I could not find bran like they show in the video's and glycerine is available but I decided to try my own experiment instead and bought a box of Honey Bunches of Oats breakfast cereal at the dollar store.Ĭrunched up about a quart of the cereal, added maybe 1/8 cup of dark honey and some water until it was moistened. So I read the "best" way to raise wax worms is to put them into a mixture of bran, honey and glycerine. The box quantity stated "50" but I got extra at 62. I bought some wax worms along with some meal worms a week or so ago at Petco, to ease my urge to start up something buggy while waiting for some larger quantities of stock larvae purchased through Amazon. They are high in fat and so are said to be treats, not to be fed alone as a main source for reptiles or other pets. The level of these chemicals can be decreased (or removed) with water conditioners (available at good pet stores).There's quite a few video's out on small scale wax worm farming, mostly from people raising them as reptile feed treats. Tap water often contains chlorine and heavy metal additives that can be dangerous to frogs. Water access should be always provided, but simply using tap water may cause your frog to become sick. Juvenile frogs should be fed more frequently (every day) but with smaller amounts. The feeding of rodents and mince meats should generally be avoided in tree frogs, as these animals cope poorly with high protein diets and can develop kidney disease.Īdults should be provided 10-20% of their body weight each week in 2-3 separate feedings (i.e., offer insects every 2-3 days). This condition is very common amongst captive frogs. This is to prevent nutritional diseases such as metabolic bone disease resulting from chronically low calcium diets.
However, care must be taken with mealworms and wax worm portions, as these insects are very high in fat and overfeeding can lead to significant health problems.Īll insects should be treated with calcium via gut-loading and or dusting before being fed. Appropriate insects include crickets, cockroaches, earthworms, silkworms, slugs, moths, mealworms and wax worms.
Both adults and juveniles are insectivores and eat various live insects in the wild. An essential part of keeping Australian tree frogs is understanding their dietary requirements.
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