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12-01-11, 03:32 PM
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Feeding Chicken?
I have never done this but I have been looking around on the internet and noticed some people fed their snake chicken, chicken parts, live chickens, chicken eggs ect. I was just wondering if this would be a safe alternative to rabbits for large snakes and has anyone ever tried it?
I know some people substitute chicken parts here and there and there is currently a study going on with death adders to see if a snake needs a whole body prey for nutrients that could be in organs. Just wondering, currently I don't have anything large enough to even take a large rat let alone a chicken.
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12-01-11, 03:40 PM
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Snake Child
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Re: Feeding Chicken?
Chicken parts are no good because they don't have bones (usually) and snakes get all their calcium from the bones of rodents.
Never tried any of them though.
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12-01-11, 03:56 PM
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Re: Feeding Chicken?
I've tried the chicken road, my snakes got hooked. That being said I've gotten nasty stool, and overall rabbits are better for your animals.
Whole prey all the way.
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12-01-11, 04:22 PM
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Re: Feeding Chicken?
Whole prey gets my vote also....
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12-01-11, 06:52 PM
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Re: Feeding Chicken?
About 15 years ago I had a burm that was purchased when he was about a year old. The previous owner had him on chicken and turkey legs. I tried and tried to switch him to rats but nothing worked (this was before I knew about f/t feeders too). If he food wasn't alive and fighting, he didn't want to have anything to do with it unless it was legs. I hated feeding him either. I didn't think chicken and turkey legs were a good diet for him, but I hated feeding him live because the fight his food put up (he wouldn't even take them stunned). So I pretty much varied his diet between all. His feeding response was more aggressive with the legs too...weird. Maybe his was just really unusual... Looking back his growth was a little slow. Not sure if it's due to what he was fed, when he was fed, or both. Previous owner had him on a every two week feeding schedule and I stuck to it. He never missed a meal either.
Last edited by Rogue628; 12-01-11 at 06:58 PM..
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12-02-11, 02:49 AM
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Re: Feeding Chicken?
My boas get day old chicks a few times a month.
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12-02-11, 04:56 AM
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Re: Feeding Chicken?
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12-02-11, 08:28 AM
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Re: Feeding Chicken?
Chickens are cheap. I know of at least one person who fed their giants whole chickens. Got to find the right supplier who isn't pumping them full of chemicals though. Farmer's markets are a good idea to look around. He would just buy them, and feed them, maybe kill them first and then go for it. Worst poop you'll ever clean up though.
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12-02-11, 05:56 PM
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Re: Feeding Chicken?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Aaron_S
Worst poop you'll ever clean up though.
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I've heard that before.
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12-02-11, 05:57 PM
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Re: Feeding Chicken?
It's almost as bad as monitor poop... Way more liquidy though
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12-03-11, 06:49 AM
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Re: Feeding Chicken?
never had that problem feeding chicken to carpets TBH
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12-03-11, 09:11 PM
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Abracadabra Holmes
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Re: Feeding Chicken?
I feed chicks and chicken parts to my carpets occasionally just to give them a more varied diet. Haven't had any bad poos yet. From what I gathered on another site was that the bad poo happens when you feed rats then switch to only chicken all of sudden. I mix it up so the poo situation isn't bad for me and my snakes seem to like the different prey items. Great thread.
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12-04-11, 04:55 AM
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Re: Feeding Chicken?
Every once in a while I feed Sasha (My ball python) baby chics. I remove the heads and feet first. I do it because she is such a picky eater I am trying to get her to try different foods. She really likes chicks! I haven't noticed any issues with doing it. But I don't do it often, usually when she is being finiky about eating.
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12-04-11, 08:50 AM
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Re: Feeding Chicken?
lol, thats just like getting someone to take the crust off the bread. too cute 
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