If they look skinny, feed them more--or maybe twice a day. I'm sorry, but I have forgotten what species of darts you have, and this may make a slight difference. I'd truly panic with a skinny thumbnail, but the other larger frogs seem to vary back and forth. If they are eating well, have plenty of food available, but still remain skinny, I'd start thinking about other possible problems, perhaps intestinal parasites that may have had a chance to take over while adapting to changes and stress. I wouldn't try to cycle wet/dry periods for breeding until they are all fat and happy in a well misted environment. I may be mistaken, but in my own experience, it is rather difficult to over-feed dart frogs, and obesity doesn't seem to present the same kind of problem that it does with a White's Tree Frog, as an example. Fat darts are generally healthy darts. The only problem with over-feeding that I've observed is too many insects annoying them after they are no longer hungry. If my larger, greedy frogs seem to become too portly, I cut back on the feeding or sometimes skip a feeding, but I'd rather have them fat than looking skinny.
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Patty

Pahsimeroi, Idaho



4 D. auratus blue

5 D. galactonotus pumpkin orange splash back

5 D. imitator

6 D. leucomelas

4 D. pumilio Bastimentos

4 D. fantasticus

4 P. terribilis

4 D. reticulatus

4 D. castaneoticus

2 D. azureus

4 P vittatus

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