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zelaphez
at Tue Feb 1 12:36:02 2005 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by zelaphez ]
I have read a bit on switching rhynos over from fish to pinks. I was just wondering if anyone has heard of this having any effect their health? I don't own any rhynos, nor do I know much about them. So don't take this as an attack on your knowledge of this species.
Case in point, the North American hognoses regularly feed on amphibians (as well as lizards) in the wild. Western hognoses are endemic to the drier part of the US. Drier climates mean less amphibians, so the westerns have adapted to eating rodents as well. However this isn't true for the Eastern and Southern hognoses. I have read that feeding the Eastern/Southern hognoses a strict rodent diet causes problems with their liver or kidney, due to too much fatty build-up.
Obviously, fish are nothing like rodents in their genetic makeup. Aren't rhynos strictly fish-eaters? If so, wouldn't switching them to exclusively rodents cause long-term health issues? Has anyone heard of such a case?
Bry
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 Question about feeding rhynos... - zelaphez, Tue Feb 1 12:36:02 2005
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