Victoria has her first quail!

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Originally Posted by DennisM

My experience has been that live chicken has nasty results. FT chicken/quail does not. Never tried live quail.

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Lol was going to try a small chick for my retic as a treat but now i'm questioning it. He's already a poop machine, I don't need to make it worse lol.

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Originally Posted by Albert Clark

You have an amazing collection Sau! As far as the avian in the diet, variety is the spice of life. Congrats and thanks for sharing. :gj:

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Thanks and yeah, figure I would change it up for them here and there. Now that my snake food gal stocks chicks and quails, I can give everyone treats every few weeks to change up the monotony of rats only lol.

She's a beautiful boa. I love the colors and if I were to get into morphs, that's the color I'd look at.

I've never had any issues feeding quail on the waste end of things. I mix rats, quail, rabbits and have done chicks and try to keep the variety going with the snakes that will take various types of food.

One little thing you may want to do when feeding quail is to clip the beak. On occasion, but its no too frequent, I've seen that beak pushing from the inside out when they have a funky swallow.

Once with my carpet I was very concerned and once with the boa semi concerned. I just clip the sharp tip off before I thaw it and it is never an issue or worry.

Your boas, carpet and retic should all be very happy to eat quail when given the chance.

Yeah I plan on giving them all the variety. The gal also stocks chicks too so i'll probably throw those in mix too. Vicky went crazy for it lol. Rosey is in shed so i'll get her one after she sheds and Caesar ate 2 small rats and is still popping his head out of the hide whenever I go by lol. But he's stuck waiting until at least 4 days before he gets a quail or chick. I swear the snake has a wooden tail he hides food in lol.

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Originally Posted by Gio

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One little thing you may want to do when feeding quail is to clip the beak. On occasion, but its no too frequent, I've seen that beak pushing from the inside out when they have a funky swallow.

Once with my carpet I was very concerned and once with the boa semi concerned. I just clip the sharp tip off before I thaw it and it is never an issue or worry.
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Excellent tip about the beak Gio! :gj:

When I try some quail at some point I will definitely clip the beak.

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Originally Posted by Gio

She's a beautiful boa. I love the colors and if I were to get into morphs, that's the color I'd look at.

I've never had any issues feeding quail on the waste end of things. I mix rats, quail, rabbits and have done chicks and try to keep the variety going with the snakes that will take various types of food.

One little thing you may want to do when feeding quail is to clip the beak. On occasion, but its no too frequent, I've seen that beak pushing from the inside out when they have a funky swallow.

Once with my carpet I was very concerned and once with the boa semi concerned. I just clip the sharp tip off before I thaw it and it is never an issue or worry.

Your boas, carpet and retic should all be very happy to eat quail when given the chance.

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What did you use to clip the beak with?

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Originally Posted by Sauzo

What did you use to clip the beak with?

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Just standard house scissors. Do it while frozen. It just squares off the sharp point at the end of the beak.

I've fed without clipping it, but like I said, there were a couple of instances where I was nervous.

Think I'll buy some small quail for Wallace too!

Lol nice. And thanks, think i'll start cutting them too. And yeah Caesar is going to get one in a few days. I cant believe how fast they digest. He ate 2 small rats yesterday and today the lump is gone and he is out and about. Even took him out today and he was happy to sit on me and then explore all over. I know its only been 1 day but I am shocked how fast they digest. It puts boas to shame on the digesting lol. And it's funny, whenever I go past his cage, he pokes his head out and stands up at the front door. Then after a couple of mins if nothing happens he back pedals back into his warm hide and just leaves his nose sticking out. I also think he's going into shed again as his neck/face is starting to get wrinkly again. Good thing I didn't buy a female lol.

I really need to buy a little chest freezer for the snakes lol. The pythons are eating me outta the house. Even my BP who usually fasts for winter is on a binge now. She has been pounding small rats like clockwork every 5-7 days lol.

Anyways, thanks for the beak tip lol, get it...beak...tip..clip :rofl: I know, tacky lol.

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Originally Posted by Sauzo

Lol nice. And thanks, think i'll start cutting them too. And yeah Caesar is going to get one in a few days. I cant believe how fast they digest. He ate 2 small rats yesterday and today the lump is gone and he is out and about. Even took him out today and he was happy to sit on me and then explore all over. I know its only been 1 day but I am shocked how fast they digest. It puts boas to shame on the digesting lol. And it's funny, whenever I go past his cage, he pokes his head out and stands up at the front door. Then after a couple of mins if nothing happens he back pedals back into his warm hide and just leaves his nose sticking out. I also think he's going into shed again as his neck/face is starting to get wrinkly again. Good thing I didn't buy a female lol.

I really need to buy a little chest freezer for the snakes lol. The pythons are eating me outta the house. Even my BP who usually fasts for winter is on a binge now. She has been pounding small rats like clockwork every 5-7 days lol.

Anyways, thanks for the beak tip lol, get it...beak...tip..clip :rofl: I know, tacky lol.

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Good deal bud!

Your boa is stunning! I love her actually. You've gone camera-less for too long.

I just fed Wallace about 30 seconds ago. He's shy but crossed his long branch to get the prey and hammered it. He was quite motivated today. I'm keeping to the 7-10 day schedule that Kris recommended and am quite happy with how things are going.

You have got me into looking for much smaller quail than I usually buy, but I should have expected this with a new, baby snake.

Variety is crucial IMO. If we can mix it up in size, variety, and frequency I think we'll be looking at healthy, long lived animals.

Boas are a whole different story for digestion, but I think learning their feeding regime is helpful when owning other snakes with the exception of extremely active and foraging colubrids. I am convinced 95% of captive snakes are overfed still.

Wallace is done with his rat now LOL!

When spring hits, I want to see a "Color Morph" post from you. Though I'm a natural "Mother Nature" pattern guy I can sure appreciate beauty.

I like your animals and enjoy the differences in various collections. Its a great hobby to share with friends that have different things from your own.

Sadly, none of us are anywhere close to one another to stop by for a beer and feeding event.

I have 1, ONE, UNO, snake friends that lives near me, the rest are on the boards LOL!

LOL, I have one friend who appreciates my scale babies...and my niece (who used to be terrified of snakes until she got up enough nerve to handle mine and now has 2 BP'S and a retic). Most people look at me like I'm nuts because I have snakes!

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