What else can I feed whites tree frogs?

[elly]

Maybe if your frog grew up to be a very large on with a head width of about 1.5. That doesn't sound like a lot written down, but it would be a kind of big frog.

[daybr4ke]

If you want to feed them a cicada I'd try to find a small cicada, around maybe between 0.5-1 inch? Closer to 0.5 would be better. I dont know if they even emerge at that size, what species of cicada we're talking about, etc. I dont even know much about cicadas. Just for the record you do run the risk of transmitting parasites from wild insects to your frogs. Admittedly this is not the end of the world, but you'll probably have to deworm them eventually if you feed them wild insects. I feed my Woodhouse's toads wild bugs sometimes(grasshoppers, and some pillbugs) because I caught them in the wild. They really love termites and crane flies(mosquito hawks etc. Lots of names).

[elly]

I think some parasites can build up in soil, so if you have a permanent tank substrate that you don't want to change that's something to consider. In the wild, having some parasites can be fine but in a small enclosed tank they can keep infecting the same frog until it's carrying way too many and gets sick.

I fed my white's a wild caught grasshopper before I knew better and had to treat him for diarrhea caused by excessive protozoa. The grasshopper might have been the cause.

I don't know that feeders sold in stores are without parasites of their own, but if the bugs are brought up in captivity they're at least probably less likely to come into contact with say, hookworms. Some people get crickets from the wild and breed them a couple generations in a clean environment to try to reduce the amount of parasites, but breeding crickets is difficult and crickets are rather smelly.