garym@ulysses.UUCP (Gary Murphy) (08/14/89)
Please, no flames about captives...
I have two local frogs which will be my wards for at least the
remainder of August, and I'm finding very little in the way of
good amphibian-care reference material. These two seem
comfortable and healthy, and until I can return them I'd like
to keep them that way.
I know that they will eat bits of hamburger dangled on a thread,
but what I don't know is how much or how often. They seem to
'chew' for a long time before mounting another attack, but I
would expect them to eat more than 1/2 tsp of ground per day!
Then there's the subject of their native cuisine: are there any
flying insects that I shouldn't feed them? I wouldn't think
wasps or bees would go down very well, but you never know...
Along related lines, can anyone recommend a good field-guide to
Ontario amphibians? And one final question: when it comes time
to release the duo, how important is proximity to their homelands
or to others of the same kind?
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