firebellied toads food....

[roach dude]

can i feed my firebellied toads small meal worms

 

[reptillian]

hey conor lol roach dude lol

 

[roach dude]

yo wasup!
i thought i had a proper response then but it was u just say hi lol!

 

[ingas866]

I have 2 and I have only feed them crickets and floating food stix. I would try but make sure the worms can not get out in to your tank. If the toads stay in with the worms they could get eaten by the worms.

 

[hurley0816]

If the toads stay in with the worms they could get eaten by the worms

no they cant. that is a myth they eat oat bran, other grains, fruit and veges. i posted in my thread" oh yeah baby mealworms" for ya too,

 

[roach dude]

cheers! thats what im feeding mine at the moment but there quite expensive and smell like s**t!!!!!!( mister i u cant do me 4 that one i didnt actully swear!)

 

[reptillian]

lol hell pobs stll do u lmao

 

[roach dude]

lmao yea!!!!

 

[Vermis]

Moved from the insects section:

I think they'd swallow a mealworm whole without much crushing (being hard-shelled and all). I've heard that the tales of mealworms burrowing out of sick or weak animals are exaggerated, but I'd say play it safe anyway.
Even without those horror stories, there are matters of indigestibility and gut impaction. The still-soft skin of white mealworms is more easily broken and/or digested, I think. I've had no probs with them, at least.

On toad coloration: I've heard that Bombina might gain some of their colour from naturally occuring food, though I'm not sure if that would apply to the green as well as the underbelly. I think there are aquarist supplements to help boost the colour of fish, but I don't know anything about them, including if they're safe or usable for amphibians.
Or maybe try a little UV light.
It probably depends on species, too. B. orientalis is generally brighter than B. bombina and B. variegata. Do a google image search to see what I mean.

 

[roach dude]

ok thanks very much 4 the help

 

[roach dude]

my frogs dont swim and dont seem to like being in the water whats wrong!!!
i heard they love swimming . i only use de-clorinated water but i dont heat it ..is this the problem is it too cold.???

 

[Vermis]

I dunno... My yellow-belly almost always stayed in the water, and I kept it at room temp. Perhaps it's the time of the year, and though it's probably not cold enough to hibernate, it prefers to stay on the land.

I don't think it's a serious problem, though. Not unless the toad's obviously declining.

 

[roach dude]

no they seem to be eatin happily jumping around the place and enilerating the crickets like theres no tommoro. yea i think mabye it is just the weather.