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RobertPreston
at Fri Jun 27 09:08:38 2003 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by RobertPreston ]
I have had one green that I kept for many years, and she ate like a pig. But she would only eat birds. She would attack chickens viciously -- alive or dead -- but wouldn't touch a mammal. Someone else mentioned day old chicks -- try these or small quail. I live in an area with quite a few quail farms, so finding them where I live is fairly easy. Don't know about where you live. Also, I have heard that anacondas will feed on fish as well. Never tried this myself, but I would go for it in a minute if the snake wasn't eating. Be patient, don't panic and try a variety of food items. I had a small African rock python once that wouldn't eat mice very well, but fed voraciously on hamsters. It took me a while to work my way down the rodent list to hamsters!
Here's another suggestion I'd like to get some feedback on. One thing I've done over the years with stubborn feeders is feed them wild rodents. When I was in college, there was a veterinarian in town who bred boas very successfully. He was very knowledgeable about reptiles of all kinds, and he said there was no problem with feeding captive snakes rats, rabbits, squirrels, etc., that were captured in nature. He said snakes don't get diseases from mammals. This is something I have done on occasion, and I have seen snakes that wouldn't eat domestic rodents go nuts on those captured in the wild. Of course, pre-killed is the way to go here -- wild rodents can be nasty. Anybody else ever done this?
RP
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RE: Feeding Question - RobertPreston, Fri Jun 27 09:08:38 2003