How safe is feeder frog

[Iratus ranunculus]

Hi and welcome to the forum. I will let someone else weigh in on this because I'm jaded. You see I love frogs and would never feed them to anything. If I got a bunch of feeder frogs I would end up with a bunch of adult feeder frogs. Maybe someone else has a different opinion.

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I occasionally give my garter snakes a frog or toad as a treat, or use them to get Nerodia feeding. That is about the extent of it

As for possible toxins, it should not be a problem. Bullfrogs LOVE eating other frogs. As a matter of fact numerous species are going extinct in part because of introduced bullfrogs.

That having been said, the parasites a wild caught frog will carry will probably harm a captive bullfrog, particularly a captive bred animal that does not have a properly primed immune system.

I would recommend Dubai roaches. They are easy to keep and breed, cant fly, and done clime glass.

[adawinters]

As others have said, pathogens would be a concern. If you really want to try it, it might be worth de-worming a mating pair and breeding the feeders yourself. (Sounds like more trouble than it's worth.)