Trying something new

[Aaron_S]

Originally Posted by prairiepanda

Stuff like this could really help to expand the reptile hobby, since squeamishness about dead rodents is often a bigger turn-off for people than the snakes themselves. I'm interested to see whether this will catch on. I imagine some snakes might be difficult to switch over to sausages. The fruit and veggie ones would probably make a great staple for tegus, though, and would eliminate the daily chore of preparing complicated meals as well as getting picky eaters to consumer a complete diet! (Or mostly complete; not sure if they might need to be supplemented a bit with other foods)

Personally I would stick with mice for my snakes, for the sake of convenience mostly(it seems the cost would balance out, considering the calorie content of the sausages), but if these ever came to Canada I would certainly suggest them to squeamish friends who have interest in snakes. Perhaps they could be considered for vacation food to make things easier on repti-sitters, but it depends on how willing snakes would be to make the switch.

This isn't the first time this product has been tried. It certainly looks like the better version but it's been done before. Over a decade ago and I don't think it increased the hobby by any large margin. Again, I will wait this out and see what happens since there's social media now to get the product out far quicker.

I'm all for Matt's trial here. I look forward to seeing results but I simply view it as "if it's not broken, then don't fix it" mentality when it comes to this.

[lady_bug87]

If they made quail or or finch or whatever it would be a cool way to add variations to arboreal diets

Good luck Matt!

[prairiepanda]

Originally Posted by Aaron_S

This isn't the first time this product has been tried. It certainly looks like the better version but it's been done before. Over a decade ago and I don't think it increased the hobby by any large margin. Again, I will wait this out and see what happens since there's social media now to get the product out far quicker.

I've heard rumor of canned ones with suspicious additives, but have never seen such a thing myself. Is that what you're talking about? But I agree that if it was over a decade ago then the difficulty of product advertising would have been a major obstacle. If reptilinks or similar producers know how to best utilize social media, they can spread the word quite rapidly and generate at least some demand all over the world.

Originally Posted by lady_bug87

If they made quail or or finch or whatever it would be a cool way to add variations to arboreal diets

Good luck Matt!

A lizard variety would be cool as well, though much more difficult to produce.

[Aaron_S]

Originally Posted by prairiepanda

I've heard rumor of canned ones with suspicious additives, but have never seen such a thing myself. Is that what you're talking about? But I agree that if it was over a decade ago then the difficulty of product advertising would have been a major obstacle. If reptilinks or similar producers know how to best utilize social media, they can spread the word quite rapidly and generate at least some demand all over the world.



A lizard variety would be cool as well, though much more difficult to produce.

I do not recall them being in a can. I remember an albino cornsnake on their package eating them. I beleive they were simply called snake sausages. I saw them in Reptile magazine as well as my local pet store at the time. Nearly 18 years ago