their own and then they just started dying when they got to the point that they should have left but the pool temp had dropped from 55 to under 33 degrees really fast.

Because they were dying I brought the rest in. At that point they were mostly tadpoles with just back legs.