wanting to breed insects to feed my two southern frogs

[aquadude]

with being cold , not many flies around ( after buying a fly trap off TM ) I bought a tub of wax worms from a local pet store

our two frogs eagerly eat them up ( our frogs are french menu & Kermit )

Now I read very flattening and only for a treat

What is suitable for a standard diet that I can easily breed, a single line of insect or different ones for variety??

thanks for all advice

[Nymox]

I've been feeding mine mealworms, easy to culture too. Either the worms or adult beatles and enjoyed by my young frog.

[alanmin4304]

I lost an albino green and gold feeding mealworms (impaction). The other 20 normals are OK on the same diet though.

[Nymox]

sure they didnt pick something else up with them? the way they dive bomb their food its quite easy for something else to get in the mouth too. I dont feed mine near gravel or sand, on a nice flat bit of wood or rock so no chance of eating anything it shouldnt.

[alanmin4304]

That is always a possibility. Impaction can also be caused by an excess of chitin.

[Nymox]

Oh right, hmm how would you avoid that though, isnt chitin the skin of an insect anyway? Are mealworms thicker then others?

[alanmin4304]

It can be caused by chitin from any insects with hard exoskeleton like mealworms, crickets or locusts etc. As I said, the other 20 were OK. Just pointing out that it can be a risk.

[Nymox]

Its good to know thanks, the worse Id heard about mealworms was they can chew their way out of the frogs gut, but I asked around seems its more of a vivarium myth then truth.

[alanmin4304]

Have to agree.

[alanmin4304]

However, the beatles do bite. I have seen my frogs trying to work out wether to swallow or spit out.

[oneeyedfrog]

The mealworms bite too. DD2 pinched one from the frogs as a pet :roll: ( she was 6 then). One night she came out of her room not long after being put to bed. "Mummy I was kisssing my mealworm goodnight and he bit me on the lip"

I said ew don't do that put it in the frog tank. She goes " Nah its ok I'll kiss him on the bum instead" :lol:

[Carlos & Siran]

Hehehehe, I've heard of kissing a frog so it turns into a prince, but what does it's food turn into when you kiss it?

[bdspider]

The mealworms bite too. DD2 pinched one from the frogs as a pet :roll: ( she was 6 then). One night she came out of her room not long after being put to bed. "Mummy I was kisssing my mealworm goodnight and he bit me on the lip"

I said ew don't do that put it in the frog tank. She goes " Nah its ok I'll kiss him on the bum instead" :lol:

Awwww, adorable :lol:

[Insect Direct]

Standard diet (staple) should be crickets, flies and locusts. Treats should be mealworms, waxworms, moths and maybe some woodlice.

Above is jmo. There seems to be very mixed opinions out there especially in regards to mealworms. But I can say now with complete confidence that you cant go wrong with crickets, locusts and flies.