Whistling tree frog eggs (Litoria ewingii) 18-8-10

[jtay]

i've just got a few developing ewingi eggs at the moment and i've had a few baby tree frogs last year but i only kept them for a few weeks and i never saw them eat and i was wondering what do you feed your baby tree frog once they metamorph? i was thnking small flies?

Hi dlordoftheflies,

Yes, small flies are ideal. More precisely fruitflies, Drosophila melanogaster. One can purchase the wingless variety in pupae form that readily hatch from a container within the frog enclosure. Alternatively you can culture your own Drosophila rather easily, although the wild type have wings.
Biosuppliers sells the ready-to-go containers, these can be ordered directly and couriered, or you can get them from a good pet store.
Mind that freshly morphed frogs generally don't eat for a while (a week or 2?) until they have absorbed and utilised the tail remnants. Once that is complete they will require a fairly constant/frequent supply of food.
Hope that helps.

Jess

[dlordoftheflies]

for anyone interested in finding out more information about raising litoria ewingi from egg, im putting together a similar daily log of my litoria ewingi eggs, http://www.frogforum.net/blogs/dlord...le-part-1.html
and heres a video of 2 week old ewingi tadpoles seem as ebony didnt end up uploading hers: