Can feeding crickets carrots change my frog's color?

[DVirginiana]

I've recently changed my crickets' diet from oatmeal to crickets, and I've noticed my frog's yellow and orange markings showing up a lot brighter.

I know FBTs can get a lot brighter if you feed their crickets carrots, but does the same happen with pacmans? Just wondering if anyone else had noticed anything like that, or if it's just how his colors are changing with age.

[Tony]

Beta carotene is fairly effective in improving yellows and some oranges, but it won't do much for reds and red-toned oranges. Astaxanthin and canthaxanthin are two of the better ones for those colors. I like to supplement with Repashy SuperPig because it contains a wide variety of carotenoids that will help throughout the yellow/orange/red spectrum.

[John]

That's good advice from Tony. Carrots will do virtually nothing for a frog's pigment.

[Greg M]

I gutload with Repashy Insect Gutload ILF and supplement with Repashy Calcium plus ICB, both of which contain the Superpig mix of carotenoids. Dubia will happily live and reproduce on the gutload with some fresh vegetables (I use sweet potatoes). I have noticed that my horned frogs are bright and colorful, even an older female green Cranwell's horned frog. My albino Woodhouse's toad actually looks more orange than most I see pictured.

[DVirginiana]

I wasn't really trying to change his coloration, but that's good to know! He's still changing color and is looking different every day now.