Feeding and Nutrition :: snails

[Andrew7769]

i feed frogs to my painters...but they are just reg little native grass frogs

[Tenodera]

poor painters...
They might have experienced stomach aches...

[Twoster]

holy crap that snail is HUGEE!!..
i have one bigger black snail in my tank, he does a good job cleanin up..he leaves small turds that make their way to the filter rather easily..but i only have one, so i havent really had any problems with filter clogging or anything else..but with numbers, im sure it could get out of hand..

[iac637]

Apple snails get very large and are aquatic snail. They aren't long and skinny they are big and round. Imagine that they are big like an apple

[Andrew7769]

yea im sure considering frogs are a part of their natural diet and that i researched this topic before i fed it to them if turtles can handle eating carrion im sure a grass frog wouldent hurt them

[iac637]

its the nutritional value of the frog that could be bad for the turtle

[Andrew7769]

a little protein for a turtle is not a bad thing as long as its in moderation ask any relible source, as long as the frogs are not toxic there is no harm in feeding them to turtles especially since painters are native to my area and they are wild rescues...so in the absence of seeing all the turtles drop dead in the ponds around here from eating frogs i dont see the harm

[iac637]

your right protein isn't bad for a turtle and if they are wild rescue that is somthing else I didn't know they were wild resuce that are native to the area

[DavidY]

The good thing about feeding whole live vertebrates like frogs is that the turtle will also get calcium from the bones and other benficial nutrients from the organs.

[Louguy510]

ewwwwww

That was my reaction to it too! lol

But to get back on topic is it ok to feed RES apple/mystery snails from Petco?????

[Noobie101]

*shivers* i hate snails and slugs i got a phobia for insects and spiders alike