Pacman food question

[timscrape]

My son's pacman frog is getting pretty big now. I was wondering if we could feed her a dead, frozen and thawed, wild caught snake. Its a rat snake that I put in the freezer 8 months ago for the skin. Just haven't got around to skinning it. And is there any preparation that I need to do. I know wild caught is normally a no no. But does freezing for so long make a difference? Thanks for the help.

[Louis Charles Bruckner]

I wouldn't do it.
I would stick to farmed feeders. be it crickets , mice
How is it with tong feeding.

I have heard of another member making his own food with natural sausage casings
and a ground up mixture of beef harts, dog food (dry), Vitamin supplements D3 on special batches. and crickets.

[timscrape]

She will eat whatever I put in front of her. Hand fed, tongs, or just drop it in.

[Louis Charles Bruckner]

I don't know if you are up to making your own food for her.
But IMO that is the best way to go for a good diet for your baby.

As soon as my little one gets large enough I will do the same thing.

[froglover9]

I don't recommend feeding the snake because freezing doesn't get rid of all parisites. Feed it farm raised feeders like mice, insects, and fish, and chicks. Insects like crickets should be the bulk of the diet. I don't recommend feeding to many vertabrates to frogs because it can cause obesity. Once or twice a month is good. be sure to use supplements every other feeding.

[demon amphibians]

If you had a wild caught frog then yeah go ahead and feed it to your frog. Captive born i wouldn't. like mentioned in other posts freezing does not get rid of everything. Wild caught frogs such as American bullfrogs have a built up immune system that can coupe with whatever is passed to your frog from the wild caught prey. Captive born frogs do not have this immune system. Now if you are not new to keeping frogs and are aware of the dangers of feeding wild caught prey and know where to catch your prey and where not to, then i would say go for it. I feed my toads pill bugs that i catch out and way from populated areas because i know that those area's are pesticide free. And also my toads Are WC. Even store bought live foods can contain parasites. there is no escaping it. There are articles on this forum on how to deal with them. Just be prepared for that and keep a first aid kit so to speak on hand. Most pet born illnesses are from poor husbandry anyways. Take advice provided by members on here they do have good knowledge to share. But don't count wild caught prey completely out either.

[demon amphibians]

snakes do have a great nutritional value for frogs as do lizards and other reptiles, even other frogs. Just be careful of the environment in which they are caught.

[Louis Charles Bruckner]

Even store bought live foods can contain parasites. there is no escaping it..

I totally agree with the above statement one of my Whites tree frogs that was captive born was diagnosed with a t tapeworm and more and likely came from store-bought crickets.

That's why it's very important to examine your frogs thoroughly at least once a month.
A very small bump on the underside of her leg which I thought was just a little fat deposit. turned out to be the tapeworm.

[froglover9]

snakes do have a great nutritional value for frogs as do lizards and other reptiles, even other frogs. Just be careful of the environment in which they are caught.

I guess your right. However, I don't see the point of feeding a wild caught snake when nutritious feeders like mice, chicks, and insects are readily available.