How much do you feed your frogs?

[cdckjn]

I have 6 fire-belly frogs. I normally have to feed them about 1 box of crickets per week. I wonder if this is sufficient?

I also have this problem. The box of crickets normally don't last more than 4 days, as after the 4th days, the crickets are likely dead bythen, How do you make the crickets lasts longer?

Thanks.

[delhezi]

Cricket box, go to amphibiancare.com and get the cricket caresheet. Otherwise, you'll have to look in this forum for people with roaches.

[dkk08]

Well normally crickets in small containers won't last very long, they need space and ventilation. So a big pail with a mesh on top would be best... feed them lots of carrots and other stuff with beta carotene and spirulina will be best

[stormhawk]

Get a plastic tub, like those Toyogo boxes. Poke some decent sized holes on the cover (diameter of a big screwdriver will do) and tape over with Micropore or stuff with filter wool. Throw in some cardboard egg crate pieces then feed with carrots etc like what Dez said. That way you prevent the noise that the males make, and the females will be able to deposit their eggs etc. Rest of the method can be found via Google. They're fairly easy to culture with the right conditions and food. You can gut load the crickets before feeding too.

[delhezi]

They climb. I made them a tank one day just for fun and they chewed past the mesh, I had to net 10 of those chirping monsters the next day under shelves and stuff.

[dkk08]

Yes they do climb but if your pail is high and smooth enough, they can't get a strong foot hold, and of coz the mesh have to be either wire or strong plastic... get those toyogo like pail from those neighbourhood hardware or everything also sell shop... those plastic containers are really strong and some comes with a handle like a pail... not expensive somemore a big one for less then $10...

[cdckjn]

I am thinking of how can I keep the crickets to live longer in the plastic boxes that they come in with. Do I feed them pieces of carrots such that they get mostiture?I am not keen to have another container just to keep and store crickets. I don't wish to breed them as well.I am okay with buying a box of $3 every week to feed my 6 frogs.I just want to know how to make the box of them last longer as normally I buy on the weekends and by Wed evening most of the crickets are dead. So my frogs go hungry until the weekends where I buy another box.Please advice.

[delhezi]

Okay. As with most living things, they certainly do need their moisture, but to feed them fruits and vegetables in the plastic box they come with is suicide. IDK about you, flies flock by when crickets die from moisture. Additionally, I wonder if you're feeding your frogs daily, you don't have to do so. For firebellies 3-4 times a week will be sufficient.

[eddy planer]

There is no need to feed your fire-belly toad some cricket meal, just small meal worm will do at least 2-3x a week. Mines are doing very well with meal worms. I rather feed my White Tree frogs and other critters the bigger the better and the Blacker crickets will do.

[cdckjn]

I don't really feed them mealworms as these mealworms normally drop into the water and die. My "land" area is not much. Any other idea how to prevent the mealworm from dropping into water? Thanks.

[eddy planer]

Then look like you need to upgrade to 2 ft x 1.5 ft tank to create more land area, alternate choice if you are keen on upgrade to a bigger tank, then add more rocks and place sand over the rocks or place a reasonable size cork bark to create a small plot of "land."

Hope this will help you,bro

[delhezi]

Mealworms have always been a poor choice of diet nutritionally. Think of it as a hard fried chicken that has absorbed all the oil and become stale.
I'd rather you feed roaches, dubia or lobster if you can find them, the second is a small, uncommon pest species in Singapore. They are so convenient you will never think about crickets and even mealworms again. If not, go for a mix between crickets and mealies.
It is likely you will also need a larger land area.

[Luc Tango]

what about gut loaded mealworms? they don't provide good nutrition?

[delhezi]

They are better. You can think of it as eating a free ranched chicken and a caged one. But in that sense, are all feeders supposed to be gutloaded?
In other words, the basic nutritional content of the feeders is all that is practically comparable.