Firebelly Feeding Question

[John]

How long have you had them? Has it always been this way? Is the brown one skinny? At a guess it sounds like the brown one might have eyesight problems.

[a1lane]

I've had them both for a couple of months now. She doesn't seem to be skinny, she looks healthy, most of the time she catches at least one. What I'm really concerned about is that I want to add a few more firebelly's to the tank but I'm afraid she could get starved out with more competition. Is there something else I could feed her or should I try putting her in her own tank and try to get her to eat from tongs?

[John]

should I try putting her in her own tank and try to get her to eat from tongs?

That should work if she is somewhat tame. It might be your only alternative.

[into]

you could put her in a rubber maid container with a vented lid and place a cricket or two in with her and observe how/when she reacts to them. i don't know about fire bellies but my green tree frogs won't except crickets from tongs yet. I usually put them in one at a time to make sure each gets their share.. and you'll better understand their behavior and technique. With my GTF, The timid one is actually more agressive about eating, as soon as he is placed in the container, BOOM! one leap and the cricket is in his mouth. The other, the tamer one, will watch them for a few seconds, sometimes doing 90 degree body adjustments as the cricket races around the outer rim. Then there's Dumper, the whites, he just crams and jams them into his mouth with his hands.