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    hollylovesbrandon Posts: 633, Reputation: 78
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    May 20, 2009, 01:05 PM
    Frog from my back yard
    Today I find a frog in my backyard. I decided I wanted to keep him and take care of him so I went to Petco and got the necessities (i.e. tank, bedding, crickets). I told them that it's a pretty good sized frog... clearly an adult. They told me that I should buy a bag of 12 crickets and when I get home just shake the crickets into the tank and he will eat however many he feels he needs. Well, almost as soon as I put them in the tank he ate all but 1 of them. My questions are:

    1. Was he just hungry or is that how many he would normally eat?
    2. If he eats all 12 at one time then how will I know when he needs to be fed again?
    3. Is there a certain time table to how often I feed him as in every other day or once a week and so on?

    Your help is much appreciated as this is my first frog in a long time.
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    May 21, 2009, 08:29 AM

    I found a site explaining frog and cricket care.
    Dealing with Crickets for the Squeamish Pet Owner
    Hope that helps
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    May 21, 2009, 11:46 AM

    Well I thank you for that article very much. It told me how often I am supposed to feed my frog but it also said that he was supposed to have eaten 3 or 4 of them... he ate 12 of them his first day. Of course, he may have just been hungry. So tomorrow I will go to the store and buy him some more crickets.
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    May 21, 2009, 11:52 AM

    IMO Frog's don't over indulge.
    Was most likely hungry.
    Has your climate been dry?
    May have been lack of food for him/her.
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    May 21, 2009, 03:50 PM

    Actually it rained here in Indiana for it seemed like an eternity but the last week has been quite dry. So I believe he was just hungry. Thanks for the advice. I appreciate all of it. The article said I should feed him every 2-3 days. Is this correct? And also, if I throw all 12 of the crickets in the tank with him and he's not hungry he just won't eat them until he is hungry right?
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    May 22, 2009, 12:45 AM

    Cool, I love froggies!
    We used to have a pond in our back yard and we would go to a local lake and collect tadpoles to put in it..

    It was always so sad when they grew up and hopped away :(

    Unfortunately we just let ours live on mosquitos that fell into the pond so I have no idea how often to feed :confused:
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