Mealworms as Stable diet

[Unnar Karl]

In my country theres not much variety in live food for frogs, mostly mealworms. Could i be facing some kinds of health problems when feeding my FBT mealworms most of the times. I know it is hard for some of them to digest the mealworms shell but is it going to lead to prolapse of some sort ?

[LilyPad]

It could lead to some issues such as your frogs becoming impacted or prolapse if they get constipated. It'd be better to find alternatives if you can. They are also high in fat which can lead to obesity issues with your frogs.

[teslas intern]

Can you get crickets or feeder roaches? They would be much better... Where do you live? I know in some parts of Europe locusts are the preferred staple feeder. You can also culture your own feeders if you can get ahold of starter stock. But yeah I have heard bad things about using mealworms as a staple, I'd start looking into other alternatives as soon as possible...

[Mentat]

No crickets; earthworms, roaches, etc. on Iceland? Apart from their impaction issues; mealworms nutrition content is low when compared to other listed foods, specially earthworms.

[Unnar Karl]

I have a few locust that i am trying to breed. We get locust and crickets but it is every 2-3 months so there isn't a constant supply. I may have to look into earthworms, maybe bait shops or something like that. They are suppose to be very good stable diet right?

[LilyPad]

Yes, earthworms would be an excellent diet.

[FwoGiZ]

Chitin isn't a problem with the right temps and humidity. .. I can try and find papers that proves that.

I know veteran froggers that use a staple of bean weevils which are prolly one of the highest chitin bugs out there with no problems.

Another problem I forgot to mention with mealworm is that they may carry parasites but not sure if that's a myth too.
Giving them newly moulted one is still nice tho, I think phibs enjoy the softness of em.

[FwoGiZ]

Google amphibian pancreatic chitinase
Try and find legit scholarship papers...
What your perception is and what reality is might bebtwo different things.

Also if I may add, just so we're talking about the same thing here, impaction causes death if untreated.
A frog pooping undigested chitin isn't impaction.
I've only ever seen impaction cause by sand and rocks really... huge mass of fine coco fiber once in a pacman frog but I suspect low temp didn't help that.