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    I have a question, how fast do frogs digest their food. I saw frogs eating large prey items on videos and I was wondering as they eat does digestion start immediately or do they have really big stomaches? I saw a budgetts frog eating a large ball python and thought it was amazing that it could eat something that big with no ill effects.

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    Digestion probably depends on temperature and the frog's activity and metabolism but it would take a few days at least. Weeks, maybe if it was larger/ fattier than an insect or pinkie mouse. (this is mostly a guess and estimate.)

    I wouldn't be so sure that there were no ill effects from eating the ball python (unless there was a follow-up later saying the frog was okay.) Even frogs have limits to stomach size and any rupture wouldn't be immediately noticeable or noticeable at all unless the frog started refusing food. Plus getting too much fat all at once can be hard on the liver.

    That said, frogs are amazingly stretchy.

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    Thanks Elly From what I gathered the person that owns the frog feeds large prey regulary. I have 2 small pacman frogs that seemed a little fussy about food, yesterday I offered each 1 a fairly big night crawler,to my amazement they ate them.

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    they are all stretchy and watch it you'll be feeding them too much that is not good

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