Feeding tiger legged frogs

[stephenjallsop]

Hi all recently bought some tiger legged monkey frogs. My question is what can i feed other than crickets? they are escaping like nout right. I know they need a varied diet just wondering what my options thanks in advance people.

[Cliygh and Mia 2]

Dubia roaches and small/chopped nightcralers

[stephenjallsop]

Thank you will they still wriggle when chopped?

[monster]

Ya if you cut them and get them to the frogs fast enough there is usually still some movement. Sometimes the odd piece will stop moving and its usually a middle piece, but there so flimsy its easy to recreate movement by just giving the tongs a little shake.

[stephenjallsop]

Ok thank you ill have a look for some

[LilyPad]

Not all tree frogs will take night crawlers, out of my 7 tree frogs, not even 1 has any interest in night crawlers. Crickets are a great feeder so long as they are dusted with vitamins and calcium. I gutload mine with fresh fruits and vegetables to make them more nutritious. If you're having problems with them escaping, either figure out where they're escaping and plug it, or bowl feed. Use a smooth glass bowl that is at least 1.5 inches deep. The crickets cannot get any traction to jump out and your frogs will learn that this is their feeding ground, and flock to it when they're fed.

Dubia roaches are another good feeder if you can find them.

[monster]

And another little trick with the crickets is take there back legs off, this way they cant jump to the higher parts of the tanks. They have to walk up the branches and leaves and when they are moveing that slow I don't think any will get buy your frogs. I use to have the odd escape when feeding my fire belly toads crickets and since doing it this way I haven't had one. Even if they make it to the top once they reach out to crawl the glass they fall, if they cant get to the top ledge were the hole would be they aren't getting out.

[stephenjallsop]

How many do people feed em? We have four so my misses put a fair few in......taking back legs of that many crickets would take a while

[monster]

I don't know how many to give this kind of frog because I don't own any treefrogs of any species, im more into the Horned Frogs. But I have 4 firebelly toads that when I feed I give about 4 to 5 crickets each max, so inbetween 16 to 20 crickets go in per feeding. And out of all honesty it only takes a couple mi nutes to get the back legs off of them. I put them all into a plastic bag and just starting picking them off with tongs, this way if you get 1 leg off a cricket and he runs you have another cricket there to pick at. If you put them in the bag one by one then ya it may take some time. Im pretty sure the glass bowl method mentioned is a pretty good way, or as suggested just cover the holes were they escape from if possible.