How big is to big? "Starving your pets"

Jason · #1 (**permalink**) 05-25-2008, 06:45 PM

My wife wanted to get 3 Green tree frogs for my tank ( pics can be found in First attempt at a Viv) but i was told it was way to big for a trio of babys. the guy at the pet store said that thay may not be able to find enough food. My question is how do we figure out the max size of tank for our frogs? i dont want to starve them! would a handfull of darts make it in the tank i have set up? I ended up buying an EXO-TERRA 12x12x18 for them.... im thinking i got screwed lol

Green Ghost · #2 (**permalink**) 05-26-2008, 10:38 PM

I can't really see a tank ever being too big. There's choices for food. Crickets are not the only option. Frogs are very resourceful. They'll find the food.

zaroba · #3 (**permalink**) 05-27-2008, 12:23 AM

nature is bigger then any viv a person could ever own. the frogs find enough food in nature. as long as your feeding enough, i'm sure they will find food. they don't have to eat there whole meal right away, thats why its called foraging. really all you need to do is watch to make sure they aren't getting skinny. if they are, then you know your not feeding enough for them to find.

Waterkeeper · #4 (**permalink**) 05-27-2008, 01:17 AM

your viv is nice and open. not alot of foliage to obstruct view... i don't see any problem with gtf's finding food in there.

jpstod · #5 (**permalink**) 05-27-2008, 10:45 PM

Actaully I think its better to let them forage..Like us they get fat and lazy cozing up to the Table for a buffet.

A bonus that most people don't think about when they have Naturalistic Vivs..I have Baby crickets running around my tanks. I dump alot of crickets into my tanks and they lay eggs.. Depending on the Tank I dump anywhere from 12 to 60 Crickets in the tank. Each Frog or Gecko gets 12 Crickets each basically each time I feed. And thats about every 2 weeks.