Unusual feeding question

[drewthat]

This might sound unusual and even kind of silly, but what else besides rodents would ball pythons eat? A friend of mine brought up the silly idea of what would happen if I gave him something like a small cherry tomatoe. I'm certainly not one to experiment with my snake, but it got me kind of curious. What would happen if I were to put a tomatoe into his cage, would he try to eat it, completely ignore it? Would it be bad for him if he did eat it? What about Eggs? I know that some lizards and dragons like eggs, what about a ball python? Would he be interested in a broken chicken egg? Is there any health risk to him eating one if he is?

I'm simply curious, and would not actually feed him these things, so please don't panic.

[Smulkin]

You are right.

That is an utterly silly hypothetical.

[JLC]

I don't think a bp would recognize either of those things as food. No proper scent, no heat signature, no movement...nothing to indicate that it is something that should be eaten.


I have heard of people feeding birds to their snakes, baby chickens and such...but have heard that doing so makes for some seriously stinky poo! I have no idea about the health merits of such a practice.

[Adam_Wysocki]

I've heard that mercury is yummy with ice cream.

-adam

[drewthat]

Thanks guys.

[tigerlily]

I've heard that mercury is yummy with ice cream.

-adam

Ooohhh, is that Baskin Robbin's 32nd flavor?

[cassandra]

I've heard that mercury is yummy with ice cream.

-adam

With arsenic sprinkles? =)