yes i have a five foot tiger retic. i was wondering if i can feed her a small/medium guinea pig? the reason i ask, is that i dont want it to bust her neck cause its too big.
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can this retic eat a guinea pig?
Pigman723
Jun 16, 2008 10:44 PM
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motofan
Jun 16, 2008 11:38 PM
hey,that tiger should have no problem with a med guinnea pig, they are basicly the same size as a med rat but they in my opion have better bone mass which means more calcium for you animal, hope this helps, hey give me a call again if your still interested, thanks JIM......
JbuggFL
Jun 17, 2008 08:02 AM
I'm sure it could swallow a small guinea pig the question is will it be able to pass it out the other end.. Guinea pigs and rabbits have much bigger skulls then rats.. And when the snake is digesting the guinea pig or rabbit the skull is the thickest and hardest part. I have seen people kill snakes from giving them too big of meals the snakes ate them but the skull became impacted.. A 6 or 7 ft retic should eat large or jumbo rats its not neccesary to feed it larger items and can be bad for the snake. If your trying to grow your snake big fast then I think it would be better to do more smaller meals then fewer oversized meals.. Also I think you need to find a different cageing setup that wire doesn't look snake friendly.. Just my 2 cents.
Jbugg
