how do you feed flys to frogs

[azza74]

ive just been looking up gtf and im curious as to how u feed flys to the frogs.
surley when you open the fly container lid some would escape and then how do u get the fly to the frog, i know crickets are hard enough to catch with tongs..
then do you let the flys go in the tank

 

[Robbo]

when i feed flys to my frogs i cut a small hole in the top of the container they come in , and put the container into the frogs enclosure
the flys hatch find the hole and fly out into the enclosure where the frogs jump around and gobble
them up
with crickets i release a few into the enclosure for the frogs to chase around i think its good exercise for them

 

[azza74]

that makes sense, thanks..

 

[meshe1969]

You can also pop the container of flies in the fridge to slow them down.
I just carefully release them into the tank, the frogs have a ball jumping around after them!!
You can get really cheap fly pupae from here:
http://frogs.org.au/arcade/index.php

 

[occalot]

Hi azza! We have our feeding down pat!
We also order fly pupae from the ARC. I put the some of the pupae in a small icecream container with some home made gut load just for flies. The rest of the pupae I put in the frigde to slow hatching time. As the others finish hatching I then add some more. This way the pupae lasts longer.As they hatch I put the container in the fridge for about 1 minute or so till they slow down (may look like they are dead!). I then put the container in with the frogs with the lid off and leave it in there overnight. Our guys just love hunting them and wont take anything directly form us useing tongs. I think thats more natural anyway!
As for the crickets which I also get from ARC...I put them in a big container with some more egg carton, gutload them up with broccoli, apple and carrot. When its feeding time I shake some off the egg carton into another container and then I shake them into the corner of the container and pour them into a cricket feeder rock that I brought from a pet shop. I put this in with the frogs and they just sit infront of the hole waiting for the crickets to come crawling out!! At first I thought the feeding rock was just a gimmic but it really is great. It makes it easier to add the vitamins and calcium powder as you just put a pinch in the feeder rock before you pour the crickets in.
SO..... I dont use tongs anymore and I find all this takes half the time and I dont squash any!
Gee that was long! I hope that makes sense!

 

[Adandiluvsmyreptiles]

Yep occalot has got it. I put my crickets in the fridge for a couple of hours then with the small ones I use teezers to pick them out and tip them into the baby frog tanks, with the bigger ones and the woodies I cool them then take the lid of and feed the whole container to them, once said container is empty of food I just take it out. Hope this helps. I used to use flies too but found crickets are easier and just as good.

 

[azza74]

thanks all...