I have kept a Texas coral for approx 4 years. He has been eating f/t pinkies/sm.fuzzies for about 2 years now. Is it true that the rodent diet will shorten his life??
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Texas coral snake.
jcraw
Aug 20, 2009 06:33 PM
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texasreptiles
Aug 20, 2009 08:09 PM
In a word, no.
Besides, you have had him 4 years, so your doing very good with him.
I have heard the argument many times that ophiophagus eating snakes cannot survive long term eating mammillian prey,that they have problems digesting rodent fur, however, I have known zoo's and privates to keep king cobra's on rodents for many, many years.
When I worked at the Caldwell Zoo in Texas, back in the late eighties, we had 2 Texas Corals (one on and one off display) that were long time captives, and they ate pinkies weekly.
Randal Berry
LarryF
Aug 20, 2009 08:19 PM
On top of that, most people (including me so far) can't keep corals alive very long eating snakes, so I don't know what they base such a conclusion on.
Humans didn't evolve to eat most of the things we eat today either...
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Texasreptiles
Aug 21, 2009 06:34 PM
Good point Larry!
Randal
