Re: How ould one feed a snake eating snake?
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Originally Posted by
king216
I THINK I LUV SNAKES WAY TOO MUCH TO FEED THEM TO ANYTHING. I LUV LOOKING AT COBRAS, & KING COBRA IS MY NICKNAME, BUT I CANNOT WATCH A SNAKE BE EATEN OR KILLED!!!!! I HATE THE THOUGHT OF IT, SORRY BUT I LUV SNAKES, ALOT :snake:
No need to shout ;) And on my end of things this is hypothetical, I doubt I would ever get a king cobra as that is the only snake eater I would want. For some people, though, this is a serious question, as they may need a means to feed a snake eater, and they have to debate the pros and cons of each option. Look at Skiploder, for instance, who owns numerous ophiophagic snakes. It's quite sad that he had to put one down, instead of it dying from old age.
Re: How ould one feed a snake eating snake?
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Originally Posted by
Skiploder
As for the long term effects of feeding rodents to animals whose metabolisms have adapted to reptile prey:
This last week I had to put down my 11 year old female dispholidus. These are primarily chameleon, lizard and bird eaters in the wild. For 11 years she has been on a rodent diet.
While we knew that she had a gastric tumor, the initial necropsy results indicated several other tumors - the liver among them. While she was in no way overweight, our vet is fairly certain that feeding her an all-rodent diet compromised her health.
Because of it I am re-evaluating how I feed my drys, my thrasops and my mussuranas. Feeder anoles are readily available, I think that making that the mainstay of their diet may prove to be beneficial to their health in the long run.
Skip, I'm sorry you had to euthanize one of of your snakes, but I find the topic of this thread to be interesting and I think the conclusions of your snakes necropsy to be even more interesting. Please keep this thread updated if you notice any changes in your snakes after switching their diets. Good luck...
