Curiosity has bitten me again.

I live in South Florida where there are tons of snails and lizards of all sizes. I have pondered if they are a safe food source for my oscars.

Any thoughts?

well i dont think i can see a oscar eating a lizard lol, I try to feed my oscar what he would get in the wild lol. Even though i doubt an oscar would get hikari pellets in the wild.....but no one knows . lol If there aquatic snails i wouldnt try it personnaly and its my opionion i wouldnt feed my oscar either of those but see what the other senior members think.

They are not aquatic snails. They may happen into a body of water trying to find moisture, but they are quite happy on land. They only come out during and just after it has rained.

I see some tiny tiny lizards. Some < 1" long. Babies.

Well maybe google some things on the internet to see if anyone else has tried it, if you trust it then go ahead. Like i said i wouldnt i would feed my oscars garden worms and thats it, other wise i would only feed my oscar crickets from the store and superworms other wise i dont see a need to really do that but again go ahead if u think he will be okay.

I am definitely leaning toward not doing it. It was just a thought I had. 1/2 my thoughts make me nuts so ignore that 1/2.

Lol as you can see i have that same problem lol.

yu to are crazy pair lol
but in a sense lizards might have come in contact with pestaside
not by yu but your neighbour's same with snails but personaly
i wouldnt as the risk is way to high =] hope i helped =]

i wouldnt do it. some reptiles when scared can release toxins that can kill what is eating it. so i would be very careful about trying the reptile thing. as far as snails i wouldnt do that either due to the chance of all the diseases that can be diven to your fish. but then again that is just my 2 cents.. lol..

Yeppers. There seems to be an accord here

I had dogs who got very Nasty parasites from eating lizards

I would avoid unless you know for sure that they are safe to feed to your oscars!!!!

and if you do keep them as an occasional treat