Quote Originally Posted by Samalander View Post
FWIW I have fed my pacman wild caught worms, insects, and small animals my cats killed (birds, mice and even baby rats). I have had this frog for over 22 years now
I have a garter snake that has exceeded the captive life expectancy of his species by 50% (average is 8, he's 12) that I unknowingly fed feeders that have been PROVEN as toxic for the first ten years I had him. He's doing great, so clearly a LOT of what I was doing was correct, but I'm not going to recommend what are unquestionably risky feeders to a kid who's just getting into reptiles because it worked for me.
And they are, unquestionably, risky. It's never something I would recommend to a young kid without the resources to really find out what the local pesticide use patterns are.