Feeding Tree Frogs: Insects, Gut-Loading, and Supplementation

By Walnut Creek Supply
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Feeding Tree Frogs

Three-Part Nutrition System

Tree frogs stay healthy through appropriate feeder selection, proper gut-loading, and consistent supplementation. Neglect any and nutrition suffers over time.

Staple Feeders

Crickets are the most common staple — nutritionally solid when gut-loaded. Dubia roaches are an excellent alternative: higher in protein, easier to gut-load. Mealworms occasionally for variety in adults; waxworms are strictly a treat.

Gut-Loading

Gut-load insects for 24-48 hours before feeding with dark leafy greens, carrots, sweet potato, and commercial gut-load products. A properly gut-loaded cricket is substantially more nutritious than an empty one.

Supplementation

Dust feeders with calcium plus D3 at every feeding for juveniles. Adults: calcium plus D3 every other feeding, plain calcium at remaining feedings. Juveniles eat every other day. Adults eat 2-3 times per week. Remove uneaten insects within 1-2 hours of feeding.

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