Quote Originally Posted by mattfish View Post
so you tell people to feed mice and rats but "wild animals" are not good? have you ever gone to a rat breeders facility? its nasty. you take a risk of disease no matter what you feed. i do agree that wild is a tiny bit bigger of a risk but not much.
There is a HUGE difference between feeding random wild caught animals like you did and feeding actual feeders that were bred just for the sole purpose of feeding reptiles. These mice/rats have not been exposed to the outside world and do not carry the many commonly known diseases because they never acquired them; and the risks between feeding wild caught animals and animals that were bred for feeding purposes are miles away. What you said did not make sense at all.

We are not feeding random sewer rats here or a bird that flew in through my window, they are animals that were born to be eaten and have not gotten in contact with diseases/pests/plagues. They might not be 100% parasite free, but the chances of getting your frog sick are WAY higher by feeding wild caught animals.