lol not sure, i just love yours, but J&J doesn't have any and not planning, riverfront - none too, but i have a tiger salamander now :lol: and it was eating from hands right away and is soooo cute
Save one animal and it doesn't change the world, but it surely changes the world for that one animal!
I wasnt giving it as advice, I was stating prior to that that I had wondered how well the shell would be digested or not in a frogs stomach. Also that I had heard of them being fed with no ill effect yes, but i was certainly not saying "yes go ahead do it its perfectly safe" because i myself have no idea if that is true or not. Though I highly doubt the occasional crawfish is going to be a problem, as I stated, I do not know how well the shell will be digested and whether it will cause difficulty in passing.
As far as diseases go, I have not read nor heard anything about crawfish having the same problems as feeder fish. Feeder fish come from crowded tanks and are often in poor health.
As far as not following Grif's advice, different people have different opinions (and different levels of experience caring for amphibians generally) and are going to read his advice and take it or leave it. I always find it funny when someone gets so highly offended that someone didnt take their advice from a forum.
How long ago did the toad eat the crustacean? did it pass? were there any shell pieces in the stool? If so, were they brittle, thin, partially digested? Hard, undigested? Details please!
She has passed a few stools since consuming the crawdad. I never checked the stool. Its always hard to tell cause she will go into her water bowl multiple times a day and just turn in BLACK. She eats a lot and poos a lot. I just dump it down the toilet without checking. She is in good spirits today as usual, and at 4 hornworms happily. Ill keep everyone updated, and if I was wrong and she becomes ill, I will swallow my pride, face the embarassment and tell everyone. But I doubt that will happen. I wouldnt have done it if it put her at risk.
Im generally curious about it myself. If a crawfish ended up one of my minnow traps, it would end up goin into one of my frogs mouths.
I wouldn't think that a crayfish that size would be a problem for that toad even if it wasn't able to digest the exoskeleton. I say this because that toad's poops are probably bigger than that crayfish lol. It would probably be able to pass a rock as big as that crayfish...
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