I own a Southern Leopard frog…a lot like a tree frog and I bought canned crickets and grasshoppers and can not get the frog to eat them. The lady at the pet store said that I should try and hold it out to the frog but it hasn’t worked…please help me please! Is there any way to get my frog to eat them without buying live ones????
There’s a vibrating food dish on the market–you can give that a try. You can try offering them on long-handled tweezers, and making them ‘zombie-walk’ around. It’s doubtful your frog will ever learn to just eat them without these tricks, though. You are much better off simply feeding it live crickets dusted with calcium powder. You can buy those at the pet store as well.
If none of those tricks work, you will have to feed it live. If you can’t stand live insects…a frog is a poor choice for a pet, lol.
March 6th, 2010 at 3:29 am
Reptiles and amphibians detect movement and prefer live foods. You can try a vibrating food dish, but it still may not work.
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March 6th, 2010 at 3:43 am
dig up some earthworms from your garden, put them (alive) in the same dish as the canned stuff and see what happens.
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March 6th, 2010 at 4:26 am
There’s a vibrating food dish on the market–you can give that a try. You can try offering them on long-handled tweezers, and making them ‘zombie-walk’ around. It’s doubtful your frog will ever learn to just eat them without these tricks, though. You are much better off simply feeding it live crickets dusted with calcium powder. You can buy those at the pet store as well.
If none of those tricks work, you will have to feed it live. If you can’t stand live insects…a frog is a poor choice for a pet, lol.
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March 6th, 2010 at 4:49 am
Your frog needs live food, plain and simple. Feed it crickets,waxworms,earthworms,and silkworms.
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March 6th, 2010 at 5:32 am
well try moving it a little more.
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