Queries regarding whites tree frog.

[Weiyo]

I've decided to go with dubia instead. Don't really like the looks of Turkistan as they looks really similar to those common pest roaches. Turkistan moves fast I'm afraid I couldn't handle them. Turkistan lay eggs gonna get messy and dirty fast.

But damn... from what I read about dubia, seems like they breed and mature really slow. Gonna be patient for my colony to stabilize.

[elly]

It did take patience, you're right. I had to feed crickets mostly for about a year and a half. But then I started with very small roaches and had to wait for them to grow up and then wait for the babies to grow big enough to feed the frogs. Now that the colony has many adults I have a steady supply and there are always enough the right size to feed the frogs.

[Weiyo]

It did take patience, you're right. I had to feed crickets mostly for about a year and a half. But then I started with very small roaches and had to wait for them to grow up and then wait for the babies to grow big enough to feed the frogs. Now that the colony has many adults I have a steady supply and there are always enough the right size to feed the frogs.

I have someone telling me on fb that dubia has sharp legs and might hurt the frogs. I need to keep the Dubia's male to female ratio at 1:4 if not the males gonna kill each other. Is that true?

[daybr4ke]

I've never had either of those problems. The adults' legs are a little pokey, but the frogs handle them fine. Never had males fight or anything. As for growth, I started my colony in June. The strategy for Dubias is to buy a group of adults, a group of mediums, and a group of smalls for your colony and then buy more adults every couple months or so until your population starts reljably growing. It does take a while, but once they get going its fine. I still can't feed out of mine lol

[elly]

The males won't fight each other but some people suggest more females than males because sometimes males eat the young ones, supposedly. But I haven't noticed.

The size dubia you'd feed a white's tree frog doesn't seem to have sharp legs. I've touched them and they feel okay.