beckyboo Posted January 10, 2011 Report Share Posted January 10, 2011 just wondering how much food is too much for my frogs. so far this is my first successful attempt at keeping frogs. started with 4 golden bell taddies and now have 4 golden bell frogs. they morphed about 3 weeks before xmas. at the moment they are happy to eat slaters, fruit fly sort of things, worms, and mozzies (mozzies are larvae in the tank and get eaten once they hatch). im currently feeding 5 fruit fly things each plus approx 2 slaters/worms each a day and mozzies once hatched. i dont want to overfeed them and i dont want to starve them. also is there anything they cant eat?? any help appreciated. also any tips on making a home made fly trap would be helpful too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nymox Posted January 10, 2011 Report Share Posted January 10, 2011 take a soft drink bottle and cut the top off just before the neck starts, turn it upside down and place it in the remaining part of the bottle. This is a picture off the net I presume its collected water over time, I keep mine dry so I have live flies to feed out instead of drowned ones. Easy and cheap, I used old fish bait and ox heart trimmings and left it in a warm part of the yard, within a couple of hours there were lots of flies. Tape can be used to seal it better but I found sprite bottles it was snug enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zev Posted January 10, 2011 Report Share Posted January 10, 2011 That one looks like a wasp trap, Nymox - we used to make ours like that and put beer in the bottom... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshlikesfish Posted January 10, 2011 Report Share Posted January 10, 2011 That one looks like a wasp trap, Nymox - we used to make ours like that and put beer in the bottom... Open coke cans work too. Its how my dad almost choked on one when on holiday :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zev Posted January 10, 2011 Report Share Posted January 10, 2011 Wow - lucky he did not get stung Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted January 10, 2011 Report Share Posted January 10, 2011 i keep food available to young frogs atleast 5days a week, should be 7 really but they dont need it. adults fed about 3times a week or every other day. too much is when they look fat i suppose, but they eat like machines so your doing well if theyre.. flies are good for a bit of exercise but wont make them grow like crickets and locusts will. theyre the best feeders you can get imo. traps are last millennium :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nymox Posted January 10, 2011 Report Share Posted January 10, 2011 That one looks like a wasp trap, Nymox - we used to make ours like that and put beer in the bottom... I had one fly into my can of beer one day, skulling it back and I felt a lumpy bit, within a few minutes my throat felt like it was on fire. Please dont get any more wasps hooked on beer :roll: And if you have to make it Tui, no one likes that rubbish, swamp water probably tastes better :sick: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkLB Posted January 10, 2011 Report Share Posted January 10, 2011 Tui, no one likes that rubbish, swamp water probably tastes better Yeah, right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nymox Posted January 10, 2011 Report Share Posted January 10, 2011 8) :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBossPants Posted January 11, 2011 Report Share Posted January 11, 2011 Blasphemy! Ive seen you consume quite a few tuis Nymox Im using one of these traps too and found that the cats get into it if I use meat, so make sure its out of their reach Found coke attracts flies well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos & Siran Posted January 11, 2011 Report Share Posted January 11, 2011 I had one fly into my can of beer one day, skulling it back and I felt a lumpy bit, within a few minutes my throat felt like it was on fire. Please dont get any more wasps hooked on beer :roll: And if you have to make it Tui, no one likes that rubbish, swamp water probably tastes better :sick: Crikey....why does everyone hate Tui so much.....Mangatanoka is my old stomping ground, I grew up on the stuff and still love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beckyboo Posted January 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2011 thanks for all your replies and interesting stories :lol: have made a fly trap but am now questioning where i can get locusts and/or crickets from for free or a good price if that is whats best for my froggies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted January 11, 2011 Report Share Posted January 11, 2011 Blasphemy! Ive seen you consume quite a few tuis Nymox it was probably free Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted January 11, 2011 Report Share Posted January 11, 2011 typical tui hater :roll: :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted January 11, 2011 Report Share Posted January 11, 2011 sorry not really a beer drinker grasshoppers and crickets are coming out up here now net and long grass is working and lifting up pieces of wood and rocks on the ground Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zev Posted January 11, 2011 Report Share Posted January 11, 2011 Hmmm... I seem to recall a past post that brought visions of LA waltzing around long grass fields with a large net - I could be mistaken though, brain has turned to mush of late... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Insect Direct Posted January 11, 2011 Report Share Posted January 11, 2011 sorry not really a beer drinker my post was directed at nymox giving tui stick, but drinks it when its free :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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