Can Waxworms hurt my frog?

[black_envy]

I didn't know what waxworms were, but on a dart frog care sheet somewhere it said they were a good food source, but when I opened the jar thing, there were these huge grub things! Can they like gang up and kill or injure my frog? Or will my frog just eat them?

[Dancing frogs]

In most cases, to get proper sized waxworms, you must culture them yourself, due to their fast growth rate.

Its not that hard, just takes some patience.

[black_envy]

Ok, but I only have large ones and was wondering, if I cut them in half would they be small enough for my tinc? He is five or six months out of the water. I just want to know if I can at all ulitilize these as a food source. Otherwise, he is happily feasting on fruitflies, and I plan to seed his vivarium with springtails, and supplement with small crickets and rice flour beetle larvae.

[Dancing frogs]

Half a grown waxworm is still pretty big for a tinc, and cutting the worm in half will most likely result in non moving prey.
My yellowheads will turn up their nose at anything bigger than a hydei it seems...

[nburns]

Try finding some lesser waxworms. I had the same problem with the waxworms sold at pet stores. Lesser waxworms stay a lot smaller and are therefore easier to feed out at an older age.