u/Glass_Dog_7942

I’ve owned snakes and chinchillas so this is my first frog and insect eater. I’ve set up the enclosure already and plan on buying one from Josh Frog’s but before I pull the trigger, I want to get more information on feeding. I’ve heard some very conflicting information so far.

when I was at the pet store to buy leaf litter, the employee told me to just buy this pacman specific powdered food for them and mix water with it. when i googled it, every source said this is terrible for them (this the the same store who said I can keep my corn snake in a 20 gallon so I was taking it with salt anyway) I heard that you can give them things like crickets and roaches but then some people said their exoskeletons were too hard, some said you can feed just nightcrawlers but others said they need a varied diet. Some sources say dust during every meal, some say not at all or every few days.

im so confused! the frogs im interested in are about 8-12 weeks old and I know juvenile diets are different as well. What and how should I feed them? are nightcrawlers and crickets ok? I also have Zoo Med Reptile vitamins without D3 and Fluler’s reptile vitamins with Beta Caratene. Are these ok for dusting?

I commented on a post today where the OP was asking for help for their 10 week old puppy. The puppy was giving them extreme anxiety to the point where the Op couldn’t eat and lost 10 pounds, couldn’t sleep and had nausea and felt physically sick and the thought of interacting with the puppy made them overwhelmed and anxious. they also felt they could not bond with the puppy and did not love them

my comment was downvoted and blocked after saying she should just rehome the puppy!

A puppy shouldn’t have to deal with this. They are a living animal, they shouldn’t have to put up with breakdowns for you to finally start loving them. Puppy blues is a real thing, however I think there is a line between puppy blues and hating your puppy and just not being a compatible owner. SO many posts and people like this in general. Not gonna name names (I’m sure most of y’all can figure it out…) but there are so many subs on here that are full of people who blatantly hate their dogs and puppies but think they are God’s gift by keeping some poor puppy in an incompatible household

Dogs are sensitive to their owners emotions. If the owner is anxious, they get anxious. They can also tell who and who doesn’t like them and feel rejected.

If you are so stressed by a puppy and refuse to interact with them, you are stunting their development which will cause more issues down the road and is not fair to the puppy.

People need to realize there is much worse things than returning a dog to a breeder or rehoming. A dog deserves the best chance in life. Having to be with an owner who is not cut out for pet ownership isn’t good for either party. But for some reason, these people have some sort of savior complex and refuse to rehome a dog even though it is blatantly the best choice.