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30 April 2008

Food and feeding habits of bullfrog

Kebiasaan makan kodok lembu. Based on feed habits, animal divided in three catagories, are herbivore, carnivore, and onmivore. Herbivore is animal plants feeder. Carnivore is animal small animal feeder. Whereas, omnivore is animal mix feeder, small animals, and plants.

Bullfrog is amphibian. It lives in two natural, water, and ground. Because it, bullfrog has distinguish habitual by other animals. When live in the water, or when tadpole, is omnivora. Bullfrog feed whatever small animal, and plants i the water.

Its habitual begun when loss egg yolk, where it likes by zooplankton, and phitoplankton, like benthos, detritus, diatome, and the others. Tadpole also scavenger, or animal destroyer carrion. They can torn a carion up to small, before feeding. Even, carrion of them.

After tadpole, or from youngfrog until broodstock, bullfrog is carnivore, or likes small animal. Differ with the other animals, bullfrog doesn’t like silent feed, only likes move feed, like insects, ground warms, small fishes, caterpillars, maggot, an other move animals.

Cause move feed, sometimes they feed them self, or canibalism. Don’t corious, if you see a youngfrog dead caused it, swalowed it can’t, outed it can’t. Even, legs of their friend also bitten, especially if loss feed. It’s cause injury.

Although, naturally likes life food, or move food, but in the culture, bullfrog can be given supplement feed, or feed original from out of pond. When tadpoles, can be given brine, and artificial powder. Giving suplement feed done after natural feed loss.

Whereas, when youngfrog until broodstock can be given ground warms, small fishes, catepillars, and maggots. Other supplement is artificial feed. (Indonesian named floating pellet). This feed is like tablet, and it can float in the water.

Artificial feeds for youngfrog have to have protein 30 – 40 percents. Size of artificial based of size bullfrog, 2 mm for youngfrog in 2 - 4 weeks, 4 mm for youngfrog in 5 – 8 weeks, and 6 mm for youngfrog in 9 – 12 weeks. Whereas 10 mm for broodstock.