Leopard Frog Care - Rana pipiens (Schreber, 1782) and R. sphenocephala (1886)

[DanikaMilles]

Do you think it would be a okay to feed my frog small feeder fish?

[Paul Rust]

I would recommend against feeding them fish. Not only are fish a target of opportunity and not a normal food item for them, fish are intermediate hosts for many parasites and do not show symptoms of parasitic infection so you never know what you are exposing your animal to. Captive bred crickets should be the staple diet.

[DanikaMilles]

Alright. Thank you. Just wanted to to be sure. I don't want to risk anything if I don't have to, and it's nice to know for future reference

[Calabasas]

This is a great, inclusive article! As a kid, I used to love catching Northern leopard frogs (Rana pipiens) when we would vacation in Wisconsin. I have seen but a few Southern leopard frogs in Missouri as where I live most of the waterbodies consist of rivers/streams and/or reservoirs resulting from the construction of dams on the major rivers. Consequently, there is a decided lack of "preferred habitat", especially in the reservoirs as the water level fluctuations have the potential to be drastic, not only from the perspective of changes in depth, but also from the perspective of frequency and duration.

[charizard988]

i read the whole things its a good lot of info there but is there any particular plant that goes in compost they like that you can get from a common plant shop and is it alright to use j.arthur bowers ericacaous compost or j.aruther bowers tub and bassket compost look it up need help with this . im from the uk so it must be easy to get from the uk