Red-Eyed Tree Frog Proper feeding. Help please!

[bshmerlie]

Welcome to the forum Fixall. It sounds like you are doing a fantastic job with your new frogs. When you get a chance post a picture of your frogs and their enclosure. As far as feeding goes...the good thing about red eyes is they never really seem to get fat. I feed my guys as much as they want. You said small crickets so im assuming these are not pinhead crickets. I feed quarter inch crickets and sometimes slightly larger. Basically...look at the distance between their two eyes and that should be the appropriate size. Its great that you have them eating from a feeding dish. It helps you to monitor them eating at the same time prevents crickets from getting lost and dying in the enclosure. So bottom line is don't worry about over feeding them. They are still growing and as they get older they will regulate themselves. If they start looking too chubby trim it back. But it sounds like they are active and eating well so don't mess with perfection and keep doing as you're doing. Unlike some other frogs red eyes don't tend to have an obesity problem. Again just look at their body shapes and adjust accordingly. Also make sure you have a shallow soaking dish for them with just treated tap water. Change out the water every morning so it will be fresh for them the next night. I think you will find frogs to be very fascinating animals to keep. Just watch out it can become an addiction. There is a whole frog world out there....thanks for joining us. Check out the red eye care article on the left.

[Leefrogs]

welcome to the forum. Glad to have you, you're really involved in a great endevor. So glad you cured them on your own. I've never seen picures of oodinium. If you happened to have some to post, I would like to see them. I have two cousins to the reds, yellow eyes, and they're a little smaller than yours, and they eat 1/4 inch crix also. Cheri was right on, feed them all they want. Mine have grown 1/4 to 3/8 inch in two weeks, so expect them to grow very fast, they need the food. Mine are just starting to fill their bones out, and looking a little chunky.