Food for Kassinas?

[Kerry1968]

Thanks Kurt, I guess I thought the varied diet the crickets have would be enough. I read somewhere that you can use ground down cuttlefish (like budgies use) to put calcium in or on your crickets. With the rest of the food the crickets get would this cover everything needed?
How long can you keep mealworms for, if I'm only to offer them occasionally? And how d'you store them?

[daydreaming]

i have tried mealworms as the shop i bought the frogs from were being fed them but since i have got them they point blank refuse to even look at them.

I feed them crickets and locust.


I feed up the crickets a gutloaded pro formula that i got off the internet and i have a calcium powder. with the calcium powder i use one of the smal plastic bags that you get from supermarkets to put veg or fruit in as they have no holes and i put in a couple of spoonfuls of the calcium powder, shake until they are all covered and then put them in the fridge for about 10 mins as this slows the crickets down and i feed them late at night about 9pm every 2-3 days and the frogs stalk them its great to watch. i have also found that if i spray their tank 20 mins before feeding the frogs seem to know whats coming and they all sit in their feeding spots.maybe this would help also get them into a routine and help to hand feed them in the future, esp if they are shy but routine is good with most animals.

if im not feeding them i tend to mist them earlier in the afternoon so they dont start giving me evil looks.

[Kerry1968]

Thanks for the tips on feeding, I'll try that, I think perhaps I'm feeding my two too many crickets too often. If I reduce it down to every couple of days and get them used to a certain time then perhaps all the crickets will get eaten (especially if they're slowed up with the refrigeration! Mwaaa haaaa haaa!)

[daydreaming]

I have found my white's are just pig's no matter how much you out in they just don't care.

Have you got any image's of your frog's.

oh I have bought stuff from 888reptile (they also sell kassina maculata) also another company called swell. I know 888reptile sell live food and they sell fruit flies which I haven't yet tried but I may see how they go down with them.

[Kerry1968]

This is the link for the first post I wrote which also has pictures of my frogs and their tank.
I'll look up 888reptile, thanks.

http://www.frogforum.net/introductio...ducing-me.html

[daydreaming]

I like the fact in the first picture the frog looks like its smiling, mine always seem to look as if they have a really sarcastic tone. they dont smile they just stare at me as if saying why are you looking at me.

I should be doing my tank up tomorrow when my order get's delievered, got a new branch and a fake branch that can be manipulated into any position, also got a fake orchid and im adding in a bromeliad. should be fun to see if it all fits in.

[Kurt]

Also would like to point out that Rep-Cal makes cricket shakers and of course supplements. They are much easier to use over a plastic bag. Make that your frog is getting vitamins D3 & A, as well as calcium.

Keeping and culturing mealworms is easy. Get yourself a plastic shoe box, lay in a substrate of bran (or oatmeal), a few slices of potato or carrot, and of course, mealworms. Let a few mature into beetles and they will make more mealworms.

You can also try other commercially available feeder insects such as waxworms and roaches. Beware though, roaches can scale glass and may escape.

[daydreaming]

i have never seen or heard of those. kind of makes sense that bits like this is out there on the market.

[Kurt]

I have one of these and another similar one that I got years ago. I believe the older one was made Mardel.