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Conserving_herps
at Wed May 31 01:34:58 2006 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Conserving_herps ]
Hey Brian, sorry for your loss/es...It really must be tough...am always afraid and concerned about feeding them with frozen or live ones from other sources or suppliers. I raise my own mice collection so that I know what these mice eat as well.. I only feed these mice seeds, vegetables, uncooked rice, and some guinea pig pellets...so that i know that they are free from any parasites or anything that would harm my snake collection when ingested.
I understand that a lot of people may not be able to have the space to raise mice for snake food. But if you can, I strongly encourage raising your mice collection. They breed fast and a snake is only supposed to be fed once a week anyway...so you really do not need to have a large colony of mice to sustain your snake collection...but am not sure how big your snake collection was though...but if you have like less than 20 snakes, it would make sense to raise your own mice for food to have that peace of mind that you are only feeding your snake the best food source (you).
That's just my humble opinion. Sorry again for your loss and I hope it doesn't dampen your spirits from starting to collect hondos and other colubrids again.
Take care,
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RAY 
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Sorry for your loss... - Conserving_herps, Wed May 31 01:34:58 2006