Many people feed their snakes F/T rats and mine seem to do well with them. I am curious as to why I never hear people say that they feed their reptiles raw chicken/beef/fish; is it a nutritional issue or do snakes simply not accept stuff like that?
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Big Macs?
lucille
Apr 04, 2004 03:51 PM
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IndyShark
Apr 04, 2004 04:55 PM
Raw meat is not a balanced meal for your boa. They need all of the vitamins and minerals they absorb from eating whole prey.
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Randall_Turner
Apr 04, 2004 08:05 PM
I have known of many people over the years who have fed larger snakes chicken parts (drumsticks, thigh etc etc) as a supplement to the regular diet of rodents. I didn't see any harm that it did, other then the off chance of introduction of a parasite or germ. That and a messier stool to have to clean up. (birds make for a runny bowel movement in boids)
Later
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northamexotics
Apr 07, 2004 11:41 AM
Randy... thats an interesting comment about the bowel movements. I feed quail or young chickens to my boas and blood pythons on occasion for variety and have never noticed an abnormal stool after those meals. Were you feeding live or f/t birds or were you feeding bird parts?
-Jason
