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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.
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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.
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