Question about snake diets

[Ziel]

Sorry for the broad title, I'm unsure how to word it otherwise. Also sorry if this is dumb, but it's my first post here.

I know this question irritates some people, but are there snakes that I can feed non rodent diets? I would love to own a snake, but I am extremely allergic to rodents and therefore could not handle them to feed. Or is there even a significant risk with frozen rodents? (Mainly my reactions are triggered by touching them, I don't know if this could be entirely avoided with feeding tongs?) Are there any snakes I can feed fish, poultry, eggs, or even frogs to? Should I just give up on owning a snake?

[RAD House]

The problem is finding a source for other feeders, especially frogs. Garter snakes would do well on a diet of consisting of a combination of frogs, fish, and earthworms. There are other snakes that are frog specialists as well like hognose snakes. Certain snakes only eat eggs, they are eloquently called egg eaters, but these tend to be wild caught which is another whole issue. Also many are too small to eat chicken eggs so a supply of quail eggs in required. The issue really becomes can you supply a constant source of food for your animal, and in most cases this is not possible without using rodents.

[Minkness]

Meso gave you some great information. However, if you are that alergic to rodents, the easier thing woud just be to get some gloves. They have latex and latex-free types that you can wear while handling. Frozen should be less reactive since what most people are alergic to is the dander (which will be stucknunder the fur and trapped since the animal wouldn't be moving) or the enzymes in saliva (which should be broken down by the freezing process, but I'm not 100% sure about that).

Since feeding should happen sparcely. (Once a week for babies, evey other week for juvies, and depending on thetype of snake, every 3-4 weeks for adults), wearing gloves shouldn't be too big of an issue.

Tongs are needed regardless of your alergy though. =)

[Diago326]

I think a Garter would be your best bet. They are a bit of a trip but are so much fun and worth it haha :) (I have only had one wild caught for a couple days to watch how they work, really wanted to keep him/her but i didn't have the enclosure supplies to do set up and also she/he belonged outside where i found it. So I dont know a whole lot about them but they are cool