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    dbolack
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    Default Fruit Fly alternatives for froglets?

    Assuming I'm using the correct name for the stage when they crawl out of the water "for good" - is there any other recommended foods beyond fruit flies for them? I haven't noticed pinhead crickets available locally and fruit flies squick my highly tolerant wife enough if I can avoid having them in the house it is a good idea.

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    Default Re: Fruit Fly alternatives for froglets?

    About the only thing I can think of that might work are white worms / grindal worms, but they would need to be small ones. The simple truth is frogs eat insects and there's no way of getting away from that.
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    Default Re: Fruit Fly alternatives for froglets?

    Quote Originally Posted by John View Post
    About the only thing I can think of that might work are white worms / grindal worms, but they would need to be small ones. The simple truth is frogs eat insects and there's no way of getting away from that.
    She's okay with the live food. It's just fruit flies she has an issue with. Going to see if I can find some pinheads at the two shops I haven't tried yet. We have lots of grasshoppers the size they'd eat in the yard but those little buggers are a bear to catch.

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    Default Re: Fruit Fly alternatives for froglets?

    There are bean weevils, but they should not make up the staple of your frog's diet (high in chitin). If you culture your own waxworms, then you would have some small enough for your frogs, but like the weevils they should not make up the staple (high in fat).

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