My Gekko(s) ate Frogs/Toads

ernie · #1 07-23-2008, 06:40 AM

To make a long story short I was out of town for 2 months for job training and left my buddy in charge of feeding my tokay,golden, and marble geckos to my surprise I came home to find the tank(s) with about 40 tadpoles with legs already formed with legs hopping aroung the tank some had no tail but all were about under an inch long hed said he threw in like roughly 70 to be honest with you I'm not sure what kind of frog/toads they were cause I'm not to familiar with amphibians, but if it helps I live in El Paso,TX, I leaning towards the great plains toad anyhow I'm not sure how many they might of ingested should I be worried or is this something that they would eat in the wild or is there anytthing that I can dust thier regular food with,etc... I also already removed the remaining tadpoles.

cliff_f · #2 07-23-2008, 03:34 PM

If all your geckos seem ok after eating them I wouldnt worry to much about it. But I wouldnt be supprised if they eat frogs/toads in the wild, especially tokays. Just keep a eye on them.

Tokekbali · #3 08-30-2010, 11:42 PM

They can actually eat little frogs, it's fine. However, make sure, if captured outside, you clean these frogs thoroughly..

(no idea why I dug this thread up)

MauricesExoticPets · #4 08-31-2010, 07:09 PM

I think its cool that you did revive this thread, I never really considered frogs as a potential food, its interesting if nothing else.

Maurice Pudlo

Klowne · #5 08-31-2010, 10:39 PM

not a bad idea, my yard is infested with toads, not the normal useful amount to keep the bugs away, but literaly an infestation

Could be a food source if there is another cricket virus that kills the food supply we all count on

**Riverside Reptiles** · #6 08-31-2010, 11:23 PM

Many toads do secrete toxins. I would be sure about the species before feeding it on purpose to a gecko.

MauricesExoticPets · #7 09-01-2010, 08:05 AM

I was thinking more along the lines of little tree frogs, toads are as you say, are little balls of toxic badness.

Maurice Pudlo

mdmlss23 · #8 09-02-2010, 08:45 AM

even tree frogs can be toxic just be sure of what they are are who knows what kinds of disease or parasites they might carry

MauricesExoticPets · #9 09-02-2010, 09:55 AM

Rana erythraea would be my preference, I know a guy who works in the frog world who could I'm sure, help me with the ins and outs of breeding them. It might be fun, maybe not so worth while money wise, but fun.

Maurice Pudlo

mdmlss23 · #10 09-03-2010, 08:04 AM

do a little reseach and have at it