Amount of food / Schedule

[purplepower7]

I have an adult american green tree frog. I feed her one small cricket every night. Is this the appropriate food schedule and amount?

Thanks for your help,
purplepower7

[captaincarot]

is he getting thinner, if not then it's ok, if he's getting much fatter then it's too little.

personally i feed mine once per week a whole box of crickets, but i have 6 of them.

[knighty]

i feed my adult vietnamese frogs 6 crix every 2-3 days the crix are between 1.5cm-2cm. they have grown but not got fat, and both get a share.

i would think that 1 small crix may be a bit tight, but as captincarrot said if its working dont change it...

what size (mm/cm/inch) are the crix you use?

[purplepower7]

I now feed my american green tree frog 2 small crickets 1/4 to 1/2 inches, every other night. My tree frog is about 2 inches long and about 1 inch wide.

Thanks for all your help,
purplepower7

[Green Ghost]

I feed mine at least 1 each per night for 5 days in a row and then skip a night then start over again. My frogs will stop eating when they are not hungry. It's a good question because actually I wondered the same thing when I first got my frogs. The way I tested was to put them in a bare tank and see how much they would eat. Mine would generally pounce on the first cricket (almost at the same time it hit the tank floor) then wait a few minutes and take another cricket. Then wait a good ten minutes before trying for another cricket. This to me meant they were pretty full already. I don't think they can take more than 3 full sized crickets a night. So you can guage the feedings against that.

[purplepower7]

Would feeding my frog three crickets as wide as her head every other night be okay?

purplepower7

[Green Ghost]

Originally Posted by purplepower7

Would feeding my frog three crickets as wide as her head every other night be okay?

purplepower7

I saw the thread you started on the other forum also... Yeah I guess that would be ok.

I just wanted to say this hobby is not really mainstream as yet. Frogs aren't considered a standard pet by most people. So information is limited and most of the time you'll have to experiment to add to your experience keeping frogs. I think if a person uses common sense and takes good care of thier animals they will do well, in general. I'd rather mention that than give you some kind of rule of thumb. It's 10% experience and 90% experimentation, as they say.

[purplepower7]

I put three crickets the width of her head in her cage last night and she immediately ate two and took an hour or longer to finally eat the third so I am going to feed her two crickets every other night.

-purplepower7