Froglet Feeding Questions! HELP!!?

Question

my leopard frog tadpole is now a froglet and has 4 legs already. it has become much darker since yesterday and i think his tail has shrunk a little. i am feeding it frog and tadpole pelets. is it true that when a froglet is absorbing their tail they don't eat? when should i feed it fruit flies and pinhead crickets. the froglet is already 2 inches with the tail. i have a fish bowl with pebbles sloped so it can go on land. he spends most of his time out of the water now. should i move him out and into a ten gallon tank? if so, how do i make it half water and half land?

Answer 1

this is easy. yes put him in a 10 gallon and just do the same with the rocks as you have done with the bowl. moss would be a good idea for him too. you can buy it in pet stores cheap. and he's old enough to start eating crickets.  

Answer 2

Sounds like it's time for your lil frog to move into his bigger tank.  To make it half land, half water, you could use a few different methods.  

1) You could get something like a round tupperware container that's only a few inches deep, and bury it in the gravel like an in ground pool.

(be sure your tad has something like a ramp or rock to help him get out)

2) You can fill the aquarium with a few inches of water, and find big round rocks to occupy 50% of his space.

Tadpoles will still eat while their tail is being absorbed, pellets, bloodworms, fruit flies.  They're growing, and very hungry.

I've had a lot of different kinds of frogs as a kid.  They're a lot of fun to raise, and pretty easy to take care of. Have fun!

Answer 3

He's already old enough to eat insects if he's spending a lot of time out of the water.  I haven't paid enough attention to see whether or not any of mine didn't eat while absorbing their tails-I always had more than one at different stages so the food was always eaten.  For the tank, you can often find walls/barriers at the petstore that you attach to the glass with silicon sealant to keep water out of the land areas.  I personally used a piece of plexiglass and the sealant.  Some people just use pebbles but you need a lot of them.