I don't know if we disagree.. I just believe by forcing the size of the meal rather than multiple pinkies will give the snake more of a growth spurt..that is just my practical experience talking.



I mean, look at the roughage in a sceloperous fence lizards...talk tbout roughage..that is what they would eat in the wild.. and They eat snakes. All full of scales,ribs- more calcium and protein. All seemingly hard to digest and does not fit into the stomach at one time.



So maybe it is not about the pinkies "usable" protein (or PER ratio-protein effeciency ratio)but rather a more balanced diet of mature animals that offers something we don't understand.





Think of eggs whites.. egg white protein is about the best you will get for PER ratio.. But if you eat them you will dry up and blow away on a diet of eggs whites.. EAT SOME STEAK AND POTATOES by gosh! You know what I mean! HA HA HA HA!



What I have experienced is these kings grow faster and healthier by upping the size of the mouse. That is the message I am trying to send (not confuse newbies) that feeding s anskae more and more often in captivity will make a healthier captive. What I see instead is people still feeding fuzzies to a 1 year old snake while mine are already breeding.



Maybe it is that larger mice have more calcium, muscle, fat or other nutritional values from the heart intestine ect. I don't know.. I just know it is best to get them off the pinkies as most will not feed as many pinkies as you would FR. That is a LOT of eggs whites! LOL!
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Another oddity, snakes have scent glands, hmmmmmmmmmm what are they for?

FR

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