Thoughts on farmed fish for frogs

[arielgasca420]

I am a big fan of sashimi and sometimes I find myself with left over salmon.
I have a pyxie frog that is a glutton and I was wondering if sashimi is ok for them if its corn fed farmed fish.
Of course this would be as a treat because I cannot afford to go out for sushi every week. I usually go once a month.
Any thoughts on this or any types of farmed fish I should stay away from?

[wesleybrouwer]

I wouldn't try it if it was my own frog.
There may be a possibilitie it contains cold blood tuberculosis.
Mycobacterium tuberculosis isn't something you can get sick on,
but other cold blooded animals (like you're frog) can.
I'd stick with the regular foods, especially since you don't know what preperations are done on the fish before you take it home with you and you can't tell if TBC is present in the piece of fish.
Mycobacterium tuberculosis

[xStatic]

Not sure exactly how much this will relate to amphibians but I recently got in a fairly heated discussion on a garter snake forum concerning feeding fish to garter snakes. It's a common practice in the garter snake world because fish makes up a fairly large percentage of garter snakes' diets, but I think you need to be weary of any fish that comes packaged. (Pre-frozen) Fresh or truly fresh fish should be okay, but many packaged fish products are treated with a sodium compound preservative called Sodium tripolyphosphate, which is harmless to humans but is used to keep frozen fish looking appetizing after it's been frozen.

This compound is actually a neurotoxin and is commonly found in soaps and detergents. It can kill garter snakes and causes them to have seizures, convulsions, and eventually die. These symptoms in garter snakes are similar to those of dehydration which may be explained by the sodium being taken in with the fish.

I'm not saying that this compound will certainly harm amphibians as well but knowing that frogs are generally more sensitive to harmful compounds than reptiles, I would either avoid feeding fish or be very confident the source of your fish does not use any chemicals on the products