---=ALLISON=--- "Not everyone is going to agree or listen to what you say but I have learned to do my best to educate and hope they listen in the long run. Just keep trying to educate. There will be people out there that actually do listen and learn. -Me"
they get all the calcium they need from the bones in the rodents.
~mike
A breeder that I spoke to told me that if a BP is eating baby rats with underdeveloped bones, they have a huge calcium deficiency - and it is a good idea to offer a calcium supplment in addition to the rodent - same with baby mice.
0.1 bp (julius - rehomed in 2008)
0.1 red tail boa (bianca - rehomed in 2008)
1.1 persian cats (morris [RIP 2016] & oscar [RIP 2015])
1.0 burmese python (strawberry - rehomed in 2008)
2.0 leopard geckos (quincy & froederick - rehomed in 2008)
0.0.1 mouse in the freezer (roger - no idea. hopefully i removed him)
1.0 bp (neke - yellow belly ball)
A breeder that I spoke to told me that if a BP is eating baby rats with underdeveloped bones, they have a huge calcium deficiency - and it is a good idea to offer a calcium supplment in addition to the rodent - same with baby mice.
If this were true, then how would baby snakes ever get enough calcium to grow into bigger snakes? What about snakes that stay small to begin with and only ever eat baby rodents? I think it MAY be less than optimal to feed multiple baby prey to a snake that is capable of eating adult rodents....but why would you do that anyhow? If a snake is meant to eat baby rodents, then baby rodents should be sufficient.
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Originally Posted by wildlifewarrior
