Reptile & Amphibian Forums

Welcome to kingsnake.com's message board system. Here you may share and discuss information with others about your favorite reptile and amphibian related topics such as care and feeding, caging requirements, permits and licenses, and more. Launched in 1997, the kingsnake.com message board system is one of the oldest and largest systems on the internet.

Click here for Dragon Serpents
Click for ZooMed
Click for 65% off Shipping with Reptiles 2 You

What if.......

Tsly Apr 01, 2006 03:00 AM

What if, we can train our boa to eat beef as a suppliment to rodents. I saw it on the Discovery Chanel, that in India the feed their captive cobra on a diet of beef and cow's heart. It will be much cheaper and easyer to obtain beef then rodent. What do you think? Should we give it a try or just stick with our rodents?

Replies (1)

jayf Apr 02, 2006 04:12 PM

i think it would be fairly difficult to replicate the nutriens and minnerals like calcium that come from parts of the rodent such as the bones and liver. i remember back a few years ago they had some sort of sausages for feedings snakes. i find it prety easy to find and use frozen rodents so im not so sure how big the fad would catch on if in fact it was a healthy substitute.
-----
- Jason F.

Site Tools