I don't know if its that I wanna save as much as its an convienance issue. My dog will be eating this particular diamond brand dog food. I was just worried that someone else may have attempted it and had an bad experience. I would assume the higher protein content would be good fro breeding femals. But then again it has an 8% higher protein percentage than the Mazuri and I dont know if that is too much. I know the Diamond dog food has done wonders putting weight on my dog. Another concern is the ingredients in the dog food is there any of the additives that wouldn't be good for consumption by the snakes? After picking it up from the rodents eating it.