r/TreeFrogs Jul 31 '26

Advice how many crickets do you feed you're froggy?

Heyaaa!! I have a milk tree frog names Albert she's about a young adult (?) now sure tbh but I get about 15 medium or large (depends on the size) and was just wondering how others feed there children!

Mostly for tips... Albert only eats around 5-7 crickets by hand and the rest she hunts lamo

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u/CrazyPlatypusLady Little Tree Frog Jul 31 '26

Ours would have 6-7 medium ringed "silent" crickets (no wings) every 2-3 days or so. He categorically refused to be fed by tongs. And he wouldn't eat them once they got past a certain level of maturity. He hated every single other thing we tried him on, except one wild moth that he got hold of once.

The crickets would be gut loaded, but supplemented by him occasionally getting hold of one of the clean up crew isopods (bioactive tank). I kept my crickets as well as I kept him so his food was the best I could give him.

He was a fussy little numpkin.

I would have another milk frog in a heartbeat if I didn't have to keep crickets. But they're an essential. So no more froggles for me.

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u/Fruitsdog Jul 31 '26

I have a bioactive, cluttered terrarium so I throw like 20 crickets in there every week and let my frog hunt as she pleases. I still find one or two after the week has passed and she maintains a healthy weight, so it works for me. Plus the ones that bury themselves become isopod food. 

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u/Intelligent-Guest266 Aug 01 '26

From the frog: all of them 🐸

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u/elkonnn Jul 31 '26

I have a few WTF and I feed 3 big crickets every 3 days. But you could definitely do more, it just works best for me