how much should i feed my GTF's?

[froggy]

Can anyone tell me how much or many crickets and woodies should be fed to adult ( i think) green tree frogs?
are there ment to be feed every night as mine sit waiting every night for food?????
and what else can i feed them they say variety is the key to healthy frogs,, but like what?
thanks

 

[meshe1969]

The best care sheet written by Gerry Marrantelli

http://frogs.org.au/arc/caresheets.html

Feeding
In nature most frogs are almost totally insectivorous. In captivity the tendency to use substitute foods is
one which must be avoided. The most common dietary problems seen in frogs are related to lack of
calcium or too much protein in the diet. Calcium powders are available at many pet stores and should be
mixed in equal quantities with a multivitamin powder then dusted on food before feeding. Place your food
insects in a plastic bag with a pinch of calcium/multivitamin powder and shake it till the food is well
coated. By doing this about 1/2 the times you feed your frogs, calcium deficiency will be avoided. Do not
mix large quantities of this mixture at a time. It does not store well after mixing as the calcium can
denature the vitamins (refrigeration will slow this process). Most frogs have not evolved to cope with a
diet high in protein and the tendency to feed them young mice or strips of meat on tweezers will put extra
strain on the frogs' organs, particularly the kidneys. If these foods are used regularly they will lead to gout,
irreversible kidney damage and ultimately death. Variety is the spice of life and even a frog knows it! Feed
your frog a variety of insects and invertebrates and you should have few diet related problems. Juveniles
will happily eat flies, moths, small crickets and cockroaches, and should have food available to them AT
ALL TIMES. If young frogs are kept warm and offered plentiful food they will reach breeding size in
about 8-12 months. Adults will eat almost anything that moves and fits in their mouth, they should be
offered about 10-20% of their own body size in food spread over 2-3 feeds each week. During winter or
when your tank temperatures are reduced your frogs will need less food. It is important to increase and
reduce food in both quantity and frequency with the changing temperatures of your enclosure. Remove
drowned insects so as not to foul the water, or feed your frogs individually by holding the insects on
tweezers.

 

[FAY]

Our adult frogs ( and they are huge) get about 4 cockies once a week...that is it!
About once every six months they MAY get a pinky each!

 

[froggy]

when i brought my frogs; 2-3 weeks ago a lady told me as much as they will eat in a few minutes, every night,,, 1 frog only eats every second or 3rd night the other two eat every night, like about 5 medium crickets and maybe a small woodie...... so i think yeah they are getting fed to much, but they wait for me everynight as they are in my bedroom, does it hurt them to feed them everynight? as in the wild they would eat something everynight????

 

[FAY]

froggy

They have been spoilt....once you feed them once a week and keep doing it they will get used to that routine.....but only if they are grown....you can't expect a tiny frog to eat only once a week!

 

[DoofinFrog]

I am the same....have stretched my frogs out to about 5 days.
I change the food between Crickets and Cockroaches every so often.
Everynow and again there is a month plague or something crazy like that around my house....so I totally switch to what ever I can catch for them.