I am always trying to vary my RBPs' diet. In the past I have fed them frogs from the LFS. Is it safe to catch wild frogs to use as feeders (for ANY fish)? Are frogs a nutritious food for fish?
Are wild caught frogs good feeders?
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FYI, might be illegal in some states . . . some frog species may have protected status, depending on the type of frog you are considering and where you live
also, I figure any frogs you catch in the wild have a good chance of carrying some parasite or diseases . . . including salmonella, which I have no idea how it would affect fish . . .
also, I figure any frogs you catch in the wild have a good chance of carrying some parasite or diseases . . . including salmonella, which I have no idea how it would affect fish . . .
In cali I can catch all the bullfrogs I want with my fishing licsense by almost any means that doesn't disturb the area. I just take the leg meat, heart, lungs, and stomach and intesines clean them up and freeze them to kill any potential parasites. Then i dice the meat up according to the size of the fish I feed it to and I'm good to go.
I feed alot of stuff to my fish that has salmonella on it and they haven't shown any ill effects, mainly because the food is frozen before hand and defrosted before I feed them.
I feed alot of stuff to my fish that has salmonella on it and they haven't shown any ill effects, mainly because the food is frozen before hand and defrosted before I feed them.
theres also the possibility that it's eaten something toxic. This is the main thing I would be concerned with.
For instance, I feed my fish lots of bugs I find around my house, but only because I don't use chemical cleaners or aerosols. Same goes for the community gardens that surround my house because they grow organic, not using any chemicals or fertilizers.
I wouldn't feed a fish, snake or any other animal a mouse that i found that is not a field (wild field) mouse, because they get into all kinds of crap and theres the possibility that it has ingested chemical cleaners.
So I would say that it really depends on where you caught the frog. I wouldn't use anything that I found in a pond on a golf course for example, or in a creek by a freeway. Just think about what might have gone into the animal where you found it, as frogs are very permeable animals that absorb 90% of what's in their environment. But frogs are good nutrition for everybody as long as they're healthy (and as long as the animals are meat eaters, of course
).
For instance, I feed my fish lots of bugs I find around my house, but only because I don't use chemical cleaners or aerosols. Same goes for the community gardens that surround my house because they grow organic, not using any chemicals or fertilizers.
I wouldn't feed a fish, snake or any other animal a mouse that i found that is not a field (wild field) mouse, because they get into all kinds of crap and theres the possibility that it has ingested chemical cleaners.
So I would say that it really depends on where you caught the frog. I wouldn't use anything that I found in a pond on a golf course for example, or in a creek by a freeway. Just think about what might have gone into the animal where you found it, as frogs are very permeable animals that absorb 90% of what's in their environment. But frogs are good nutrition for everybody as long as they're healthy (and as long as the animals are meat eaters, of course
).Not trying to get frogs from sewage treatment plants- not sure where i would go. Didn't think amphibians and fish shared diseases- something that infects a frog would prob not infect a fish.