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With that said, it was a christmas gift given to my daughter. He wont eat the small crickets? Petsmart stated that bloodworms are good? Any thought on that?
Blood worms are aquatic for the most part a leopard frog is semi-terrestrial. It finds its food OUT of the water. Also your worms are big why not try going to a bait shop? Ask for "red wrigglers" they are earthworms but just a smaller variety. They are healthy for them. Dubia roaches can be ordered online. Moths can be caught outside as well or you can buy a ton of wax worms and wait untill they morph into moths. Do not attempt to feed the frog a butterfly. Butterflies alot of them contain toxins in their wings which may harm your frog. Especially avoid the monarchs. If your backyard is absolutely pesticide free you could try to go out and catch grasshoppers. I did that once my toad prefers them over crickets. But again your frog is fixiated on a food which is no good.
If all else goes wrong try feeding meal worms. They are not the best food in my opinion because of their exoskelleton but for the time being its better than nothing.
Oh to answer your question. No you cannot chop the worms up. Frogs and toads eat by a feeding response which tends to be by movement and color(mainly movement). Only pacmans and african bullfrogs would eat anything dead(probably) since Ived seen some do it. Also cane toads but in captivity thats low. In any case your frog wont adapt to dead foods. There are many other things you can try feeding it as well. Theres:
Roaches
Worms(alot of different worms)
Moths
Grasshoppers
Crickets

Iam sure there are other foods out there.
Good luck.