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05-29-14, 06:15 PM
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feeding store bought chicken
I have feed store bought chicken in the past and have had no bad effect. I know there is a lack of nutrition and has never been the main food source. But I have used it in hard times and it has even helped snakes to start eating. I had a 14 foot Burmese python that i feed 1 hole chicken a month for a year when I was younger and she even breed for me. Not saying it's good but I don't think its bad, what do you guys think and has anyone done it.I read about it in a snake book I had 15 years ago 
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05-29-14, 06:37 PM
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Re: feeding store bought chicken
I've never personally done it just because I didn't want the beak to poke the inside of my snake (yeah I know it's probably not a real problem) but as far as I know there is no issues with feeding chickens, a lot of people do it
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05-29-14, 06:43 PM
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Re: feeding store bought chicken
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Originally Posted by jpsteele80
I've never personally done it just because I didn't want the beak to poke the inside of my snake (yeah I know it's probably not a real problem) but as far as I know there is no issues with feeding chickens, a lot of people do it
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I worry about a sharp bone poking the in side of the snake to so I make sure there are no sharp bones before I feed it to them
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05-29-14, 06:45 PM
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Re: feeding store bought chicken
As long as it's a whole chicken it shouldn't be a problem, by the time it gets down to the bone the acid in the stomach will eat it up fast
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05-29-14, 09:22 PM
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Re: feeding store bought chicken
The spurs might cause damage
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05-29-14, 10:15 PM
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Re: feeding store bought chicken
Are we talking store bought chicken or a freshly killed chicken with feathers and all? I feed freshly killed chickens to my Burm and have no issues, he loves them. A store bought chicken that has been cleaned would lack nutrients.
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05-30-14, 02:22 AM
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Re: feeding store bought chicken
Don't you get 'more' mess with feeding chickens, not that a big Burm probably couldn't make more of a mess LOL.
As for its beak just snip it off first.
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05-30-14, 08:41 AM
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Re: feeding store bought chicken
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Originally Posted by SSSSnakes
Are we talking store bought chicken or a freshly killed chicken with feathers and all? I feed freshly killed chickens to my Burm and have no issues, he loves them. A store bought chicken that has been cleaned would lack nutrients.
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The chicken that's in the package that you get at the store...sorry probably should have clarified that at the beginning of the post
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05-30-14, 08:45 AM
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Re: feeding store bought chicken
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The chicken that's in the package that you get at the store...sorry probably should have clarified that at the beginning of the post
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I doubt that your going to get a snake to eat store bought packaged chicken, and why would you want to do that, if your apprehensive about feeding live animals (just guessing) then get frozen, like stated above your taking a lot of nutrition out of the meal plus it's cold, snakes don't like cold food
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05-30-14, 08:49 AM
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Re: feeding store bought chicken
Packaged chicken at the store is not a good idea. As said, it is missing a lot of the nutrients that whole chicken would have.
Jp, you say that it's cold as if frozen rats aren't. LOL presumably both would be thawed before feeding.
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05-30-14, 09:43 AM
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Re: feeding store bought chicken
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Packaged chicken at the store is not a good idea. As said, it is missing a lot of the nutrients that whole chicken would have.
Jp, you say that it's cold as if frozen rats aren't. LOL presumably both would be thawed before feeding.
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Lol obviously there frozen and thawed in warmer water but I I just don't think a snake is going to eat packaged chicken even if it is thawed out
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05-30-14, 10:08 AM
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Re: feeding store bought chicken
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Originally Posted by jpsteele80
Lol obviously there frozen and thawed in warmer water but I I just don't think a snake is going to eat packaged chicken even if it is thawed out
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I have a friend that used to feed his retic store bought chickens. I have on occasion given some of my snakes strips of raw chicken breast. My FWC, Corns, Rat snake and ATB will take them, no problem.
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05-30-14, 10:14 AM
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Re: feeding store bought chicken
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Lol obviously there frozen and thawed in warmer water but I I just don't think a snake is going to eat packaged chicken even if it is thawed out
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I have never had a burm are retic not eat package chicken.I dont think its good but as a last Resort because life is sucking and my snakes need to eat lol I dont think it bad. I have feed them package chicken from time to time when I was living with my parents as a kid and it did not seem to hurt them in the long run. I dont really do it now as I breed my food but when I was just starting out and seeing it in a snake book I was all for it.
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05-30-14, 10:17 AM
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Re: feeding store bought chicken
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Originally Posted by SSSSnakes
I have a friend that used to feed his retic store bought chickens. I have on occasion given some of my snakes strips of raw chicken breast. My FWC, Corns, Rat snake and ATB will take them, no problem.
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I have you gotten young picky eaters to eat with store but chicken lol
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05-30-14, 10:36 AM
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Re: feeding store bought chicken
Well I stand corrected then, learned something new I didn't think would happen, that's why I love these boards even after keeping Reptiles for around 20 years I constantly learn
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