Cuban Tree Frogs and Eating

[Jaeyde Daemera]

Is there a trick to get my cuban tree frogs to eat nightcrawlers? I have several wild caught cubans (no, they will never be released, ever ever ever) and with the temperatures dropping, I was finding it difficult to catch moths to feed them. So my boyfriend bought me some nightcrawlers, because I had read that they were a decent item to feed them, and I loathe the idea of keeping crickets in the house. I cut up a couple of night crawlers for them to eat, and of the 15 pieces, a few of them were eaten, but I still ended up throwing out quite a few pieces as well. Is there some trick to getting them to eat them reliably? Given the varying sizes of my frogs, I'm rather amazed that the two smallest ones are still hopping around; I was afraid they'd become chow for the larger ones! Any tips or tricks would be greatly appreciated!!

[poison]

Try rubbing the worms against the frogs mouth. I would look into getting somee free roaming feeders like crickets when it comes to cubans. Most just don't take from tongs and are a very nervous species.

[Mentat]

Hello and welcome to FF Jaeyde! Try cutting worms around frogs length, so they still wiggle a bit and attract the frogs attention. Once they start feeding on them and recognize worms as tasty food, it should become easier. If smaller frogs fit in larger frogs mouths, they could become a meal. Good luck !

[Jaeyde Daemera]

I may have to go with the crickets, and split the frogs up for feeding, to ensure the larger frogs don't eat the tiny ones or something. They're currently all in one enclosure, and getting along remarkably well, given their size range - 2 inches for the largest down to about half an inch for the smallest. But separate enclosures for feeding purposes may become necessary, if I do have to switch to crickets. Wish I could find somewhere that sold moths for food! Every single one of the frogs LOVES to eat moths. Everything else seems to be pretty meh to them. =\

[Mentat]

If using crickets recommend gut load them with fresh lettuce and carrots, cereals like oats or cherios, and veggie type fish flakes. All frog food should be dusted with CA/D3 and vitamin supplements (recommend Repashy or Rep-Cal) and you can use these schedules to get started: http://www.frogforum.net/food-feeder...schedules.html. Remember to only use dechlorinated tap (Seachem Prime works great) for frogs water dish and to mix into shredded coco substrate (if you use that). Can use distilled water for spraying to avoid glass water marks; but avoid spraying frogs .

[markd]

If you need moth then get waxworms and let them moult to moths

[MaraBird]

I live in Florida as well and I have a HUGE cuban and two small ones and they eat crickets [gut loaded with Fluker's all in one] and they eat a TON. I buy a dozen large crickets and a dozen small crickets a week. I have also experienced trouble feeding night crawlers, but today I dropped a cube of fluker's in for my pinhead crickets that have hatched in my tank and the female snatched it and had it sticking out of her mouth for a minute before realizing it wasn't a bug and spitting it out. It seems like the larger they get the braver they are

[Jaeyde Daemera]

All of my cubans are wild caught, and had been living peacefully together for about a month. Day before yesterday, I found my newest capture trying to eat one of my smaller ones. They're now broken down into 3 separate enclosures, according to size and temperament. So far, the little one is healing alright, and still active, and none of the others have tried to nibble on anyone. I was rather angry, since I had just fed them worms, and everyone got some. I feed individually, then the remainder of the worms are cut up and placed in the enclosure, then removed the next morning. They hate eating with the light on. The remainder of the worms was gone as well, so they certainly weren't starving. =( Hopefully the sorting of the frogs will help out with this. I found it rather unusual that such a variety of frogs could hang out together without trying to eat each other. Though it was totally the new guy that tried to nom my small one. =\

[MaraBird]

YIKES! I hope that doesn't happen with mine! But then again my big one is a girl and she'd be eating her only possible mates! lol