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View Poll Results: frogs as food? | |
this is completely wrong
|     | 18 | 46.15% | |
i'd feed my snakes feeder frogs
|    | 11 | 28.21% | |
would only use as variety food
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only as a last resort
|    | 8 | 20.51% |
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08-Jul-08, 06:54 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jun-08 Location: mount ommaney QLD Gender:  | | |
hey i had this idea today in using frogs as food..in much the same way as rodents are used. My idea is basically you breed your frogs, feed them up to certain sizes (like rats eg. pinkies etc), then freeze them. No cruelty, no mistreatment. then sell them. Now these frogs can be used to feed tree snakes and RBB and other snakes species that feed on frogs. They could be a food item used to vary the diets of 'frog feeders'. Or can even be used in feeding problem feeders.
would any one buy 'feeder frogs"?
does anyone think my idea basically sucks?
any opinions please..but dont call me names or anythin like that
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08-Jul-08, 07:02 PM
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Have you bred frogs? each one eats about $50 in crickets before it is half size, and snakes like tree snakes suck frogs down like a 7year old kid eats lollies.
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08-Jul-08, 07:03 PM
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G'day licky,
You're idea may be good in theory, but in practice it will be a disaster. Firstly, frogs are all protected native species, so I highly doubt you'll get approval to breed them for commercial food consumption. Secondly, the sheer cost of producing that many frogs would mean it wouldn't be a financially viable business venture. Thirdly, the animal ethics drama would be an absolute minefield...
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08-Jul-08, 07:04 PM
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I reacon I'd only use it if I really had to... like if I had difficult hatchies that wouldn't even feed on skinks, thats the only time.
But I think its an alright idea
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08-Jul-08, 07:27 PM
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It's a good idea if you're keeping small elapids such as Yellow-faced Whipsnakes, Swamp Snakes (particualrly juveniles) etc that won't take mice, rather than catching large amounts of (parasite infested) small skinks from the wild. Each season the young frogs can be culled (not sure how you would do this humanely?) and frozen for use throughout the rest of the season.
Breeding them for sale however, would most likely be against the law and more than likely unprofitable.
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08-Jul-08, 07:52 PM
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Worms.
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08-Jul-08, 09:13 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-06 Location: Brisbane Age/Gender: 23 | | | |
I think it would be ok to use cb bred frogs, the only thing is its probabaly illegal...
For small snakes it would be an easy way to get lots of food.
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08-Jul-08, 09:16 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Feb-08 Location: Sutherland shire, NSW, Australia Age/Gender: 11 | | | |
it is completely wrong and any way they are pretected
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08-Jul-08, 09:37 PM
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Originally Posted by RedEyeGirl  it is completely wrong | I imagine a mouse lover would say the same thing to most of us... 
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08-Jul-08, 09:49 PM
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Why stop at frogs? Anyone who has kept knob tail geckos knows they breed like flies on a rotting carcase. Sandswimmers lay multiple clutches and hatch in 35 days (sometimes less). Coastal carpets.... well.... I can't think of a better food item to get BHP hatchlins started on.
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09-Jul-08, 09:47 AM
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i thank all the people who gave me an opinion. And i also thank most of you for not callin me stupid or creepy etc, even though most of you probably are thinkin it lol. And just for the record it was only an idea, i never had any thought in my mind about pursuing this idea. Its good to know where lots of people stand when wanting to try new things..
thanks
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09-Jul-08, 09:54 AM
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JessB,
i used to breed mice when i was 8(10 now) and was always wondering why creepy guys would come 2 my house and pick out all my pinkies and fuzzies.I have only just gotten over that so don't get me started on this
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09-Jul-08, 09:55 AM
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Bacteria??
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09-Jul-08, 09:56 AM
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they are pretected anyway
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09-Jul-08, 09:58 AM
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you will never change my opinion grrrrrrr
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