I am sorry, but this is not about the prey item, its about humans reading labels.



Lets say a mouse has 100% of required calicum(and other poop) and quail contains 50% of required calicum(and above poop). The solution is simple, feed two quail. The question becomes can the individual being fed consume two quail in the required time period, if it cannot, then feed one mouse. problem solved.



That UK fella mentioned that somebody was feeding chicks to burmese pythons and that was wrong. Hmmmmmmm as a child, I raised very successfully many burmese on chicks. The reason was, I was poor and at the time chicks(cockles) were free, by the thousands, from the local hatchery. I quickly learned that feeding one or two chicks was not good for my charges, but fortunately, burmese can consume many many chicks at one setting. So they ate 5 or 6, then up to 50 chicks at a time, then 100 chicks(remember they were free) and grew up very nicely. One must consider, whom is making the rules to follow. In most cases, its rarely to do with the animal in question. FR

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