General Care Discussion :: will my turtle eat frogs/toads

[turtlelover2]

Hey! i have a ton of frogs and toads around my house and i was wondering of my res would eat them so please reply thanks!

[turtle.love08]

well when i bought my turtles, the owner said that the turtles would nibble on the frogs feet., because i have a albino frog, and i asked her she said she wouldnt recommend it

[zero_tails]

anything that moves in the tank will looks like a meal for an RES lol. i dont recomend it either

[oobie58]

never put a frog in the tank unless you want to fish out frog guts all day. Do you want to feed it to your turtle? If you do i don't think it would be good because a lot of toads/frogs have deadly toxins. The ones we have here ooze this white pasty poison out of the back of there heads. I also don't think it would be fun for the frog.

[Turtle_Turtle]

lol do u think it is fun for the fish

[Tenodera]

Yes your turtle will eat them and will probably get terribly sick from eating them.

[kmichael55]

and possibly die... they have toxins

[DavidY]

Didn't you know? Froglegs are a delicacy. The sad thing is that the turtles might just take chunks out of the frogs a little at a time.

[Safdar]

Big No No
Poisoned turtle

[kmichael55]

I've never tried them, I might though...I'm still in the adventurous phase of starting to eat meat again

[untsmurf]

And when you say around your house, do you mean as pets or as pests? Never feed a turtle something you caught out of your yard, you don't know what's on it or what's in it and both could kill your turtle.

[megcornell]

The american toad, the brown ones that are so common. Are poisonous. I imagine most frogs and toads have toxins. And as large mammals and birds are their primary hunters, these toxins could very easily be fatal for something smaller like your turtle.
If you want to offer live prey stick with rosy reds, they are cheap and safe. And as untsmurf said, you never know if something outside has been exposed to chemicals or pesticides, so that's an unnecessary risk.

[turtlelover2]

thanks! i won't feed them to my turtle

[Safdar]

Good choice XD

[Opus]

And don't put any ampibians for that matter!newts and salamanders are poisonus too!