ACFs big enough to handle worms?

[elliotulysses]

Freeze dried = bad/useless/somewhat dangerous due to intestinal issues if fed too often, completely devoid of nutrition .. a complete waste of money. The bulk of your frogs diet should be pellets and nightcrawlers.

I was speaking of live feeder crickets, almost all pet stores carry them. The crickets provide stimulation, not so much nutrition. Could you gut load them? Sure. Do I? No, because my frogs diet is varied enough to where I do not need to. Crickets are just a fun treat for them.

Wax worms? I don't know. I've never fed them to clawed frogs. They are moth larvae and like most larvae I am sure they're mostly fat and chitin. I don't think a clawed frog would digest them well but as a treat I doubt it would hurt. I am sure they are very high in fat though, so go easy if you ever treat them.

Sounds like a good nutritional plan to me.
When feeding the crickets should I tear off their back legs? I've heard this can cause impaction

[mpmistr]

Sounds like a good nutritional plan to me.
When feeding the crickets should I tear off their back legs? I've heard this can cause impaction

My frogs have eaten many many crickets and they are perfectly fine.

[Tongue Flicker]

They normally eat insects with more hairy legs, longer antennae and flappy wings in the wild so i guess long legs is not an issue. I usually allow my frogs to slim down a little before giving them a fatty treat. I'd love to give them earthworms but it seems the worms here grow too large for a 2.5" frog lol.

[elliotulysses]

They normally eat insects with more hairy legs, longer antennae and flappy wings in the wild so i guess long legs is not an issue. I usually allow my frogs to slim down a little before giving them a fatty treat. I'd love to give them earthworms but it seems the worms here grow too large for a 2.5" frog lol.

Same here! Which is why you have to put the squeamish aside and just rip them apart. They usually will live in two separate halves. I'm not sure if you've ever fished before, but I'm thinking it's kind of the same solution

[elliotulysses]

My frogs have eaten many many crickets and they are perfectly fine.

Good! Because I had read some care with *other* frogs than ACFs and they all said to remove the back legs. I think this was mainly regarding pacmans. However, it could be because different animal, different enzymes/G.I track.

[mpmistr]

Good! Because I had read some care with *other* frogs than ACFs and they all said to remove the back legs. I think this was mainly regarding pacmans. However, it could be because different animal, different enzymes/G.I track.

Well I can see that being true with pacman frogs for one reason. Crickets are a *staple* for a lot of frog owners. As in, they are fed over and over and over to these animals. Feeding any frog the same thing continually is not 'good'. That is why people gut load and calcium dust their crickets, to make up for the lack of variety in their diet and artificially make the crickets more nutritious.

Having cake once won't give you diabetes but eating cake 7 days a week will. So once a month having crickets won't cause any harm.

[elliotulysses]

Well I can see that being true with pacman frogs for one reason. Crickets are a *staple* for a lot of frog owners. As in, they are fed over and over and over to these animals. Feeding any frog the same thing continually is not 'good'. That is why people gut load and calcium dust their crickets, to make up for the lack of variety in their diet and artificially make the crickets more nutritious.

Having cake once won't give you diabetes but eating cake 7 days a week will. So once a month having crickets won't cause any harm.

Exactly. While they aren't really tired of reptomin and their occasional shrimp pellet treat, I would like to get them more vitamins and minerals as they are growing.
Do you know anything about feeding cockroaches to ACFs? I'd imagine they would at least have a very nice protein count.