Hi
I wonder if it is possible to use saltwaterfish, crabs and prawns as food items to alligators?
Can the salt in any way harm the animals?
Best wishes
Søe
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Salt water food items.
Jun 06, 2006 07:25 AM
Replies (2)
crocodile_king
Jun 06, 2006 06:34 PM
Im not sure but I wouldnt feed these items just to be on the safe side, the idea is to try and feed them items that they would normally eat in the wild.
I think these food items might be ok with regards to porosus or acutus because of the salt glands but even so I still wouldnt try it with them either.
Bill Moss
Jun 10, 2006 08:57 PM
The actual salt content in vertebrates is very similar. Animals from a high salt environment have developed ways of getting rid of it.
Let me ask you this - the last time you had seafood, did it taste salty? (providing of course it wasn't prepared in salt or in a salty sauce of some sort).
You can feed your gator animals from the sea with no problems.
