Anyone inject their feeders?
Ok so here's my question does anyone inject their prey items with liquid vitamin?
Ok so here's my thought process on this... A few years ago I used to keep a few different types of snakes and lizards and have recently gotten back into the hobby and will be breedig balls next season. Anyway, back when I kept my snakes last time I would inject a liquid vitamin under the skin of my rodents prior to feeding.
Now don't get me wrong I'm not suggesting that every animal I own should be dosed with vitamins but my thought was that it may be beneficial to dose a snake that is I'll or injured in some way to help boost their system so they can heal faster. Also I considered injecting the feeders of my hatchlings to ensure that they get a little boost early on. Likewise, I would consider doing this for females preovulation or if they were gravid to assist in the entire egg devolopment process. And lastly, if an animal had been off feed for several months my thought was it could be beneficial to give them some extra vitamin when they start feeding again.
If it were something they didn't need I would think they would simply pass the unabridged or unneeded amount.
Just wondering if anyone out there has or does do this?
Re: Anyone inject their feeders?
Absolutely not necessary, though funny the things some company have tried to sell over the years.
Vitamins for various lizard and frogs yes however snakes get everything they need from their prey items.
Re: Anyone inject their feeders?
There are different vitamins used for healing, laying, and growing. How would you know the exact one to inject the rodent with? And, how would you measure it so as not to give the snake too much? Sounds totally unneeded. Animals only need supplements to recover what they are not getting in the wild. For example: Calcium for desert species. Why would you want to put a rodent through that? I would never stick a rodent with a needle and feed it to my snake. They can be aggressive enough.
Re: Anyone inject their feeders?
I inject lots of good food into my rats and feed fat healthy rats, nothing more is needed or wanted...