alternative to crickets???

SOooooo.... I would really like to start a red eyed tree frog terrarium. My obstacle at this point is that my fiance has put the kibosh on having crickets in our place....

Are there any (noiseless) alternatives that can be fed as a staple prey item for red eyed tree frogs??

do flightless fruit flys or mealworms work???

Thanks all!!

Try dubia roaches. Very easy to breed, noiseless, oderless, and the young ones are perfect for feeding.

I totally agree with Stephen on the dubias, they're all around super easy. But...you have to feed them in a dish to prevent them from disappearing into the substrate. Frogs are not good at learning how to take food from a dish, and dubias don't move enough to really get and amphibian's attention. Frogs are ambush feeders, and prefer that their food just wander by. That being said, I do feed my White's large dubias by hand, but red-eyes are too shy to be fed that way. They'll close their eyes and duck their heads to make your fingers disappear.
Fruit flies are way too small for red-eyes. Mealworms don't really move at all, and are very hard to gutload, and digest for red-eyes. Unfortunately, crickets really are your best bet. Wow, hasn't this been helpful!? Sorry.

Medium crickets, which is what you'll use, don't make noise. If you buy them as needed, maybe once per week, they shouldn't get too smelly.


Noelle

lobster roaches r GREAT for frogs

roaches are pretty quiet, and if you're only doing red eyes, chances are they wouldnt need to eat adult crickets (adults are the ones that can chirp with fully grown "wings") so i wouldnt see a noise issue with crickets if your only getting 1/2 in crickets for them. Though it certainly doesnt hurt to vary up the diet

My red eyes eat 1/2 crickets, at that size they make no noise. I have tried offering roaches ... no go.