Feeding Green Tree Frog?

Question

Okay, I have quite a few questions.

Do tree frogs eat anything that's not alive?
Can I feed them freeze-dried mealworms?
Also, if I do have to feed them crickets, how does that go?
What do I feel the crickets, and how do I keep them alive?
Do I put all of the crickets in his home at one time, or just a few?
How do I keep the other crickets from escaping, while I put the others into his home for him to eat?
What do you keep the crickets in?
Can I put the crickets in his home, while he's asleep, or do I need to wait until nighttime?

Sorry, about the abundance of questions, but sometimes websites just don't seem to have very clear directions...

Answer 1

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).



You really don't need to breed crickets. They're cheap, about 10 for $1.00.

Answer 2

Gray Tree Frog Diet

Answer 3

They usually will not eat things unless they are moving, but sometimes you get an exception- you can try dead food and see if it works.



Meal worms are fine, but you want to vary the diet- include lots of different things.



Crickets- just throw them in the tank and make sure the cage is enclosed. Only throw in a few and make sure that he eats all that you throw in there (crickets that are still alive may get hungry and start eating your frog causing infections). Because they might eat your frog, you want him to be awake when you put the crickets in.



Keep crickets alive- I have a 10 gal aquarium with a fine mesh lid. Put egg cartons in there for hiding. Food- oats, dog food, veggies, etc

Water- they can drown, so I would suggest getting cricket water, which is a gel, that you can find at most pet stores. Substrate- I use newpaper or Ecoearth.



to feed: scoop a few up in your hands, paper towel tubing, etc (most crickets won't easily jump out of a 10 gal aquarium) and put the lid back on. I prefer the toliet paper tube because they hide in there, then you can pick it up, clamp a hand over both sides, and they won't escape while you transport them.

Answer 4

a) When I owned three treefrogs, they would not eat anything that was not alive and moving. I would stick to live mealworms and crickets,



b) however, you can try freezed-dried, it just depends on your pets themselves.



c) Feeding them crickets it quite easy. You simply open the frog's cage/tank and put them in. I used to put about 50 small crickets in with three treefrogs, once per week.



d) if you are going to keep crickets yourself, then buy a small plastic cage to keep them in. They have a calcium/water jello-looking type cricket food that you can put in the cage to keep them alive. Also, put a small peice of egg-carton or a few (depending on how many crickets you keep) to keep them from smooshing eachother.



e) you can put all the crickets in his cage at once, however, this does not guarantee that they will all survive. If it's a single treefrog, I would give him about 25 small crickets once a week.



f) Depending on what type of cage you have, there can be a small opening for a light. I would usually just put more crickets in that way, or wait until the frogs had eaten all of the crickets first.



g) you can keep extra crickets in a smaller seperate cage



h) you can put crickets in at anytime.



Hope this helps!

Answer 5

Do tree frogs eat anything that's not alive? they hunt via movement so they probably wont



Can I feed them freeze-dried mealworms? i wouldnt freeze dried food looses alot of its nutrional value



Also, if I do have to feed them crickets, how does that go? put calcium powder in bag, put crickets into bag, shake, put crickets into vivarium



What do I feel the crickets, and how do I keep them alive?

keep em warm, put a bit of fruit in there every couple of days



Do I put all of the crickets in his home at one time, or just a few?

feed only a few every other day for adults every day for juvi's if you pt all of them in thye might bite, injure or stress out the frog



How do I keep the other crickets from escaping, while I put the others into his home for him to eat?

only open one corner of the tub



What do you keep the crickets in?

the boxes they come in



Can I put the crickets in his home, while he's asleep, or do I need to wait until nighttime?

i would put them in during the evening

Answer 6

Why dont you go to a petstore and buy crickets or fruit flies? they are fairly cheap and it is easier to buy them than find them depending on where you live. I have had frogs that i grew from tadpoles and i would buy baby ciks and fruitflies to feed them from petsmart and a privately owned reptile shop.

Answer 7

At night, put him in a small cage with the crickets. Don't leave him there too long or the crickets will bite him.