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I had a question for those people on here who keep frogs in outdoor ponds. I built a 10 by 10 pond and have three bullfrogs and two green frogs in there. My question is do you guys feed them or do allow them to get there food on their own. I've had them for two years and they have survived winters but I'm just worried their not getting enough to eat on there own. How often should I feed them?

if you keep a healthy pond and have lots of thick gardens and rocks around the pond for the frogs to move through they should be fine. if they have made it for two years then they must be getting enough food to eat on their own. i keep greens and bulls in my backyrad, but i bring them in for the winter when i bring my fish in. i don't feed them when they are outside, i let them get what they can find on their own. if you have lots of insects and worms around your pond, then they should be fine.

Thanks, yeah I think they are ok they just look a little skinny sometimes. I don't see them hunting for food all that much but I guess they are ok. I throw earthworms to them at night and they gobble them up. Thanks again.

Dragon,

I've had many a bullfrog I'd kept in indoor ponds, believe it or not. I put these ponds on my patio. How did I take care of them? Try this:

I hooked a piece of fish, like a minnow, to a long thread and dangled it over the pond or frogs. They honestly went for it, and would latch on. The fish would slip out of the knot if you tied it right.

Moreover, you can stuff reptomin in the fish's mouth. It adds extra vitamins. I also try to create 'an eating rock', a flat smooth stone where I can put slow moving bugs or heaps of worms.

Putting worms in a pile will prevent them from slithering away faster and have the frog gobble them all at once, whereas one at a time is extremely hard for it to grab.

All my frogs did well, grew enormously.