Quote Originally Posted by Lija View Post
Corey- it is pretty simple, none of the frogs has similar growth rate as a horned frogs and african bullfrogs, they double, triple, etc their size/weight in a matter of weeks to the point that one day you have tiny 1" baby, 3 weeks later the baby is over 2" and in 1-2 month the baby is not a baby anymore and you can"t comprehend when did that happened. In order to grow this fast they need insane amounts of nutrition and supplementation, including Ca, however it all has to be balanced, thus dusting every other day and always gut loaded crickets( dubia) or worms, etc. I always gut load crickets for 1-2 days before feeding off.

and i agree with Carole too, with frogs as with exotics in general there is so so much unknown, no matter how much you know, no matter how experienced you are, you are still constantly learning something new. Talking of which, Grif, I'm looking forward to read that article too.

Lovenokia - don"t panic as i said before do not dust crickets yet, offer them plain and simple, same size as he used to eat before tonight again, and the next night, these little buggers sometimes just love to test our patience, I'm sure he"ll come around.
Lija,

You know that would explain alot. Hmmm I never knew the growth rate of a horned frog. I just know that my whites dumpys are hard to keep up with. Not even 2 months old and they are already eating large crickets. As a subadult at 6 months old they are eating adult dubia roaches. I have over 30 juveniles and 4 subadults right now. These guys alone go through 500 crickets a week. They will double in size about every 2 weeks. So I have a clearer picture now on the relation and dusting requirements. Thanks. What a splendid thread. Only thing at this point that would make this thread better is getting lovenokias froglet to eat!!