Hello everyone on this wonderful and helpful forum!
About a month ago I was at the local pet shop picking up some new toys for Veda the Ball Python when I noticed the two most adorable (but a little sickly) Red-Eyed Tree Frogs I had ever seen. They were sleeping side by side underneath the same leaf. They were just little guys, one about an inch and a half and the other just ever so slightly larger. The pet shop owner explained to me how he thought they were male and female judging by the noses and the fact he'd only heard the smallest sing. He said they were too young to tell but he liked to think of it that way as the smallest frog followed the other around like a lost puppy.
Then he told me he was worried about them because they both had a case of Oodinium that he couldn't seem to get rid of (the tank looked clean). Knowing I had a couple extra tanks Veda had outgrown (she's a shade over 5ft now!) he offered to give the pair to me for no charge with the promise to do my best for them.
Using the excellent info found on this forum, I treated the frogs with a spring water bath. Later I upgraded to a distilled water and chamomile bath. That seemed to do the trick. The oodinium is gone, they are more active, and they seem to be thriving (the smaller one still sleeps wherever the other sleeps, and i've still only heard the smaller frog call).
Now that you know their story, this is where we need your help!
I've scoured the Internet looking for advice on how much and how often to feed them but it seems EVERYONE has a different answer. Some say 3 or 4 small/pinhead crickets each, every day. Some say every other day, some say as many as they will finish in one night... Which is it?
I had been feeding them 4 small crickets each every other night, but I noticed on off nights they would both be sitting on the edge of the feeding bowl, waiting. So I bumped it up to 3 crickets apiece, every night. I watched them for a week or so and noticed after eating they wait on the dish for a few hours looking for more. I then bumped it up to 5 small crickets per frog every night. Same result. So tonight I started with 12 smalls total for the two of them. They made quick work of them, went to soak and defecate, and then went back to hunting in their food dish. I added 4 more and they ate these also... This is where I stopped... And this is where we are now.
What do I do? It seems they have an insatiable appetite and I don't want them to eat themselves to death. Is this normal? Could they have worms? All other habits seem to be normal.
*note about food*
I'm feeding them small crickets gut loaded with Fluker's Orange Cube Complete Nutrition food and dusted every other feeding with reptocal with D3.





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