cooked rat and why its bad?

So I know its bad to cook a rat before you feed it to your BP but why is it bad?

The cooking process destroys a lot of the essential nutrients needed for a balanced diet.

For example, if you boil chicken, the nutrients leave the meat and are in the broth instead.

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Originally Posted by satomi325

The cooking process destroys a lot of the essential nutrients needed for a balanced diet.

For example, if you boil chicken, the nutrients leave the meat and are in the broth instead.

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exactly that. especially some vitamins get lost due to heat degradation.

also the rat will explode upon constriction and thats not pretty.

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Originally Posted by Pythonfriend

also the rat will explode upon constriction and thats not pretty.

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THIS THIS RIGHT HERE!!!!!!
Plus the small will be well its kind of hard to describe...........................

Yeah go ahead and try it, you will only do it once. ;)

Cooked rat is a terrible smell, I can smell it in my head from my newbie days. You definitely perfect a routine for thawing that will avoid that smell at all costs!

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Not speaking from reptile experience per se but rather from cell biology background? Extreme heat (much higher than body temp) denatures proteins and changes their structure and physical/chemical properties. That could be why it makes the nutrients in the cooked rodent useless to the snake, but that would be speculation on my part.

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Originally Posted by fishdip

So I know its bad to cook a rat before you feed it to your BP but why is it bad?

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It's not that bad...just as long as you serve it with some fava beans and a nice chianti. :gj:

I don't think reptiles can digest cooked food.

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Originally Posted by Steve-o M

I don't think reptiles can digest cooked food.

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Is this true?

Yes it is. The same way our bodies can't process raw meat efficiently, reptiles can't handle cooked meat.

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