Can red foot eat African night crawler?

[sintapiviti]

I'm having trouble identifying the worms sold by my local seller (they use local names and I don't know what they're called in English or Latin). But some sellers do claim that they sell ANC, which I would think is the African Night Crawler. Is this safe to feed to my RF?

 

[Alex and the Redfoot]

Hello! I think it's safe to feed. However, worms grown as fish bait aren't suitable (due to substances used to accelerate their growth and prolong life), you will need worms raised as animal food.

 

[sintapiviti]

Great, one more factor to consider lol. Thanks for the info, though I think there's no way I can be sure these aren't grown as fish bait and thus containing those harmful substances. Actually they describe it as suitable for both fish food AND fishing bait
Any other alternative live food for protein source?

 

[Alex and the Redfoot]

Great, one more factor to consider lol. Thanks for the info, though I think there's no way I can be sure these aren't grown as fish bait and thus containing those harmful substances. Actually they describe it as suitable for both fish food AND fishing bait
Any other alternative live food for protein source?

If you buy them from "breeder" you can ask him.

You really want to feed live foods: black soldier fly larvae, discoid or dubia roaches (younger, smaller ones), silkworms. Occasionaly superworms, waxworms or mealworms. But you don't really have to feed live prey (leave this "enrichment" for the outdoor enclosure).