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will my turtle eat frogs/toads

PostPosted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 8:34 pm
by 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!

PostPosted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 8:48 pm
by 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

PostPosted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 8:56 pm
by zero_tails
anything that moves in the tank will looks like a meal for an RES lol. i dont recomend it either

PostPosted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 9:04 pm
by 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.

PostPosted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 9:12 pm
by Turtle_Turtle
lol do u think it is fun for the fish

PostPosted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 9:24 pm
by Tenodera
Yes your turtle will eat them and will probably get terribly sick from eating them.

PostPosted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 9:55 pm
by kmichael55
and possibly die... they have toxins

PostPosted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 9:59 pm
by 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. :(

PostPosted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 10:10 pm
by Safdar
Big No No
Poisoned turtle

PostPosted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 10:15 pm
by kmichael55
I've never tried them, I might though...I'm still in the adventurous phase of starting to eat meat again

PostPosted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 10:12 am
by 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.

PostPosted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 10:24 am
by 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.

PostPosted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 4:07 pm
by turtlelover2
thanks! i won't feed them to my turtle

PostPosted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 5:25 pm
by Safdar
Good choice XD

PostPosted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 3:43 am
by Opus
And don't put any ampibians for that matter!newts and salamanders are poisonus too!