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Pyxie Frog Diet - Hissing Roaches?

goomba Apr 04, 2007 04:23 PM

Hey everyone. I own a 5.5-6 inch adolescent pyxie frog. For the last 5 months that I’ve had him he’s been getting a somewhat varied diet of crickets (which I think he may be too big for now, haha), mice, and lobster roaches, as well as the occassional hisser.

Recently I bought him 2 decent sized adult hissers (dusted with supplements) and he crunched right through them, no problem. And as for digestion, he poops it out as easily as anything else. It’s usually like a two bite ordeal and the roach is all gone.

So basically, I was just curious if anyone has kept a pyxie of this size on a staple of hissing roaches dusted with supps? In terms of nutritional value, how do they compare to mice and crickets? How fatty are they? etc. Also, I will be sure to vary throughout his diet, but for the most part how would a diet consisting of 2/3 roaches do?

Thanks for the help guys.

Replies (1)

APLAXAR Apr 05, 2007 02:55 PM

I Have always been under the impression that hissers exo-skeleton was too hard to feed to pyxies so i have never tried it. but i am all for feeding of softer bodied roaches, but if it works for you i guess it isnt a bad thing.

Adam
Here is Eugene enjoying a quail

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6.6 THAYERI
1.2 SPLENDIDA
1.3 ALTERNA
0.0.1 CORN SNAKE
0.1.1 PYXIE FROG
0.0.1 MEXICAN RED KNEE
1.0 CHILEAN ROSE HAIR

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