Feeder snakes for a FL king

[lovemetalivy8]

actually it's not that uncommon in the wild.

research the eastern indigo snake ( I am absolutely in LOVE with it!)

they regularly eat iguanas, rattlesnakes, and other snakes, but the amazing thing is, they're completely immune to the venom of the native venomous snakes of their area!



http://users.tamuk.edu/david_hewitt/...t%20indigo.JPG






okay. I'm done.. sorry... I just adore these beauties.

[Street Killer]

actually it's not that uncommon in the wild.

research the eastern indigo snake ( I am absolutely in LOVE with it!)

they regularly eat iguanas, rattlesnakes, and other snakes, but the amazing thing is, they're completely immune to the venom of the native venomous snakes of their area!

okay. I'm done.. sorry... I just adore these beauties.

yes, i'm familiar with the indigo snake and i've read about them being ophiophagous. i love indigos too! i can't think of anyone who doesn't. have you ever seen them in the wild? i think it would be a dream come true!

on another note... why did you have to bring this thread back to life!?!?!?!!!! i thought this was ancient history. i just want to let everyone know that i did not follow through with this idea, and i'm pretty ashamed of considering it. this thread actually cost me a nice corn snake. i was going to adopt him but the owner saw this thread and changed her mind.

[lovemetalivy8]

haha. I don't know why I brought it back... heh...


I just saw it..


and commented.

but anywho... I live in Texas, and I'm just hoping to run across a Texas Indigo one day... It would make me SO happy.

[stangs13]

My cornsnake source fed some deformed or dead corns to her kings, f/t of course. It was very intresting.

[nixer]

no offense taken... that is a good point. i am passionate about all snakes too... i probably sound like a sick little kid who just wants to see something eat something else... but i'm looking at this from more of a scientific standpoint. it is a phenomenon that happens in nature that i would like to witness.

while that is a part of nature i dont see it being something good coming from it it you want to see something like that national geographic just had a king cobra eating a retic on their site on video. its not really a good theing to personally do because the stronger snake wins and not to mention parasites and everything else involved

[fcapps]

I see your point yes. But I don't believe in feeding same species to one another.

Again I don't wanna argue. And true any rabbit or rat owner would cringe at the thought of a snake eating they're little pet.

I guess it all just boils down to feeding same species in general to one another that I don't like.

You certainly wouldn't feed a dog to another dog. I guess it can go both ways though. My opinion is strictly personal.

And snakes eating ther snakes in the wild certainly does happen. I just care not to do it.

I think you are being too hard on this guy. I own a king snake, which as you know would regularly eat other snakes on the wild. Though I typically feed mice as you suggest, I live in an area where there are an abundance of ribbon and garter snakes. That said , I'll occasional catch a small one to feed to my king snake ..as a treat or diet supplement ..

I'm an avid reptile owner and have been all of my life. In my 40s I have an assortment of reptiles, about a dozen different lizards , two tortoises and the king snakes..any time you can mimic what these caprice animals might be exposed to in nature is a bonus..for example my kids and I will catch grasshoppers maybe 40-50 a week which our lizards love..and though I might dust the otherwise nutrionless store bought crickets I believe my animals thrive because of the addition of the grasshoppers spiders moths and other insects we add to their diets..please no posts about pesticides I'm in a field on our property, there are no pesticides..

Your analogy about "feeder dogs" is weak..I love reptiles and my first snake was a ribbon snake, bit now I own a Kong snake which is programmed to eat other snakes..I've got a heart so I won't watch the but I recognize the benefit to the snake I own so I'll just toss it in the tank and cone back later..we own a few red ear sliders who are in a small pond behind the house, an occasional through on guppies and gold fish as a treat..that said, I also have a fish tank with fancy comets ..one has nothing to do with the other..some fish pets some food food..and that's how I see the feeder snake issue..perhaps this story of the woman who I met who keeps praying mantis as pets..well let's just says on that field of grasshoppers is an occasional praying mantis on the prowl..and no all I can say is I can swear I saw my veiled chameleon smile as he swallowed one of those down..folded it in half and chomped away! You take on any pet you have an oblation to keep it as healthy as possible and that mean among up the diet whenever possible..ps, there are people who keep mice and rats as pets so at the very least, it's all about perspective..

[bcr229]

I would not feed any WC prey item, whether a rodent, bird, or snake, to a snake in my collection. WC critters are often carriers of diseases or parasites that you do not want taking hold in your collection.

If you want to feed your king snake the occasional snake as a treat, find someone who breeds ball pythons or corn snakes and offer to take their kinked or stillborn babies.

[Stewart_Reptiles]

I think you are being too hard on this guy. I own a king snake, which as you know would regularly eat other snakes on the wild. Though I typically feed mice as you suggest, I live in an area where there are an abundance of ribbon and garter snakes. That said , I'll occasional catch a small one to feed to my king snake ..as a treat or diet supplement ..

I'm an avid reptile owner and have been all of my life. In my 40s I have an assortment of reptiles, about a dozen different lizards , two tortoises and the king snakes..any time you can mimic what these caprice animals might be exposed to in nature is a bonus..for example my kids and I will catch grasshoppers maybe 40-50 a week which our lizards love..and though I might dust the otherwise nutrionless store bought crickets I believe my animals thrive because of the addition of the grasshoppers spiders moths and other insects we add to their diets..please no posts about pesticides I'm in a field on our property, there are no pesticides..

Your analogy about "feeder dogs" is weak..I love reptiles and my first snake was a ribbon snake, bit now I own a Kong snake which is programmed to eat other snakes..I've got a heart so I won't watch the but I recognize the benefit to the snake I own so I'll just toss it in the tank and cone back later..we own a few red ear sliders who are in a small pond behind the house, an occasional through on guppies and gold fish as a treat..that said, I also have a fish tank with fancy comets ..one has nothing to do with the other..some fish pets some food food..and that's how I see the feeder snake issue..perhaps this story of the woman who I met who keeps praying mantis as pets..well let's just says on that field of grasshoppers is an occasional praying mantis on the prowl..and no all I can say is I can swear I saw my veiled chameleon smile as he swallowed one of those down..folded it in half and chomped away! You take on any pet you have an oblation to keep it as healthy as possible and that mean among up the diet whenever possible..ps, there are people who keep mice and rats as pets so at the very least, it's all about perspective..

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[Jhill001]

Hahahah.

[ReptiMoto]

This thread is better then tv