Posted by:
murrindindi
at Wed May 25 14:34:14 2011 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by murrindindi ]
Hi wlcmmtt,
you wanted a variety of answers, so here`s what I normally do; at the moment, I`m living in the U.K (from Australia), and feeding live prey is against the law here, so I don`t (obviously, insects can be fed live). Rodents etc are fed either f/k or f/t. I too use a rodent based diet, but do also offer other whole prey items (fish, chicks etc).
I advise ALWAYS using tongs (for your safety), they are so food oriented, accidents WILL happen if you feed from your hand.
Even a young niloticus can give a decent bite, and the large adults could possibly break a finger or two, if they got a good grip.
I`ve been caught a couple of times in the past by my 7.5 ft Ornate monitor (quite unintentionally on his part), so he quickly let go, and it was just the tip of his mouth, but still enough to demonstrate the power he had.
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