Wild Caught Questions

[demon amphibians]

I wasn't talking about toxins that he would be immune to, I was talking about disease.

(When it comes to disease a frogs immune system is very different from ours. We can build an immunity against many different diseases by contracting it. But in many cases frogs are unable to do that. It may take several generations of a spieces to gain immunities to a diseases introduced to the area. Cytrid is a very dangerous disease that is devastating the frog world. It is spread in water.. You can encounter just as many dieases and parasites from store bought food too. I have heard of several cases of this.)
Pesticides can be an issue but unless you live in a farming community where large amounts of pestesides are used the chances of you encountering this are very low. Like i said before it is ok to be overly cautious and there are dangers everywhere but you will encounter just has many hazard feeding store bought food items. Think about people who culture there own feeders? Crickets, roaches, you name it all, eat veggies. Think about it. What do you feed your cultured insects? Store bought veggies right? even organic veggies can have pesticides on them. And i will promise you this the large scale cricket breeders where pet stores get there crickets from do not feed organic veggies to there crickets before they sell them. What i am saying is that your attempts to prevent feeding pesticide riden insects to your frogs may result in you feeding more of it to them through your captive breed insects. You can rinse your store bought veggies with water all day long and it still wont remove all the pesticides. Thats why you have to use a special rinse to soak your veggies in and that stuff is 60 bucks for 20oz. It is really the only way to have 100% pesticide free food for your feeders which your frogs will be eating.