Ophiophagus snakes are prone to fatty liver disease, obesity and other dietary based ailments when fed a diet that they have not evolved to thrive on.
The nutritional profiles of rats and mice versus snakes are completely different with respect to fat.
Clelia and Boiruna dying early, dispholidines exhibiting liposarcomas....all examples of snakes NOT thriving when fed a diet that they do not eat in the wild.
Chew on this people....I regularly buy corn snake babies to feed to my ophiophagus snakes, and if the price of normal ball pythons dropped enough, I'd feed those as well. I breed anoles to feed to my ophiophagus and lizard eating species.
Would I post pics of it on Youtube?
No.
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