Avian Prey Items

random but i saw this close up feeding shot of a green anaconda swallowing and it got me thinking - should the claws of avian prey items be clipped prior to feeding? what also about debeaking? i know they consume such things in the wild and so on but of course not everything wild is safe - i feed primarily rats but was curious for future reference

edit: please note i am talking about f/t prey items and not live prey

When I feed f/t chickens to my larger pythons I do clip beaks and toes as they are very sharp.

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Originally Posted by bcr229

When I feed f/t chickens to my larger pythons I do clip beaks and toes as they are very sharp.

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this is what i was thinking cuz when i saw that pic i mentioned it had a close up of the chicken talons and i didn’t realize how sharp those actually were tbh