Is it ok too feed my Oscar, wild-caught lizards?

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sunley213 said:
The cost in buying good food is nothing compared to buying the med to fix a problem you introduced into your tank by feeding your fish random lizards.

But its your fish and your choice.
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Yeah I know and I understand completely... I don't spoil my Oscar like crazy... his diet consist of mainly pellets... I only give him something different once in a blue moon too treat him...
 
Just because you don't spray doesn't mean your neighbors don't spray. Lizards and bugs can travel from yard to yard, wind can carry pesticides and run off water.

I am sure that if you feed your Oscar a lizard once in a while it will be fine. I get a lot of these jumping crickets by my house I pass on using them to feed, the risk isn't worth it. Especially with a food source which I normally won't feed.
 
strollo22 said:
If you decide to, I would freeze it for a couple of days.


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+1 pathogens have evolved in the prey of predators, atleast occasionally, better to not take risk. You never know what that lizard may have eaten and whatt that may have eaten...this cycle goes on and on.

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Cu455 said:
Just because you don't spray doesn't mean your neighbors don't spray. Lizards and bugs can travel from yard to yard, wind can carry pesticides and run off water.

I am sure that if you feed your Oscar a lizard once in a while it will be fine. I get a lot of these jumping crickets by my house I pass on using them to feed, the risk isn't worth it. Especially with a food source which I normally won't feed.
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hmm... you make a real good point... :| hmmm... I'll stop feeding little critters too my oscar..... I really did enjoy seeing my Oscar devour all the beetles and lizards thoo... LOL

Thank you everybody for the advice... I really appreciate it
 
And it depends how cold it really gets. Even frozen fish like tilapia and frzn blood worms carry parosites.,I,looked up how to freaze them to make it safe. It has to be rediculasly cold for long periods of time to even get most parasites gone.

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Tojo09 said:
And it depends how cold it really gets. Even frozen fish like tilapia and frzn blood worms carry parosites.,I,looked up how to freaze them to make it safe. It has to be rediculasly cold for long periods of time to even get most parasites gone.

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Idk mang... I mean I've heard of boiling something too rid it of the parasites and stuff but I have never heard of freezing it lol >.<
 
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