Good toad food

[pac]

I was wondering are this good toad food i call them roly poly i have a bunch of freshly collected american toads they eat mealworms and superworms so i was wondering would this be good for them

[ViperJr]

I have no experince or actual knowledge what so ever, but according to wikipedia, it's not recommended to feed them to lizards and "such pets".

"They are sometimes caught and fed to pets such as lizards, but this is not recommended since those animals might become poisoned."
It had a reference, you might want to check it out.

[pac]

Ok but i might try it out since they are wild caught do you know there real name i heard the they are good tanks cleaners because somebody on classifieds has them for sale

[nicodimus22]

Terrestrial Isopods (Sowbugs, Pillbugs, Potato Bugs) As Food for Captive Reptiles and Amphibians | That Reptile Blog

[pac]

Ok thanks l plan on collecting some more and start breeding them for toads

[nicodimus22]

Make sure to remember this part:

"They do contain quite a bit of chitin, so are not suitable as the sole item in a diet."

Good luck!

[pac]

Ok thanks

[Greg M]

Captive-bred and raised isopods are a terrific food for toads. They are very high is calcium and I highly recommend them. I raise them is a large tupperware container, with a few holes in the lid - to keep humidity high. I use course coco-bark as the substrate - a few inches deep, and feed them sweet potato slices (or other veggies) and Rapashy Insect gutload or similar. Keep them in a cool dark closet. They breed quickly under favorable circumstances. I got starter cultures from Carolina Pet Supply, Quality supplies for raising healthy reptiles - nice people...

[pac]

Yea thanks im going start to feed them to the toads

[FwoGiZ]

woodlices are very good food and good janitors
chitin isnt a problem, amphibians are made to digest it, they might even convert all that into proteins

i also find that most toads like smaller preys... nothing like pdf but they wont go for big stuffs like treefrogs or frogs would