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Tube/Force Feeding Recipe

celticvamp Apr 25, 2011 11:31 AM

I'm looking for some recipe's for tube feeding snakes. I have seen some in the past and can still find some but I'd like to see more that's worked for others. Every forum I've ever seen discussing this subject someone always suggests blending a rodent. It seems reasonable if you have never tried it but after trying it you'll realize there is entirely too much connective tissue and rodents don't blend well enough to be pressed through a syringe at an steady equal force. I also see plenty of recipe's with an ingrediant that nobody but themselves have heard of such as "creamed rhibophlabus"

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po Apr 30, 2011 10:02 AM

the few times I have had to tube feed snakes I have used hills a/d, I have also tube fed cats and dogs with the same thing at work, it is high in protein, may not be ideal for snakes, but its consistency can't be beat for tube feeding.

just cuz I'm always wanting to learn, why are you tube feeding? what kind of snake, ect... When we share info w/ each other we learn!
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