Quote Originally Posted by k2l3d4 View Post
I keep hearing people mention frogs as food..... What kind of frogs? I would like to add more variety to my checkereds diet.... They have turned their spoiled little noses up at night crawlers, and salmon/ tilapia,.... adn they are not liking the feeder fish lately, and I switched brands of Pinkie mice and I am having issues wiht them about that ..... argggg.... spoiled children are driving me nuts.....
You live in California, therefore Thou Shalt Not Feed Native Frogs to Your Snakes. Between bullfrogs (these you can feed to your snakes) chytrid, agricultural runoff in the central valley and habitat destruction, there is not an frog in CA which is not in danger of extinction, other than introduced bullfrogs, kill them with fire if you can.

That having been said, snakes eat plenty of frogs in the wild, and they live to sexual maturity and a long time thereafter. Parasites are not a problem unless the snake is suffering from some other sort of stress such as a lack of food or improper temperature. It is of course better to feed lab raised frogs. Thankfully there are biological supply companies that can ship tadpoles to your door in bulk...