Scenting Views

[snakehill]

What about frogs? I was thinking of getting a whites. Could I use it for scenting?

[d_virginiana]

I agree with that scale, except I'd have to say that the pinky liver is wayyyy stronger than any other parts of the pinky. If I put pinky parts out for my adult, he'll always grab the liver first, and he's nearly blind. I also used liver to get my little one from fish to unscented pinky in one feeding. Plus, I think it's more nutritious than other parts of the pinky.

What about frogs? I was thinking of getting a whites. Could I use it for scenting?

I wouldn't.. Most frogs produce some sort of toxin in their skin, and when you're dealing with species that don't naturally live in the same area, you run a risk of making the snake sick. I say this because the only time my adult has ever regurgitated a meal was when I fed him a mouse that I had offered to my pacman. It only bumped up against the frog's mouth a time or two, but I'm 100% sure that's what made my snake regurgitate. Frog species that don't naturally cohabitate will actually slowly poison each other as well; it's kind of freaky

[snakehill]

Well all I know is that today I was wearing a t-shirt with a HUGE frog on it and she could'nt stop staring at it!! lol

[guidofatherof5]

What about frogs? I was thinking of getting a whites. Could I use it for scenting?

They are absent from the list because I've never fed frogs or used them for scenting.
I just listed the things I have used.
Sorry about that.

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

Odd, I was JUST thinking about that today!!! Fish is definitely the strongest, stinkiest, and easiest to use to scent anything with. But I find that worms when chopped up put a coating on anything that, while it doesn't stink to us, the snakes certainly have been fooled. I never have scented anything else with pinky fluids before because usually you are trying to convince a snake to eat pinkies, not the other way around. I don't think that it would be easy to scent a fish or a worm with pinky juices, I think the snake would still be able to smell that it is a fish or a worm. You can wash the odor from a pinky, but no matter what you do to fish, it still stinks like fish!

I have also used salamanders. They are one notch right under fish in terms of scenting power, maybe even the same. Very strong odor, very strong feeding response! Frogs are a little less enticing as opposed to the salamanders for some reason but if I had to put my own list together: my stink-o-meter would go:

1. Fish (especially rosy reds and bluegills)
2. salamanders
3. frogs
4. worms
5. pinkies

[ConcinusMan]

They are absent from the list because I've never fed frogs or used them for scenting.

Well, even though they don't have much of a smell to us, I've found to be just as effective as fish. It's very strong and very attracting to garters that like frogs. Doesn't take much. Just a little bit of rubbing on a live frog and you're set.

As with fish, I've had garters latch onto my fingers after handling a frog.