Crickets fight back

[Whistly]

Hi earlier today I put a cricket in with my frogs after a few mins it decided to walk up to one of the ferns BIG mistake number one, all 3 of my frogs were there and they were watching it the moment it hit the ground. It stopped then walked again BIG mistake two Camo lunged grabbed it by the abdomen perfect place to hold it took about 10 seconds to get it down to just the head remaining but unfortunately this is where the life saving factor came in to play. The cricket was on it's back and decided to fight back it bent it's head down and bit Camo's nose which Camo wasn't expecting and the shock on Camo's fae was priceless but unfortunately it did this a few times so Camo spat it out and it went flying through the air. Now Camo is terrified of crickets.

The purpose of this is to ask is it safe for me to feed crickets to my frogs or will they fight back too much?

Thanks Luke

[Froggiestyle]

which type of frogs do you have btw???

crickets are a common food for frogs. dont think he is scared of him but u could try him on some woodies (roashes) i havnt heard that woodies aint high in protein so i dont see why frogs cant have them on a daily bases

[Whistly]

Hi Froggiestlye thanks for the reply.
I have 3 Green and Golden Bell frogs all of them are about 4 months old. My frog Camo is the biggest so far at 3.2cm and the cricket was 2cm. Normally my 2nd biggest frog who I haven't been able to measure yet but I can see is smaller takes on crickets nearly 3cm and wins.

By woodies/roashes do you mean woodlice(sorry diffrent country diffrent names)? If you do I have a colony set up in the enclosure which is their staple diet I know that their shells are high in calcium which is good. I throw in 3 crickets and leave them and when all 3 have been eaten I put another 3 in sometimes theyhave lasted a week with only one eaten so I put them back in with the other crickets. Yesterday I saw a pair of crane flys and thought those would be easy food it took about 5 mins of jumping up high to eventually get one but then Tim Tam came out of nowhere flying through the air and grabbed the other on Tim Tam is about 2.5cm.

[Froggiestyle]

ok nice man i have 3 of my own as well and they only 3 n a half months old.

they are only marsh frogs, but have a tank setup for brown tree's and i really cant find some anywhere unless i travel miles haha.

man they go HARD on crickets they love these things they have no worries in the world in catching crickets these crickets are only around 1.5cm in length.

one of my marsh frogs is only 1.6cm in length and the other 2 are about 2.1cm in length.

my girlfriend also called them mermit 1, 2, 3 lol stupid huh

[Whistly]

Lol silly names.
Speaking of Brown Tree frogs (Whistling Tree frogs) I thought my frogs were Whistlers (hence my nickname) because the shop had labeled them wrong, but Ebony set it straight. I thought that you could have gotten Browns easily being a native and all, they originate from SE Australia and Tasmania so you could probably find some wild if you live there.
What's a marsh frog? Perhaps a photo please.

[Froggiestyle]

this is a marsh frog

[Whistly]

That is an awesome frog I want one lol. It has the same head shape as Tim Tam, you should set up an album of them and their enclosure.

[Froggiestyle]

ive had these guys for 2 weeks now and i am making them an enclosure of real plants and stuff like that just finishes silicone'd the tank for the water divider it should all be dont by tomorrow night. then i can

these frogs only cost $4 in a pet shop these are the cheapest frogs you can get in australia

How big is your enclosure for your little guys?

got any pictures of it?

[Whistly]

My enclosure is 61cm long 30cm tall and 38cm wide.
I'm looking to put a bromeliad in the front right corner, and I want something to utilize the space in the top so they can climb.

[Froggiestyle]

yeh thats the same size as my marshies tank.

looking nice little bare tho, what did you use for your substrate for your land????

[Whistly]

I used organic soil so I didn't get any unwanted chemicals in it.

[Ebony]

My enclosure is 61cm long 30cm tall and 38cm wide.
I'm looking to put a bromeliad in the front right corner, and I want something to utilize the space in the top so they can climb.

Hey Luke nice set up.
I think you have room for some fake plants with suckers that you can attach to the sides to hang down and look good as well as may help with your frogs colouring brightening up. You can find a nice long piece of drift wood or mango wood that could run across one corner of the tank to the other corner and sitting up higher. Your frogs love to climb so will enjoy it as well.

[Froggiestyle]

how often do you have to clean the tank out like that???

[Whistly]

Thanks Ebony
I think I will get some fake plants. Where can I get some that hang down?

Froggiestyle I clean it out completely every 4 months I cleaned it out completely about a month ago. I spot clean as much of the poo as I can find and I use a 60ml syringe to drain the water away every weekend and replace it with rain water. For some reason there seems to be about 15 ants in the enclosure I don't know where they came from but I just leave them as they eat any dead insects.

[Froggiestyle]

ok sweet looks good man. here is my enclosure with a drainage layer easy to maintain plants plus when i installed the sprinkler system would be much easier save it flooding lol

frogs.org.au Community :: View topic - My Tank now with drainage layer.

i have posted it on another forum as they all wanted to see it.

Hope you like it

[Whistly]

That's looking great, nice idea with the mesh.

[Froggiestyle]

i thought so 2 just to stop the substrate mixing with the rocks.

[Whistly]

I had them in one of those plastic pet tanks when they were tadpoles then I bought the tank they are in now which was about 4 months ago but now I'm bidding on a MASSIVE tank that I hope to win. It's 132cm long 32cm tall and 38wide and it comes with a stand so far it's at $12.00 that's right twelve dollars. Now that's a tank. I won't need to get another tank for them ever again woo hoo.

Froggiestyle and Ebony do you have any ideas on what I can do It's not like I don't have enough space to experiment with.

But I best not count my chickens before they've hatched as I've not won it yet. I will create a new thread asking for ideas in a couple of hours IF I win it.

[Froggiestyle]

that tank would probly go for at least $300 in sure correct me if im wrong.

same sort of idea as your other one but more plantation and more stuff they can climb on.

even if its stuff from outside just soak it in water for 2 or 3 days incase there is any parasites in it. plus you could use expanding foam to join them together but you must cover the foam in either coco peat, peatmoss which is the best.

when looking for a silicone to do it make sure the silicone is a natual cure as it doesnt cure and still be toxic.

maybe even a waterfall to stablise the humidity as you would have a heater in the water now anyways.

make sure there is alot of hiding spots for them and alot of stuff they can climb.

[Whistly]

Dam it I didn't place the bid on time I was about 5 seconds too late and it only went for $38.50