Vitamin Question for GTF

[charlamanda]

Hi Julia, you know I didn't even think of that, glad you mentioned it. It's a vitamin supplement. I have a very good rapport with the owner and staff, they will actually stay open if I am running late and order anything I need, great place, I get a lot of bunny stuff and lots and lots of deer food there. It may just be that it wasn't selling, I've gotten things there before that were discounted or they just gave me that either wasn't selling and they needed the room(it's in the 2 car garage of a building) or the product was being repackaged or no longer being order or discontinued. I will call them to ask. Thanks again, It didn't even cross my mind, scary!

[Julia]

I only bring it up because on a different forum (for Chameleons) there was a huge outrage about pet stores selling expired vitamins. I think the verdict was that expired calcium is OK but mulit vitamins is not. I do not know how accurate the responses were, thats why I hoped one of the experts on this forum could chime in... Chameleons are super fragile creatures so it may effect them more then frogs. Sorry I can not give you a definite answer...I don't want to tell you something that I am not 100% sure about myself.

[bshmerlie]

I would personally leave them in their regular enclosure and use 2-3 cricket bowls with that many frogs. My latest two tree frogs were about an inch and I fed them everyday until they fattened up. You'll be amazed at how quick they grow. A cricket bowl is a small smooth class dish that is often used for dipping sauce and is about 3 inches round and an inch and half to two inches deep. Its smooth so the crickets can't cliimb out and tall enough where (believe it or not) they don't jump out. I would only isolate an individual in a smaller container to feed if I felt there was one that wasn't eating or getting his fair share. I've fed a skinny frog in a small cricket keeper to make sure he was eating and how much but it is not something you have to do unless you are concerned about a particular frog.

[charlamanda]

I would personally leave them in their regular enclosure and use 2-3 cricket bowls with that many frogs. My latest two tree frogs were about an inch and I fed them everyday until they fattened up. You'll be amazed at how quick they grow. A cricket bowl is a small smooth class dish that is often used for dipping sauce and is about 3 inches round and an inch and half to two inches deep. Its smooth so the crickets can't cliimb out and tall enough where (believe it or not) they don't jump out. I would only isolate an individual in a smaller container to feed if I felt there was one that wasn't eating or getting his fair share. I've fed a skinny frog in a small cricket keeper to make sure he was eating and how much but it is not something you have to do unless you are concerned about a particular frog.

Thanks, I've been trying to figure out another way to feed these guys. Where can I buy this bowl and do I leave them in the tanks or take them in and out for feedings only? I'd be worried that the crickets would jump out..seems a bit shallow, but I trust your info and will get them. Thanks again.

[bshmerlie]

Thanks, I've been trying to figure out another way to feed these guys. Where can I buy this bowl and do I leave them in the tanks or take them in and out for feedings only? I'd be worried that the crickets would jump out..seems a bit shallow, but I trust your info and will get them. Thanks again.

Justgo to walmart or target to the houseware section and the bowls are clear glass used for dipping. I only put the bowl in during feeding and take it out and clean it in the morning. The frogs will eventually be trained to go to the bowls for food. Mine will wait around that same spot until I come with food.

[charlamanda]

Justgo to walmart or target to the houseware section and the bowls are clear glass used for dipping. I only put the bowl in during feeding and take it out and clean it in the morning. The frogs will eventually be trained to go to the bowls for food. Mine will wait around that same spot until I come with food.

Awesome! I am sold. I will pick these up asap. Thanks.

[charlamanda]

Julia, your avatar pic, I assume is your frog? It's body is so chubby it looks like it's wearing a fat suit, the way the skin folds...I just love it and just want to pinch it,lovingly of course. I can't wait until my tiny babies are big and chubby, it's the way I love em!!!!! If it was my frog I'd be sqwishing it all the time, I wouldn't be able to control myself .