I was speaking to a person about 2 years ago when I found out about it. Apparently the rats and mice kidneys can not expell the red dye, thus causing a build up. Red dye from this type of food is harmful to snakes. I used to (as many others did as well) feed Ol' Roy from Walmart until the put meat chunks in the food, thus adding the red dye. Goo rule of thumb for rat food: If it has meat in it, it usually have red dye in it. So dont feed anything with meat chunks in it.
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Greg Holland
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• People that breed their own rodents - tsusnakeguy, Sat Apr 15 16:06:51 2006
• RE: People that breed their own rodents - SteveM, Sat Apr 15 20:11:53 2006
• RE: People that breed their own rodents - gmherps, Sat Apr 15 20:24:05 2006
• RE: People that breed their own rodents - pyboa, Sun Apr 16 00:55:57 2006
• RE: People that breed their own rodents - gmherps, Sun Apr 16 07:37:08 2006
• RE: thanks for the info....np - pyboa, Sun Apr 16 10:07:34 2006