Gray Treefrog / Hyla versicolor and H chrysoscelis caresheet

[John]

I noticed that no matter how much I worked ... some were just not meant to make it

This is absolutely true, unfortunately, and perfectly natural. Nature tries different approaches for each tadpole but many are failures.

[frog]

Just an FYI, I caught a wild Grey this year for the first time. I see the comments on feeding and with my brief experience with my Grey he does fine finding food in his tank with no help or feeding with tweezers. he adapted to captivity almost overnight and seem very happy. I just drop the food in his feed bowl, where sometimes he will wait there to be feed. what ever crawls out he hunts down at night or the next day.I do feed him wild caught moths,crickets, and any other small bugs i find as a treat, never any problems. Same diet he would have in the wild. I live on a large piece of property and don't use pesticides so i see no harm. I would not recommend wild caught food for close urban property's. Main diet of meal worms. He lives in a water/land tank with filtered water and live Safe for frogs plants. no water bowl. Hope this helps on feeding for anyone reading.

[Kurt]

I would feed him a little bit more than mealworms.

[frog]

What else do you recommend besides meal worms and and the occasional store bought crickets,Darkling Beatles and wild insects i listed before? This would be good to know because there are no wild bugs to catch in the winter.

[Kurt]

I was thinking crickets. I figured by your response that you are already using them. I would use them much more frequently than mealworms. They should be the staple food. You can also use cockroaches and earthworms of the appropriate size. You can also use waxworms occasionally, but not too much, they are high in fat count. You can also let waxworms mature into moths, treefrogs LOVE moths!!!

[Ra]

Just make sure to gut load your crickets 24 hours before feeding them to your frogs.
I think so far as care sheets go, this one is great. Very in depth.