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Originally Posted by MesoCorney
The thing I wonder about is if most snakes have evolved to eat whole rodents if feeding another food source may have negative consequences. Also the cost of these seem to be on par for my local mice supply, and more if I buy online. From the nutritional side of things they seem to have more fats than rats or mice. It doesn't say what types of fats these are but with most captive snakes being overweight I would be concerned about this. I am not sure that I could be convinced to try these as their natural prey is so readily available. Maybe as a snack to vary their diet.
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I'm a bit skeptical of the venison ones(for snakes, anyway) for this reason. The rabbit ones should be fine though. I know a lot of people feed their (very large) snakes rabbits as a staple diet and they do great. The rabbit one isn't listed on the comparison chart though. I'd be interested to see how they compare to rats. But the chicken and venison varieties probably wouldn't hurt, even though I wouldn't feed them as a staple. A lot of people do feed chickens, goats, and pigs. Not sure how well those go as a staple, but I've heard of great results with varied diets.
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