Blue Poison Arrow Frog care sheet

Housing: a glass terrarium of at least 450x450x300mm

Heating: ambient air temperature of 75-80oF

Diet: carnivorous diet of insects and meat

Decoration: damp substrate to raise humidity levels


The blue poison arrow frog's vivarium should be at least 450mm in length and 300mm in height. The blue poison arrow frog is going to grow to around 1-2" so they need a space large enough for them to move around in.






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Blue poison arrow frogs are terrestrial frogs but still need to be kept moist. The best way of doing this is by lining the floor with a mixture of bark chips and damp moss, the substrate can be taken out and resoaked or replaced as necessary.



Blue poison arrow frogs are insect hunters. These Frogs will not eat anything bigger than their mouth.Live insects like micro Crickets and Fruit Flys are particularly nutritious. Your pet deserves the best foods possible so look after your live foods.

Keep your crickets fresh, plump and full of vitamins by feeding them with Bug Grub and fresh vegetation. Remember, your blue poison arrow frog also eats whatever is in your live food's stomach. Also, don't allow your live food to dehydrate, you don't want to give your animals dried up half dead insects for dinner! Hydrate them with Bug Gel to keep them alive longer and mouth wateringly juicy. Care for your live food in their own enclosure, such as a Cricket Keeper.

Live foods should be coated in a vitamin and mineral supplement such asNutrobal to ensure the blue poison arrow frog is getting the best nutrition possible. Water should always be made available to the blue poison arrow frog by using a water bowl or a water feature and checked daily to ensure freshness.


To provide the blue poison arrow frog with optimal nutrition and to keep them in the best of health, they will require diet supplementaion in the form of calcium, vitamins and minerals. These are most commonly available as powders

Any livefood for the frog should be 'gut-loaded' with an insect food. This basically involves feeding the livefood a nutrient rich diet before they are fed to the blue poison arrow frog. Our livefood is delivered to you already gut-loaded but this should be continued at home.