Feeding slugs to fw fish?

[aclockworkorange]

I live in the pacific NW, and whenever it rains (happens often!) some massive slugs come out.

I was thinking that I could give them a rinse and feed them as an occasional treat to large freshwater fish?

I tried to google some info on this, but am having a hard time finding stuff. Any diseases or other problems that could result from the feeding of slugs (from a pesticide free garden)?

 

[lungfishlover]

i used to feed my african lungfish slugs - he/she ate them and loved them - only problem i found was the mucus they excrete - you could see it as the lungfish chewed on them - didnt seem to bother him/her though but i often wondered if the mucus would stick to the AL throat or insides?

 

[dlobom]

Snails carry a number of parasites, Flatworm eggs among them (Clonorchis sinensis), this nasty bugs has a life cycle in which eggs hatch in snails and then get eaten by fish, from which they can infect humans and cause liver disease

 

[aquaculture]

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That is for aquatic snails though.

 

[theunytedone]

nice idea!!! meaty little buggers, slugs are...

 

[ccebr]

fed slugs a couple of times they went down a treat with my fish, can't say the same about snails though.

 

[Cowrie]

I live in the pacific NW, and whenever it rains (happens often!) some massive slugs come out.

I was thinking that I could give them a rinse and feed them as an occasional treat to large freshwater fish?

I tried to google some info on this, but am having a hard time finding stuff. Any diseases or other problems that could result from the feeding of slugs (from a pesticide free garden)?

You mean banana slugs, right? If so, it would probably be fine. They're perfectly harmless poison-wise, and from my experience, something amphibian-safe is fish-safe, and slugs are seen as good frog-food. So, it should be fine.


@lungfishlover - Due to how slug slime works as a lubricant if there's pressure on it, I wouldn't worry. And, insides are slimey in any case.

 

[krichardson]

When I was keeping oscars I tried feeding them slugs and they never took to them.They would always spit them out so I stuck with earthworms as free food.

 

[aclockworkorange]

Snails carry a number of parasites, Flatworm eggs among them (Clonorchis sinensis), this nasty bugs has a life cycle in which eggs hatch in snails and then get eaten by fish, from which they can infect humans and cause liver disease

Yes, it makes no sense from an evolutionary stand point that a garden snail, which would never normally have contact with a fish (on a regular basis), would have a parasite that has a life cycle that relies on fish. Aquatic snails, yes.

 

[aclockworkorange]

You mean banana slugs, right? If so, it would probably be fine. They're perfectly harmless poison-wise, and from my experience, something amphibian-safe is fish-safe, and slugs are seen as good frog-food. So, it should be fine.


@lungfishlover - Due to how slug slime works as a lubricant if there's pressure on it, I wouldn't worry. And, insides are slimey in any case.

I don't know exactly... One of these bad boys?