..feed your frogs insects you've caught? Not as staples but to switch it up now and then. I heard it isn't the greatest idea but im wondering if anyone still does it..
..feed your frogs insects you've caught? Not as staples but to switch it up now and then. I heard it isn't the greatest idea but im wondering if anyone still does it..
We recently had a debate on this you can try to find it. Our conclusion was (if i can remember right) don't feed bugs/ other thing that were caught in an area exposed to pesticides. And also that you should only feed them to wild caught animals that are native to the area that the feeders were caught. Exceptions seemed to be earthworms, slugs, springtails and wood lice.
Probably true for earthworms since most species aren't native anyways.
I've heard snails and slugs can carry a lot of deadly parasites.
Tempting as it is to feed wild bugs to my frogs and toads that are fluttering around my porch light during the hot summer nights, I haven't wanted to take the risk. In the city where I live, many people use pesticides and fertilizers in an effort to keep their lawns looking golf course green during weeks of 40 degree Celcius weather. I can only imagine the chemicals coating those innocent looking moths that dive bomb me when I come home from work. I won't even dig up worms from my back yard-though my family uses no chemicals whatsoever on any lawns, trees or shrubs-and feed them to my amphibians as our yard is actually lower than both neighbours and we get frequent runoffs from their lawns. I might have mutant worms and not even know it!!
Don't feed wild roaches, just captive cultured. There's a world of difference, both in terms of disease and nutrition.
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