I am curious to get others feedback on chicks as feeders. I bought a bag of these and fed those to just three of my rat snakes as a trial run. I typically only feed mice and rats but thought I would change things up a bit so I fed chicks every other feeding and rodents every other feeding. What I have noticed is explosive growth on the snakes that ate them in just 6 weeks. I have to wonder if it is just fat they have gained as I assume chicks don’t have anywhere near the muscle content or protein an adult mouse would have. It appeared as though the rat snakes would digest these chicks in less than a day and appeared hungry within two days. I think I might continue to use chicks as they are incredibly cheap to purchase but use them more as treat than a consistent source of food. Does anyone else here use chicks?

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• chicks as feeders - AllenSheehan, Fri Jul 2 11:11:50 2010
• RE: chicks as feeders - ChrisErica, Fri Jul 2 12:40:33 2010
• RE: chicks as feeders - a153fish, Fri Jul 2 13:34:04 2010
• RE: chicks as feeders - AllenSheehan, Fri Jul 2 13:56:56 2010
• RE: chicks as feeders - ratsnakehaven, Fri Jul 2 14:09:22 2010
• RE: chicks as feeders - AllenSheehan, Fri Jul 2 14:30:16 2010
• RE: chicks as feeders - ratsnakehaven, Sun Jul 4 19:43:31 2010
• RE: chicks as feeders - JYohe, Fri Jul 2 15:00:19 2010
• RE: chicks as feeders - BillMcgElaphe, Fri Jul 2 15:54:17 2010
• RE: chicks as feeders - hermanbronsgeest, Sat Jul 3 07:54:45 2010
• RE: chicks as feeders - stevenorndorff, Mon Jul 5 08:05:15 2010
• RE: chicks as feeders - MaxPeterson, Thu Jul 8 17:19:28 2010
• RE: chicks as feeders - vegasbilly, Thu Jul 8 18:54:45 2010
• RE: chicks as feeders - ratsnakehaven, Thu Jul 8 20:53:31 2010
• RE: chicks as feeders - BillMcgElaphe, Thu Jul 15 12:47:39 2010
• RE: chicks as feeders - ratsnakehaven, Thu Jul 15 21:50:57 2010