feeding a baby froglet? - Orchid Board

greengarden · #1 02-12-2013, 08:02 PM

I have a little dilemma, I have here what are often called 'banana box frogs' in Australia as they hitch rides in boxes of banabas from up north but I think it came off one of the bags of grain I buy for my birds/poultry. I can't just let it go in the wild here as there are laws against moving frogs due to a fungal infection that has decimated populations. As well as that I believe it's a tropical species so would die here. I am happy to just put it in a little tank for now(even though I am not really supposed to do that either) and then when I have my indoor courtyard which will be warmer it can live in there and essentially be wild but in a fairly contained situation if that makes sense.

Thing is it's tiny. not even half an inch long yet and I'm not exactly sure what I can easily feed it. I grow meal worms for my lizards, if I was to dig and find the really tiny ones would they be ok? Any other reccs? Once my terrarium is set up for my orchids I thought I might just pop him in there until he can go free.

isurus79 · #2 02-12-2013, 10:13 PM

If its that small, he will probably choke on the mealworms or just ignore them. Try putting a piece of fragrant fruit in a container with him and let the gnats and fruit flies come in naturally. He should eat those.

Disclaimer- I'm not a frog expert!!!

Tindomul · #3 02-12-2013, 10:20 PM

If fruit flies are too big, you need to give them spring tails. The little white bugs that jump when you blow on them, you see them in your potted plants. I don't know about Australia but here in the States there are companies that sell them.
Maybe you can try running a net through a meadow in your area and dumping the tiny bugs with the frogs.

dendro photo · #4 02-12-2013, 10:36 PM

Look into dart frog keeping in your area a half inch isn't really that small I have some smaller than that. Post a picture

greengarden · #5 02-12-2013, 10:51 PM

I don't think we have dart frogs here, or meadows for that matter LOL I'll run a net over the long grass in the yard and we do get fruit flies in the house so I'll put a little bit of nectarine in there to tempt them in.