Hi,

T-Rex used to make something similar (the snake sausages mentioned above) - but at least they used rodents. These things are made from beef.

I like the idea it has been tested etc but I'm not seeing anything that claims it is better than a whole rodent based diet - just that it is for people who do not want to use rodents as pet food.

I have no training so would someone explain to me why it is mentioned;

Quote Originally Posted by naturalbalanceinc
it does not contain meat by-products or grains such as corn, wheat, rice or barley.
I assume that means that is an important point, but it is ok for the third most common ingredient to be Beet Pulp?

Granted the amount may be small if it is 69% water and 28% protein and crude fat (18% & 10% respectively) - I don't know enough to judge.

Also I'm always really torn by products such as this.

On the one hand I am not convinced they are in the best intrests of the animals.

Yet there is no denying the fact that the hobby as a whole may expand if the product was successful - preprocessed diets didn't do the numbers of household cats and dogs any harm after all. How many owners would take on a dog or cat if there was no choice but an all natural raw diet they had to prepare everyday?

The rodent feeding is seen as a stumbling block for a lot of potential reptile keepers - somedays I think that is a good thing some days I don't.

Personally I will stick with feeding my snakes whole rodents.


dr del