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I have a friend who breeds pigeons and is currently very over run with them. Has anyone else fed chicks, pigeons, or any other birds to their bps, or know anyone who has and how it worked out? It would be nice to have free food for awhile, but I don't want to hurt my bps.

Thanks

Pigeons can have lots of health problems that would be given to whatever ate them. I have heard of people feeding chicks to their burms, and it worked out fine, but pigeons are a different story. In my opinion ball pythons should be fed rats or mice, not chicks or pigeons or any other thing that people sometimes feed them. It would be a lot more expensive to replace your entire BP collection than it would to keep buying mice to feed them. Forget about the pigeons, stick with rodents.

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mice and wild birds probably interact wit them...

tey may also have access to being free(I would hope) and that gives them te oportunity to eat wild foods and stuff that may contain worm eggs ...(snails defecate worm eggs onto stuff in their travels..etc etc)..........

.........you could do it.......

but don't be surprised if you have troubles....

......not worth it.,...........we like pigeons........

use rats and mice.....

Thanks...good luck/.....

JYReptiles...........

...avian prey usually carries Salmonella so I NEVER feed to snakes, whether indoor or outdoor! SJM