Weeeeeell it's like this.I was feeding her rabbits, but the old Cherokee lady that I was buying them from ran out and couldn't keep up (with big ones).Then I decided that my female Burm was able to take some bigger meals so the lady started selling me small (15-25lb) razorbacks and she put them down no problem,and she was digesting them just as fast as rabbits....but she ran out of those too :@). So I was talking to a local girl who has a pretty big Retic and she said she feeds chicken quarters to him, and it looked (from the pics) that it was in pretty good shape, so I figured, why not?I had never fed anything dead up to that point because my Burm had always refused it,but she hadn't eaten in about 16 days so I had to do something.The quarters I got still have lots of bone and fat and skin on them,just no feathers.After I danced them around FOREVER on the tongs she nailed one,then the next four went down one right after the next.She took them raw,I just nuked them enough to warm up and kill off anything that might have grown on them during the thaw.I had about 4 lbs left so decided to try them with my smaller Burms and my RTBs as well and it was a mixed response,so we will be back rats as soon as I can find some.I did realize that my big female Burm was looking to eat again already this morning,so I went for the whole bird theory in the meat department this time.She knocked out a 16lb Butterball this afternoon.I remembered what someone on here stated about organs and what not for the complete meal,so I emptied the bag with the neck and liver and other stuff back in it (minus the bag :@) ) I don't know about smelly poop yet,but I do know feather-less birds make for some slippery snakes! HA HA HA Anyhoo,it's been a week since the quarters and no adverse effects as of yet,but soon as big rabbits become available we'll be back to basics. Thanx to all for the thoughts from all angles!
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