My Cal King hatchling had been fed only frozen-thawed food at Petco (poor thing). At home, now that I'm feeding live, he's had initial problems with spotty diarrhea, and regurgitation of partially digested prey.



Why? Because when Petco devidated from his natural pattern of hunting & stalking, turning him into a scavanger of dead flesh, they forgot that friendly bacteria were not being placed into his system - like they would in the wild.



All reptiles require friendly bacteria in their gut to help digest food. Without it, they only get part of the nutrition. I'm having to gradually get mine used to proper intestinal flora and food nutrition since they were denied from his birth.



Keep this in mind every time you reach for convenience. Frozen-thawed food is about as nutritious as microwaved food. Only part of the nutrients remain. Best to feed live - with the friendly bacteria included as part of the natural process.



Besides, it's the one thing we can let them do that they do in the wild. They love to stalk & constrict, let them!!

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