Monitor Diet

Originally Posted by jarqu10

I have a baby blackthroat i feed him crickets and supers and garden snails. not big enough for mice ima try to get crawfish somehow thanks he wont eat any egg or meats anyway he only wants insects

Oh cool, I have one too. Be warned, they can grow FAST! And I mean 10" a month fast when young. Mine's somewhere around 40" and eats:
mice
chicks
snails
goby fish
frogs
quail eggs
whole shrimp
crab

And as treats:
ground alligator meat
cooked chicken hearts
lean turkey/ w cooked egg yolk
all sprinkled with bone flour and vitamins

Originally Posted by SwampDonkey

Oh cool, I have one too. Be warned, they can grow FAST! And I mean 10" a month fast when young. Mine's somewhere around 40" and eats:
mice
chicks
snails
goby fish
frogs
quail eggs
whole shrimp
crab

And as treats:
ground alligator meat
cooked chicken hearts
lean turkey/ w cooked egg yolk
all sprinkled with bone flour and vitamins

Now where in the heck did you get bone flour?

Originally Posted by rofeki

Now where in the heck did you get bone flour?

Im the guy that makes it.
http://www.reptileforums.com/forums/...ad.php?t=59629
PM me if you would like to try some.

Originally Posted by SwampDonkey

Im the guy that makes it.
http://www.reptileforums.com/forums/...ad.php?t=59629
PM me if you would like to try some.

How do i feed snails? Because I heard they are full of parasites.

Originally Posted by jarqu10

How do i feed snails? Because I heard they are full of parasites.

I get mine at an asian market where they have been frozen for long enough to kill off anything living inside them.

I have a young (about 24in) roughneck and she will only eat live mice or rat pups, I have tried shrimp eggs turkey cat food, nothing seems to be her fancy, any suggestions?

Originally Posted by jakjak824

I have a young (about 24in) roughneck and she will only eat live mice or rat pups, I have tried shrimp eggs turkey cat food, nothing seems to be her fancy, any suggestions?

Most monitors find frogs irresistable, and the tend to be much leaner than rat pups. You can get these frozen from an asian market as well, or order them im sure.

Originally Posted by SwampDonkey

Most monitors find frogs irresistable, and the tend to be much leaner than rat pups. You can get these frozen from an asian market as well, or order them im sure.

I will Have to do some digging around, thanks!

I'm going to advise against feeding frogs to your monitor unless you know FOR SURE it's a naturally occurring species that your rudi would eat in the wild and even then you could be risking illness. Frogs have toxins in their skin that can be poisonous to a monitor even dead and frozen since the toxins generally are not removed because of freezing.

Your choice really but be very very cautious.

Originally Posted by TailsWithScales

I'm going to advise against feeding frogs to your monitor unless you know FOR SURE it's a naturally occurring species that your rudi would eat in the wild and even then you could be risking illness. Frogs have toxins in their skin that can be poisonous to a monitor even dead and frozen since the toxins generally are not removed because of freezing.

Your choice really but be very very cautious.

The frogs offered whole and for human consumption dont contain any toxins in the skin.