Posted by:
BillMcgElaphe
at Tue Jun 23 10:18:57 2009 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by BillMcgElaphe ]
IMHO
Herman's advice is sound.
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For many years, I used chicks for all medium to large colubrids.
Animals did fine, but cage cleaning was significantly more labor intensive and odor was a factor.
Now, I use only mice or rats with an occasional a day old quail as an appetite stimulant, almost like a doggy treat. LOL
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Comparing adult mice to same weight rats (10g) to day old chicks, Protein, fat, and "gross energy" are about the same.
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"as goes phosphorus, so goes calcium" or as explained to me one time, “you could eat pure bone meal and not get much Calcium without Phosphorous!”
Calcium and phosphorus are significantly higher in mice than chicks.
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Here's a link to the USDA report on this so you can see for yourself. (RP has this on their website also.)
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www.nal.usda.gov/awic/zoo/WholePreyFinal02May29.pdf
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Good luck from NE TN
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Regards, Bill McGighan
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- Feeding chicks? - TNsnakeman, Mon Jun 22 21:10:34 2009
- RE: Feeding chicks? - hermanbronsgeest, Tue Jun 23 02:22:45 2009
 RE: Feeding chicks? - BillMcgElaphe, Tue Jun 23 10:18:57 2009
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