lynsey Posted December 11, 2010 Report Share Posted December 11, 2010 Hi. I've just moved our 4 baby brown tree frogs in a 30x60x30 terrarium. They don;t move very much, hide a lot, and I'm not sure if they're eating at all. I'm giving them plenty of aphids, as well as any other small insects we've managed to catch - fruit flies, leaf hoppers and small moths. They only changed a few days ago, so I presume they're still 'digesting' their tails, but when should i worry? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zev Posted December 11, 2010 Report Share Posted December 11, 2010 Hi, and welcome. I have shifted your post to this topic, some of the posters in the other topic are no longer with us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted December 11, 2010 Report Share Posted December 11, 2010 if they look skinny you can worry if you like can take a few days to a week for tail to absorb then theyre into the live stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burrowssj Posted December 11, 2010 Report Share Posted December 11, 2010 been through this before myself. brown frogs take abit to get comfortable with eating, you need to put as much as you can in there for them. I found the ideal food was small spiders, we had a bush with 100's of them an I would just grab the webs an dangle them in front of frogs an it works really well if you can spare 5$ go buy some crickets,mealworms or something off trademe they will come in handy. mealworms are good if you can afford to buy say 20$ worth, then they breed there own stocks an you have good choices of size to... crickets are delicate an hard to handfeed but small an easy prey locusts are really good as well easy to feed but need big frogs my old frogs I could get 3 full grown locusts into one of them an he was only about 6months old Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted December 11, 2010 Report Share Posted December 11, 2010 if you are talking whistling tree frogs, you may need tiny bugs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burrowssj Posted December 11, 2010 Report Share Posted December 11, 2010 whistling will eat those I listed but it will take a while to build there confidence up (obviously you want the smaller sized feeders an locusts will be to big for a while) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted December 11, 2010 Report Share Posted December 11, 2010 i just fill tanks with pinheads for the young whistlers, they fatten up quick smart. even better to start them on 5mm crickets if you have them. pricey so best to breed your own if poss. aphids are great also. can start them on houseflies pretty soon to if not already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broms2 Posted December 11, 2010 Report Share Posted December 11, 2010 I found with raising my whistlers when very young wingless fruit flies were great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted December 11, 2010 Report Share Posted December 11, 2010 true forgot about them, theyre great to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynsey Posted December 11, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2010 Thanks guys. I'm a bit worried about feeding them spiders - I read somewhere that biting insects is a bad plan? Also while my lid fits well enough to keep the frogs in I don't think it'd keep the baby spiders in (though we do have a couple of nests in the garden...) The bugs I put in there yesterday have mainly disappeared overnight - hopefully into the frogs tummies, not currently crawling/flying around my house. Another question too, a couple of them are really pale, almost yellow, is that normal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted December 12, 2010 Report Share Posted December 12, 2010 i doubt spiders would have a chance to harm a frog. theyre pretty fast. they do very in shades, but feel free to post pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burrowssj Posted December 12, 2010 Report Share Posted December 12, 2010 definitely post up some pics !!!! pics rule! regarding spiders, frogs won't get hurt by 99% of the spiders in NZ, they have natural immunities to that stuff I think? I've feed mine bumble bees an huge spiders there whole lives never had any issues at all.... a spider would also not be able to bite through a frogs tummy lining either honestly without those spiders mine probably wouldn't have grown much. It works really well because you can dangle them in front of the frogs face so they can get a few easy meals for a good kick start into hunting for there food Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted December 12, 2010 Report Share Posted December 12, 2010 fed mine a bee the other day, not sure if safe?? but the frog liked it.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burrowssj Posted December 12, 2010 Report Share Posted December 12, 2010 I wouldn't feed them bees until they are quite big, but my 4months old frogs used to eat them, generally the bee will fly around get tired an then start drowning before the frogs get them. but I have had an old whistling that used to catch them mid jump was pretty cool.If you can stomach removing the stinger that would be best Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynsey Posted December 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2010 Well my frogs now have about a million tiny spiders, and I had the inevitable spider nightmare last night One came out last night and had a swim, two don't appear to have ventured out of their nice safe log, and the other is either escaped, eaten or invisible - and there's no way I'm poking around in that spider-laden tank to find out which! Thanks for all the input. I'll try and upload some pictures once I work out how! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zev Posted December 12, 2010 Report Share Posted December 12, 2010 Pic posting info here. viewtopic.php?t=2406 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynsey Posted December 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2010 Some old photos... I'll post some more recent ones including their new tank once my husband brings our camera home from work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nznatives Posted September 1, 2011 Report Share Posted September 1, 2011 uh so jealous cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nznatives Posted September 4, 2011 Report Share Posted September 4, 2011 Wat size tank would u put bout 12 tads in plus wat accessories, is oxy weed enough or would u get a pump/filter and r u heating the water? Any other tadpole advice food? Water changes? how often? All need answering please and thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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