I have never tried it, but would it be ok to feed them to a monitor. Fish from unpolluted areas ofcourse. Species like a largermouth or trout, and how about wild caught crayfish. Would the parasite load be too high or is this a possibility. Thanks
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Feeding Wild Caught Fish
mkper5
Dec 20, 2005 01:25 PM
Replies (2)
tectovaranus
Dec 20, 2005 03:53 PM
I have feed wild caught crayfish both live and frozen to my Dumerils for over 10 years (4-7 times a week)with no ill effects,I also feed shrimp and fish purchased from "asian market" type stores.
I used to do fecals every six months but never found anything.
I have found these to be good alternatives to a strictly rodent diet.
Cheers
Ben
bloodbat
Dec 20, 2005 05:52 PM
Parasites are often host specific. This means that the fish or crayfish would have to have a parasite specific to your animal. Of course, I do not know how specific it needs to be. If it simply needs to be reptile specific, then you run a greater risk of having a problem than if it needs to be genus or species specific. I have used fish and crayfish many times. The fish were simply from bait stores, which is essentially as good as wild. The crayfish were also from bait stores.
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