feeding question?? plese respond

[exoticz]

Im New To The Whole " Snake World " I Have A Sugar Glider, A Bearded Dragon, And A Hedgehog And Thinking About Getting A Ball Python. I Was Wondering About Snake Sausages? My Mom Wont Let Me Get A Snake Unless I Feed It These Im Planing On Buying The Snake Farily New Born So It Isnt Use To The Mice. I Was Wondering If This Could Replace The Mice.

[Stewart_Reptiles]

Im New To The Whole " Snake World " I Have A Sugar Glider, A Bearded Dragon, And A Hedgehog And Thinking About Getting A Ball Python. I Was Wondering About Snake Sausages? My Mom Wont Let Me Get A Snake Unless I Feed It These Im Planing On Buying The Snake Farily New Born So It Isnt Use To The Mice. I Was Wondering If This Could Replace The Mice.

WOW not sure what to say

If you are not able or willing to feed a BP with mice or rats then I would suggest you get another type of animal.

[lillyorchid]

Please do not get a snake!!!! They eat rodents and I don't know anyone who has ever used those snake sausages. Any breeder / petstore will feed a snake rodents. Also breeders won't let their babies go unless they are a certin weight/size and eating rodents on their own with out a problem. Also force feeding a snake is not at all good either and should only be used as a last resort when snakes will not eat. You will just end up with a super stressed out snake who doesn't want to eat. Now if you get already frozen thawed rodents - then well thats a lot better then trying what you have stated above. Please do not try it the snake susages.

[RoyalGuardian]

I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT TO DO! .... Keep it as secret that you are feeding it mice... My mom thinks its nasty but hey... everyones gotta eat. You eat cows, shrimp, and chicken dont you? its basically the same thing. And as for replacement.. I usually go for all natural, so feeding my Kyna "sausages" is out of the question. If your mom thinks that feeding live mice to snakes is inhumane then tell her about frozen ones. All in all i really think that you should work this out with your mom. Try to reason with her about it.

( if all else fails you could say that feeding mealie worms to your hedgehog is wrong too) lol

[RoyalGuardian]

Please do not get a snake!!!! They eat rodents and I don't know anyone who has ever used those snake sausages. Any breeder / petstore will feed a snake rodents. Also breeders won't let their babies go unless they are a certin weight/size and eating rodents on their own with out a problem. Also force feeding a snake is not at all good either and should only be used as a last resort when snakes will not eat. You will just end up with a super stressed out snake who doesn't want to eat. Now if you get already frozen thawed rodents - then well thats a lot better then trying what you have stated above. Please do not try it the snake susages.

I agree 110% about the no sausages. Until your mom says that feeding mice is ok, then yeah.. dont get a snake..

[exoticz]

I've Talked To 2 Breeders In My Area And I've Done A Little Research On The Snake Sausgaes And I've Asked My Local Pet Store Who Caries Them And All It Is, Is That It Is Processed Mice Rapped Up In The Sausage Skin.

[Stewart_Reptiles]

I've Talked To 2 Breeders In My Area And I've Done A Little Research On The Snake Sausgaes And I've Asked My Local Pet Store Who Caries Them And All It Is, Is That It Is Processed Mice Rapped Up In The Sausage Skin.

I still stand by what I said anyone that decides to have a snake of any kind, should be ready to feed what the snake eats: RODENTS whether it is live or F/T

Why would you take a snake if you are not prepare to feed him the proper food.

When choosing a pet it is not about what you want, but providing proper care to this animal. in the case of a BP you want a healthy, thriving BP that feed on rodent weekly and that is stress free.

[exoticz]

i completly understand your postion that BP's should eat rodents but my mother will not allow it i have no clue why i will try to come to comprimse with her but this is the twenty first century and vertranial science is far the sausages have all the nessicary nutrients that you would get from a rodent i would deffinatly prefer to feed a rodent but my mother will not allow it.

[lillyorchid]

but this is the twenty first century and vertranial science is far the sausages have all the nessicary nutrients that you would get from a rodent i would deffinatly prefer to feed a rodent but my mother will not allow it.

What are you going to do hook the sausage on a string and make it "dance" and hope the the snakes strikes it? Yeah the snake may strike at it out of fear but it's not going to grab and coil around it like it would do a rat/mouse. The snake is not going to know that sausage is food. It probably smells like a dog or cat treat, not like a rodent.

I can't find anything "good" about them. Everything I've read says pretty much the same:

Snake Sausages

These are special processed food items that look like small sausages (like a roll of breakfast sausage in the plastic paper tube). They are offered the same as regular prey, sometimes warmed up, but should only be used as a last resort when snakes will not take natural prey.

If you want the absolute best food for your snake they should be fed mice. You can buy frozen mice and thaw them in some hot water. This is good if you are afraid of live mice. It's also safer for the snake. Some people feed garter snakes on feeder fish. This isn't really a good diet though. The snakesausages hardly ever work and are not very good for the snakes. If you really don't want to feed it mice I wouldn't recommend getting a snake.

"Snake sausages" are/were a failed experiment, in my opinion. I haven't seen them in any pet stores in years. Snakes need the moisture, roughage, and protein found in whole creatures - as they were created to eat pest animals to keep population explosions of mice & rats, etc.

[Stewart_Reptiles]

i completly understand your postion that BP's should eat rodents but my mother will not allow it i have no clue why i will try to come to comprimse with her but this is the twenty first century and vertranial science is far the sausages have all the nessicary nutrients that you would get from a rodent i would deffinatly prefer to feed a rodent but my mother will not allow it.

I think you missed my point

When choosing a pet it is not about what you want, but providing proper care to this animal. in the case of a BP you want a healthy, thriving BP that feed on rodent weekly and that is stress free.

Feeding Snake sausages is what you or what you mother want and this is not in the best interest of the BP all you will have is a stress, unhealthy BP and likely dead in no time to.

Why take an animal if you do not have it's best interest in mind?