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> I saw one of the frogs who must have wintered over in my small heated > puddle. He looks positively anorexic! What, if anything, might I put in > there that he/she/it would eat until usual dietary critters arrive in the > appropriate quantities to sustain it? I don’t think it actually has the > strength to climb out of the water to get to any real food!
You can get frog food at pet stores. — Always be kind to animals, Morning, noon and night: For animals have feelings too, And furthermore, they bite. - John Gardner
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>And if you hear something chirping under your bed at night…. (snicker, >giggle) you know where to find Kthirty!
Awww nuts. I was gonna *squash* that darned thing until you posted that! K30… get the heck out from under my bed!!!!! Roark Ventura, Ca.
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No! No! I meant she knows where to find K30 to give her a boot in the pants for the suggestion of turning a bunch of crickets lose on her lawn. You "know" at least 1 or 2 will find their way indoors. After a few sleepless nights of chirping indoor crickets she’ll be ready to toss K30 out on someone’s lawn… :o) — Carol …..the Frugal Fishkeeper & Ponder Keeping it simple and cheap. *** News Flash: "Local High School Dropouts Cut In Half". *** – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->And if you hear something chirping under your bed at night…. (snicker, >giggle) you know where to find Kthirty! > Awww nuts. I was gonna *squash* that darned thing until you posted that! > K30… get the heck out from under my bed!!!!! > Roark > Ventura, Ca.
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But the frogs found in our ponds will only eat moving things. — Carol …..the Frugal Fishkeeper & Ponder Keeping it simple and cheap. *** News Flash: "Local High School Dropouts Cut In Half". *** – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> You can get frog food at pet stores. > —
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I wonder if the laburnum seeds falling in my pond are poisoning our frogs. Short of moving the pond or cutting the trees down, any suggestions?
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Sprinkle the crickets in the grass around the pond and then vamoose. Kathy Thirtyacre USDA Zone 7 Home of Rosie, the water gardening labrador. http://members.aol.com/jj30a/30acrephoto.html
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>Don’t open the bag in the house….. you will have a cricket singing behind the >fridge for a long time. >Don’t open the bag in the car….. no, I didn’t do that but a friend did!
And don’t leave the crickets in the bag, in the car too long. Crickets will eventually eat thru the plastic and then one has a chirpin’ car that can really throw your mechanic for a loop. ~Keep ‘em Wet!~ jan/3-Cities WA Zone 7 Remove Z to e-mail
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Joe, Crickets are great munchies for frogs. I would get hatchlings and the small size to be safe. Would also buy $2 of mealworms, Mealworms are not as good as escaping for starving and/or sick frogs. If you really won’t to treat him (them) well, sprinkle a little calcium powder over the crickets/mealworms before delivering them to the table. Best of luck, Dawn Adelaide, Aust. Joe T wrote – frogs who must have wintered over in my small heated >puddle. He looks positively anorexic! What, if anything, might I put in >there that he/she/it would eat
I don’t think it actually has the – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->strength to climb out of the water to get to any real food! >– >— Stop Global Whining!— >http://home.att.net/~joeyonetime
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Joe you got me there 
How about you wade in and catch the little bugger. Put him in a small aquarium or something along that line. Or if you don’t fancy that maybe front some leaves (large ones) and dump a few crickets on them. Put some on an isolated part of the pond edge where he might hang out. Crickets can swim (they play possum) but they can also drown. We can but try. If you don’t you will never, never know. Let up know how you get on (the frog that is) >Ok here’s the big next question generated by all of the cricket/worm >responses so far! Uh, how do I go about delivering these munchies to the >frog in question? He runs (ok swims) away as soon as he sees me. Should I >simply toss the crickets into the water and hope he catches them before >they manage to escape?
Dawn wrote – – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Joe, Crickets are great munchies for frogs. I would get hatchlings > and the small size to be safe. Would also buy $2 of mealworms, > Mealworms are not as good as escaping for starving and/or sick
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And if you hear something chirping under your bed at night…. (snicker, giggle) you know where to find Kthirty! — Carol …..the Frugal Fishkeeper & Ponder Keeping it simple and cheap. *** News Flash: Air Head Fired. *** – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Sprinkle the crickets in the grass around the pond and then vamoose.
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We once had a massive escape of baby froglets in the house….. Found several that had made their way to the base of the toilet. Little darlings must be able to find their way to water. And, no, I did not release a bunch of pinhead crickets on the carpet to feed the escaped baby froglets. My husband is tolerant but he has his limits. Kathy Thirtyacre USDA Zone 7 Home of Rosie, the water gardening labrador. http://members.aol.com/jj30a/30acrephoto.html
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I saw one of the frogs who must have wintered over in my small heated puddle. He looks positively anorexic! What, if anything, might I put in there that he/she/it would eat until usual dietary critters arrive in the appropriate quantities to sustain it? I don’t think it actually has the strength to climb out of the water to get to any real food! — — Stop Global Whining!— http://home.att.net/~joeyonetime
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Whenever I have added frogs to my pond I supplement with live cricketts for a week or so hoping they will stay. It seems to work. Johanna – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – >I saw one of the frogs who must have wintered over in my small heated >puddle. He looks positively anorexic! What, if anything, might I put in >there that he/she/it would eat until usual dietary critters arrive in the >appropriate quantities to sustain it? I don’t think it actually has the >strength to climb out of the water to get to any real food! >– >— Stop Global Whining!— >http://home.att.net/~joeyonetime
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Go to the pet store and buy him two dozen pinhead crickets. That ought to do the trick. Though Mother Nature usually takes care of her own… I did it, just as a welcome back treat… but don’t tell my husband or he’ll have me commited. Kathy Thirtyacre USDA Zone 7 Home of Rosie, the water gardening labrador. http://members.aol.com/jj30a/30acrephoto.html
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Ok here’s the big next question generated by all of the cricket/worm responses so far! Uh, how do I go about delivering these munchies to the frog in question? He runs (ok swims) away as soon as he sees me. Should I simply toss the crickets into the water and hope he catches them before they manage to escape? — — Stop Global Whining!— – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Joe, Crickets are great munchies for frogs. I would get hatchlings > and the small size to be safe. Would also buy $2 of mealworms, > Mealworms are not as good as escaping for starving and/or sick > frogs. > If you really won’t to treat him (them) well, sprinkle a little calcium > powder over the crickets/mealworms before delivering them to the > table. > Best of luck, > Dawn > Adelaide, Aust. > Joe T wrote – > frogs who must have wintered over in my small heated >puddle. He looks positively anorexic! What, if anything, might I put in >there that he/she/it would eat > I don’t think it actually has the >strength to climb out of the water to get to any real food! >– >— Stop Global Whining!— >http://home.att.net/~joeyonetime
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Pet stores that sell lizards and frogs will sell crickets. A dozen for a buck usually. Don’t open the bag in the house….. you will have a cricket singing behind the fridge for a long time. Don’t open the bag in the car….. no, I didn’t do that but a friend did! Kathy Thirtyacre USDA Zone 7 Home of Rosie, the water gardening labrador. http://members.aol.com/jj30a/30acrephoto.html
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Your pond may have been to "warm" for this frog to survive on stored body fat. Then there is the problem of him/her not finding enough food so early in the season. The frogs stay on the bottom of my pond for the winter and come up about the time the fish get active. They’re thin but active and healthy. — Carol …..the Frugal Fishkeeper & Ponder Keeping it simple and cheap. *** News Flash: Man Steals Clock – Faces Time. *** – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -! It is > most definitely suffering from malnutrition from the looks of it. Just > never saw a frog quite so skinny before and didn’t know if it was to be > expected. > — > — Stop Global Whining!— <—Excellent!
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I knew, even as I wrote the post that *someone* would jump on that detail. As for it being a teen I’m not sure really, although I have heard heavy metal music coming from the direction of the pond after hours lately! It is most definitely suffering from malnutrition from the looks of it. Just never saw a frog quite so skinny before and didn’t know if it was to be expected. — — Stop Global Whining!— – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I saw one of the frogs who must have wintered over in my small heated > puddle. He looks positively anorexic! What, if anything, might I put > Now that folks have given you real replies, i give you this: The above > problem is psychological, so find a pet or livestock psychologist. Sounds > like a teenage frog ‘eh?
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OK I won’t tell. And thanks for the reply. I was wondering where crickets could be purchased… Almost as bad as buying Evian eh? lol — — Stop Global Whining!— – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Go to the pet store and buy him two dozen pinhead crickets. > That ought to do the trick. > Though Mother Nature usually takes care of her own… > I did it, just as a welcome back treat… but don’t tell my husband or he’ll > have me commited. > Kathy Thirtyacre > USDA Zone 7 > Home of Rosie, the water gardening labrador. > http://members.aol.com/jj30a/30acrephoto.html
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> I saw one of the frogs who must have wintered over in my small heated > puddle. He looks positively anorexic! What, if anything, might I put
Now that folks have given you real replies, i give you this: The above problem is psychological, so find a pet or livestock psychologist. Sounds like a teenage frog ‘eh?
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> I saw one of the frogs who must have wintered over in my small heated > puddle. He looks positively anorexic! What, if anything, might I put in > there that he/she/it would eat until usual dietary critters arrive in the > appropriate quantities to sustain it? I don’t think it actually has the > strength to climb out of the water to get to any real food!
You can get frog food at pet stores. — Always be kind to animals, Morning, noon and night: For animals have feelings too, And furthermore, they bite. - John Gardner
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>And if you hear something chirping under your bed at night…. (snicker, >giggle) you know where to find Kthirty!
Awww nuts. I was gonna *squash* that darned thing until you posted that! K30… get the heck out from under my bed!!!!! Roark Ventura, Ca.
Response:
No! No! I meant she knows where to find K30 to give her a boot in the pants for the suggestion of turning a bunch of crickets lose on her lawn. You "know" at least 1 or 2 will find their way indoors. After a few sleepless nights of chirping indoor crickets she’ll be ready to toss K30 out on someone’s lawn… :o) — Carol …..the Frugal Fishkeeper & Ponder Keeping it simple and cheap. *** News Flash: "Local High School Dropouts Cut In Half". *** – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->And if you hear something chirping under your bed at night…. (snicker, >giggle) you know where to find Kthirty! > Awww nuts. I was gonna *squash* that darned thing until you posted that! > K30… get the heck out from under my bed!!!!! > Roark > Ventura, Ca.
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But the frogs found in our ponds will only eat moving things. — Carol …..the Frugal Fishkeeper & Ponder Keeping it simple and cheap. *** News Flash: "Local High School Dropouts Cut In Half". *** – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> You can get frog food at pet stores. > —
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I wonder if the laburnum seeds falling in my pond are poisoning our frogs. Short of moving the pond or cutting the trees down, any suggestions?
Response:
Sprinkle the crickets in the grass around the pond and then vamoose. Kathy Thirtyacre USDA Zone 7 Home of Rosie, the water gardening labrador. http://members.aol.com/jj30a/30acrephoto.html
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>Don’t open the bag in the house….. you will have a cricket singing behind the >fridge for a long time. >Don’t open the bag in the car….. no, I didn’t do that but a friend did!
And don’t leave the crickets in the bag, in the car too long. Crickets will eventually eat thru the plastic and then one has a chirpin’ car that can really throw your mechanic for a loop. ~Keep ‘em Wet!~ jan/3-Cities WA Zone 7 Remove Z to e-mail
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Joe, Crickets are great munchies for frogs. I would get hatchlings and the small size to be safe. Would also buy $2 of mealworms, Mealworms are not as good as escaping for starving and/or sick frogs. If you really won’t to treat him (them) well, sprinkle a little calcium powder over the crickets/mealworms before delivering them to the table. Best of luck, Dawn Adelaide, Aust. Joe T wrote – frogs who must have wintered over in my small heated >puddle. He looks positively anorexic! What, if anything, might I put in >there that he/she/it would eat
I don’t think it actually has the – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->strength to climb out of the water to get to any real food! >– >— Stop Global Whining!— >http://home.att.net/~joeyonetime
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Joe you got me there How about you wade in and catch the little bugger. Put him in a small aquarium or something along that line. Or if you don’t fancy that maybe front some leaves (large ones) and dump a few crickets on them. Put some on an isolated part of the pond edge where he might hang out. Crickets can swim (they play possum) but they can also drown. We can but try. If you don’t you will never, never know. Let up know how you get on (the frog that is) >Ok here’s the big next question generated by all of the cricket/worm >responses so far! Uh, how do I go about delivering these munchies to the >frog in question? He runs (ok swims) away as soon as he sees me. Should I >simply toss the crickets into the water and hope he catches them before >they manage to escape?
Dawn wrote – – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Joe, Crickets are great munchies for frogs. I would get hatchlings > and the small size to be safe. Would also buy $2 of mealworms, > Mealworms are not as good as escaping for starving and/or sick
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And if you hear something chirping under your bed at night…. (snicker, giggle) you know where to find Kthirty! — Carol …..the Frugal Fishkeeper & Ponder Keeping it simple and cheap. *** News Flash: Air Head Fired. *** – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Sprinkle the crickets in the grass around the pond and then vamoose.
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We once had a massive escape of baby froglets in the house….. Found several that had made their way to the base of the toilet. Little darlings must be able to find their way to water. And, no, I did not release a bunch of pinhead crickets on the carpet to feed the escaped baby froglets. My husband is tolerant but he has his limits. Kathy Thirtyacre USDA Zone 7 Home of Rosie, the water gardening labrador. http://members.aol.com/jj30a/30acrephoto.html
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I saw one of the frogs who must have wintered over in my small heated puddle. He looks positively anorexic! What, if anything, might I put in there that he/she/it would eat until usual dietary critters arrive in the appropriate quantities to sustain it? I don’t think it actually has the strength to climb out of the water to get to any real food! — — Stop Global Whining!— http://home.att.net/~joeyonetime
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Whenever I have added frogs to my pond I supplement with live cricketts for a week or so hoping they will stay. It seems to work. Johanna – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – >I saw one of the frogs who must have wintered over in my small heated >puddle. He looks positively anorexic! What, if anything, might I put in >there that he/she/it would eat until usual dietary critters arrive in the >appropriate quantities to sustain it? I don’t think it actually has the >strength to climb out of the water to get to any real food! >– >— Stop Global Whining!— >http://home.att.net/~joeyonetime
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Go to the pet store and buy him two dozen pinhead crickets. That ought to do the trick. Though Mother Nature usually takes care of her own… I did it, just as a welcome back treat… but don’t tell my husband or he’ll have me commited. Kathy Thirtyacre USDA Zone 7 Home of Rosie, the water gardening labrador. http://members.aol.com/jj30a/30acrephoto.html
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Ok here’s the big next question generated by all of the cricket/worm responses so far! Uh, how do I go about delivering these munchies to the frog in question? He runs (ok swims) away as soon as he sees me. Should I simply toss the crickets into the water and hope he catches them before they manage to escape? — — Stop Global Whining!— – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Joe, Crickets are great munchies for frogs. I would get hatchlings > and the small size to be safe. Would also buy $2 of mealworms, > Mealworms are not as good as escaping for starving and/or sick > frogs. > If you really won’t to treat him (them) well, sprinkle a little calcium > powder over the crickets/mealworms before delivering them to the > table. > Best of luck, > Dawn > Adelaide, Aust. > Joe T wrote – > frogs who must have wintered over in my small heated >puddle. He looks positively anorexic! What, if anything, might I put in >there that he/she/it would eat > I don’t think it actually has the >strength to climb out of the water to get to any real food! >– >— Stop Global Whining!— >http://home.att.net/~joeyonetime
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Pet stores that sell lizards and frogs will sell crickets. A dozen for a buck usually. Don’t open the bag in the house….. you will have a cricket singing behind the fridge for a long time. Don’t open the bag in the car….. no, I didn’t do that but a friend did! Kathy Thirtyacre USDA Zone 7 Home of Rosie, the water gardening labrador. http://members.aol.com/jj30a/30acrephoto.html
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Your pond may have been to "warm" for this frog to survive on stored body fat. Then there is the problem of him/her not finding enough food so early in the season. The frogs stay on the bottom of my pond for the winter and come up about the time the fish get active. They’re thin but active and healthy. — Carol …..the Frugal Fishkeeper & Ponder Keeping it simple and cheap. *** News Flash: Man Steals Clock – Faces Time. *** – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -! It is > most definitely suffering from malnutrition from the looks of it. Just > never saw a frog quite so skinny before and didn’t know if it was to be > expected. > — > — Stop Global Whining!— <—Excellent!
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I knew, even as I wrote the post that *someone* would jump on that detail. As for it being a teen I’m not sure really, although I have heard heavy metal music coming from the direction of the pond after hours lately! It is most definitely suffering from malnutrition from the looks of it. Just never saw a frog quite so skinny before and didn’t know if it was to be expected. — — Stop Global Whining!— – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I saw one of the frogs who must have wintered over in my small heated > puddle. He looks positively anorexic! What, if anything, might I put > Now that folks have given you real replies, i give you this: The above > problem is psychological, so find a pet or livestock psychologist. Sounds > like a teenage frog ‘eh?
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OK I won’t tell. And thanks for the reply. I was wondering where crickets could be purchased… Almost as bad as buying Evian eh? lol — — Stop Global Whining!— – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Go to the pet store and buy him two dozen pinhead crickets. > That ought to do the trick. > Though Mother Nature usually takes care of her own… > I did it, just as a welcome back treat… but don’t tell my husband or he’ll > have me commited. > Kathy Thirtyacre > USDA Zone 7 > Home of Rosie, the water gardening labrador. > http://members.aol.com/jj30a/30acrephoto.html
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> I saw one of the frogs who must have wintered over in my small heated > puddle. He looks positively anorexic! What, if anything, might I put
Now that folks have given you real replies, i give you this: The above problem is psychological, so find a pet or livestock psychologist. Sounds like a teenage frog ‘eh?