Silkworm as a Pac Staple?

[never quit]

How do silkworms compare to hornworms with regard to nutritional value?...I think the hornworms get a lot bigger, thus your adult frogs would only need a few as compared to a lot of silkworms.....Not sure, just asking

Thanks
Lloyd

[GrifTheGreat]

Silkworms and Hornworms are basically the same in nutritional value and yes Hornworms become 4" long and about as big around as a large tootsie roll. Very nutritious and very filling. They are sold as about 1" caterpilars and become 4" in about 1.5 weeks.

Night Crawlers are by far the most nutritious food you can offer your frog though. Most likely the Red Worm you offered secreted it's defensive yellow slime that both tastes and smells bad. Some frogs wont touch worms after getting a taste of the secretion. It is not toxic to the frog though like it is to other animals.

[DVirginiana]

I don't even keep red wigglers for fear of getting them mixed up and accidentally feeding them to one of my snakes (they are toxic to garters).
But my pac loves nightcrawlers. In fact, that's about 95% of her diet due to impaction issues with other foods, and she is fine.

Coming from someone who also had to keep a frog hidden from an RA for two years; NIGHTCRAWLERS. It's the best way, unless you know a bait shop owner that will let you pick out only female crickets (they don't chirp)... He actually still asks me if I want male or female crickets whenever I come in to buy fishing bait... If your frog won't take the nightcrawlers at first, rub them gently on its lips for a minute till it gets annoyed and snaps. After a time or two, they'll recognize them as food and go right for them.
Also, the frozen silversides they sell at most Petco/Petsmart stores make great treats about once a month. I've found they are easier for mine to digest than pinkies, but still provide variety.