What can my niece and nephew feed their tree frogs?

Question

We tried grasshoppers but it did not work. What do we do?!?!

Answer 1

tiny tiny crickets. i think at first the frogs will refuse the crickets, but when they get used it...

"Feeding

Green tree frogs are generally good eaters and feed exclusively on insects.

Crickets can make up the bulk of the diet.

Crickets and other food insects should be gut loaded (fed nutritious foods before feeding them to the frogs). For more on dealing with crickets as prey see "Raising Crickets for Food."

In addition to gut loading, the crickets should be dusted with a calcium and multivitamin supplement a couple of times a week.

Fruit flies, houseflies, moths and other insects can also be fed if available.

Tree frogs will likely eat more in the spring and summer months than in the winter. Smaller frogs should be fed daily, while larger frogs can be fed daily or every other day, using body condition as a guide (i.e. if getting obese, cut down the feedings).

"Care

Your frogs are insectivores and will take small insects that they can easily fit in their mouths. I find crickets to be the best because they are readily available and are easy to breed on your own. Whatever the food, make sure the insects have a day in their own enclosure to get some food. T-Rex sells a cricket food for gut-loading that I use and find to be very inexpensive and good. The food contains extra calcium so the frogs will benefit from the nutrient rich gut of the insects. You will also want to coat the food with calcium and multi-vitamin supplements about 3 times a week. The frogs also need to be misted once a day with de-chlorinated water. Do all spraying in the morning to prevent any bacterial buildup."

Answer 2

meal worms, fly, small bits of raw Hamburg hanging on a string to make it move.

Answer 3

Flys, Moths or Mosquitoes, but they have to be ALIVE.

Answer 4

You want to feed them pinhead crickets that you buy from a petstore...they will eat it, but if they are stressed they may wait to eat for a few days. They are pretty cheap, about $1 for a dozen.

Oh and one tip, don't feed them anything you find outside, because they bugs could be contaminated my a disease or be covered in an insecticide. It can kill!

An awsome forum site to join if you want any help with your frogs is

talkto.thefrog.org

it has been a huge help for me on there, my user ID on there is jacobzcool1 (so you know)

Hope you join, and good luck!!!

Answer 5

A tree frog bought from a pet store will be accustomed to eating mostly crickets. They will usually also accept wax worms, earth worms, and other small insects.

If it was caught in the wild you're going to have a hard time. It would be stressed out and probably unwilling to eat. You could try store bought insects, but it may not go for them. You'll probably have to catch bugs outside, things it would eat in the wild. I'll also say that keeping wild animals as pets is illegal, and you don't know what kind of diseases it may be carrying.

Make sure everyone washes their hands before and after touching the frog or anything in it's tank. Even frogs bought in stores can carry salmonella.

Answer 6

Tree frogs primarily eat only flying insects.

Answer 7

crickets are always good for frogs, you can get them at your local pet shop, they don't cost much

Answer 8

Did you buy or catch this tree frog?  It makes a difference.  Your frog could be stressed, especially if it is a wild caught.  If you bought it it would be more use to human interaction.  If you are feeding it grasshoppers, it would assume you caught it outside.  Most pet shops I know do not sell grasshoppers, they sell crickets.  Perhaps the grasshopper is to big. or to fast.  I recommend going down to your local pet shop and buying medium to small feeder crickets.  they are cheap.  I would also but some "Gut Load" cricket food. The crickets it it, and it makes them more nutritious for your frog.  Sprinkling the crickets with "Reptical" just before feeding them to your frog is good too.    And if you want to ensure your pet is around for a long time, never feed them bugs caught outside in nature.  The bugs could have parasites, bacteria, and they could have come in contact with a pesticide.