Aussie Pythons and Snakes

FrogLegs · #1 04-Jun-07, 06:35 PM

i have 4 frogs that are 4 weeks old. how often should i feed them and how much should i feed them. and most importantly should i wake them up to feed them, before the crickets drown.
also what times are best to feed with the light on or off.
thanks

Chrisreptile · #2 04-Jun-07, 06:37 PM

i think with young frogs they should just about have food available most of the time,

i could be wrong though.

i would say light on so that they can see the crickets

falconboy · #3 04-Jun-07, 06:40 PM

Crickets are the dumbest creatures on the planet mate when it comes to water. You will find you will minimise the number of drowing crickets if you have a water dish above land level. ie, its still sitting on the ground, but don't have the entry to the water at the same level as the ground or the crickets will just walk into the water. If the dish is on top of the ground and there is a lip on it, they don't tend to walk up it and into the water as much. If I still don't make sense, compare say an above ground pool to an inground pool. The frogs obviously have no problems getting in though.

FrogLegs · Original Poster #4 04-Jun-07, 06:44 PM

thanks falconboy, but i cnat do that cause the only way my wife would let me have them in the house is if i made the tank nice looking. so i put a waterfall and plant in it to make it a feature.
what about when and how much to feed them.?

falconboy · #5 04-Jun-07, 06:48 PM

My older red eyes get fed daily, if there are crickets running around during the day uneaten, I won't feed them, but will if there are only 1 or 2 left. If you want to feed them at a particular time of day, mine get active when I turn surrounding UV lights off, and even more active when all the nearby lights are off and they have very little light, (I can just make them out in the front of the tank, can't see anything in the back, so I would put food in just before you turn all the lights off in the house. Mine don't seem to have trouble overnight with no lights on. And they are as fat as I am, and thats FAT. LOL

FrogLegs · Original Poster #6 04-Jun-07, 06:53 PM

thnx mate,
u hear so many different ways to do things. i think i will do like u do.
thx again