Domestic or wild crickets

[Tom Highum]

hmm i heard that fish are bad too.

[BJnMe]

I am only saying this for arguments sake so don't take it any other way.

I have a wild caught Grey tree frog, it has been eating wild crickets(etc) all it's life.

So because it now lives in an aquarium that same diet is bad for it?

[into]

I am only saying this for arguments sake so don't take it any other way.

I have a wild caught Grey tree frog, it has been eating wild crickets(etc) all it's life.

So because it now lives in an aquarium that same diet is bad for it?

I think this may be the exception... if you caught the frog in your area and fed it insects from the same area.

[Tom Highum]

hmm interesting. Also does anyone know if slugs are ok? wild caught

[BJnMe]

Our chickens LOVE slugs.....

hmm interesting. Also does anyone know if slugs are ok? wild caught

[Tom Highum]

chickens?

[BJnMe]

chickens?

[into]

hmm interesting. Also does anyone know if slugs are ok? wild caught

I don't know, but I found these large leopard slugs on my porch last month and contemplated putting them in with my frogs... I decided not to.

[Tom Highum]

hmm is it possible to breed slugs?

[SludgeMunkey]

hmm is it possible to breed slugs?

Very easy. keep them cool, keep them moist, and keep them dark. Feed them left over salad greens. They do the rest of the work for you. I have a rather large colony of gray slugs going strong in my Hyla chrysoscelis enclosure. I have other colonies going in my Ambystoma opacum and Ambystoma maculatum tanks.

[BJnMe]

I definitely agree, if your critter is NOT from your area you should NEVER feed local insects.

I think this may be the exception... if you caught the frog in your area and fed it insects from the same area.

[Tom Highum]

Yup thats a good rule.