A question for all the people that have made the argument of "snakes eat rodents in captivity so that is all you should feed them."
Do you honestly feel that this is the best thing to do for species that have evolved to eat non-rodent? Especially with all of the very experienced breeders that are reporting high rates of things like obesity, fatty liver disease, metabolic failure, poor clutching, generally shorter life-spans, etc., in species like this when fed on exclusively rodent diets?
If you really, truly believe in doing what is best for your animal then would it not be best to feed them what most closely resembles their evolved diet, be that something simple like supplementing with the occasional non-rodent item to something more complicated like going with an entirely non-rodent diet?
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