pacman feeding question.

[timscrape]

How are chickens better than mice? To me, it seems like the feathers would be harder to digest. I guess the feathers wouldn't be fully developed though since they chicks are newbies. I know that these type things should only be fed every month or two as a treat. I'm just trying to understand this chicken thing.

[DVirginiana]

How are chickens better than mice? To me, it seems like the feathers would be harder to digest. I guess the feathers wouldn't be fully developed though since they chicks are newbies. I know that these type things should only be fed every month or two as a treat. I'm just trying to understand this chicken thing.

Most people don't feed chickens. There's not really a big benefit to it compared to mice and pacs can actually do perfectly fine without getting mice. It's certainly okay to do, but it's not something that your frog will miss out on if you don't.

[GrifTheGreat]

Chicks have far less fat content in comparison to rodents and therefore are a healthier treat. Many people will also use Quail chicks because they are smaller in size than baby chickens, but prekilled is best in any case whether it be chick or rodent.

If your gut tells you that a prey item is too large for your frog then it most likely is.

[DVirginiana]

, but prekilled is best in any case whether it be chick or rodent.

I know of someone with a couple pet mice and a fishtank full of guppies because of that...

[DeeDub]

You got it right on the feathers. Chicks don't have true feathers. Fat content is the reason they're better. Its low. Def freeze them before feeding them. It will ensure any parasites are mitigated. Most people kill them humanely before putting in the freezer for obvious reasons. Just remember, its more than fat you worry about. The vit A in the organs is not good in high amounts for your frog.

[GrifTheGreat]

You got it right on the feathers. Chicks don't have true feathers. Fat content is the reason they're better. Its low. Def freeze them before feeding them. It will ensure any parasites are mitigated. Most people kill them humanely before putting in the freezer for obvious reasons. Just remember, its more than fat you worry about. The vit A in the organs is not good in high amounts for your frog.

Freezing doesn't kill everything and bacteria and viruses will survive by creating a protein shell around them. This protects them from dying during the winter and even protects them from heat for a period of time.

Heat is really the only way to kill everything unless you raise the prey item and treat it for parasites prior to killing it and then freezing.