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Hi! My name is Richard Reavis. I am co-owner of Black Jungle Terrarium Supply and on behalf
of expertvillage.com, I am here today to discuss the feeding and supplementation of poison
dart frogs. Now that we have covered supplementation, the next point that is very important to consider
is the size of the insect required for feeding your dart frogs. Obviously a larger species
such as the dendrobates tanktorious shown here can take larger food items than many
smaller species. Yet surprisingly even a large animal such as this may still prefer somewhat
smaller food items than some other genera. For instance, phyllobates is another genus
that will actually take relatively large insect prey including crickets that are even as much
as 2 to 3 weeks old. Failure to provide the appropriate size feeder insect can actually
cause a great deal of stress on the animal and potentially even prevent them from eating
it in the future if and when they grow large enough to take it. It is always best to start
out smaller and offer larger food items than the reverse.