Me and Kurzixs were talking about the whole snake steak thing and I was probably the one most concerned with it.
I'm going to list my pros and cons here and let us all debate them.
Pros
1. No fecies. Fecies = waste = poison. I'm sure that snakes are well prepared to handle waste products from animals but how can it NOT be healthy to have food product minus Fecal matter.
2. No Fur. Yes Imagine it... Someone is in a factory right now Skinning and disemboweling mice.... Wouldn't you like that job?
3. Links. Yes I said links. if you can get your snake started on one it has no coice but to eat the rest of them on the link. So for problem feeders if you can get them started on a smaller size easier it should make keeping them well fed alot easier.
4. Clean. I don't know about you but sometimes people in the house get creeped out when they reach for the concentrated minute maid and they drop a bag of pinkies on the floor only to see them shatter into pinkie bits... And to top it off. I hate Rats and mice with a passion so it would be nice to have sausages in my freezer instead of rodents...
5. Less chance of parasites, And less chance of injury to your snake from feeding it live food. Not quite as many advantages frozen. But it still can be an advantage.
Cons.
1. Takes all of the fun out of feeding your snake. Like I said. I HATE RATS AND MICE... So it make me feel all warm and fuzzy inside to see kurzixs BRB Slaughter helpless mice.
2. Difficult to start difficult to ween. Some snakes might take readily to this some might not. With Patience and care getting a snake to eat is all a matter of time. Same with the sausages. Getting your snake to accept them right away might be difficult and getting your snake to eat prekill or frozen might also be difficult after a steady diet of sausages.
3 Expensive. 6 females 1 male some hi quality mouse chow And you've probably got all the free food you can handle for small snakes like corns. On the other hand having a snake locked into feeding on sausages that are pretty much an internet only item could be a bad thing.
4. Ooops. What if someone decided to grill you up some sausages for breakfast and grabbed the wrong ones.... Ok.... So lets not think to heavily on that one.
5. Lets look at number 4. and reflect.
So these are the pro's and cons that I can think of. Anyone else feel free to chirp in on this one.
T-rex makes EXCELLENT products and The Snake Steak Sausages are by far NOT any different. Quality time was invested in the process and only 100% quality came out of the product. With the products like "mouse maker" and "Lizzard maker" , getting your stubborn snake to feed on f/t or Sausages is much easier then it would normally be otherwise. Personally I would like to see T-Rex start adding essential vitamins for snakes into the mix to make the meal a healthy meal, and they could also make a Sausage pump to force feed the larger breeds of snake with ease.
Maybe snake steak sausages aren't the greatest invention but would you say that they are a good or a bad product. Also would you say that they could be used in various ways to benifit keepers and breeders.
I am personally thinking about buying a small quantity of these little things to try them out. But as soon as I get my mouse making factory running I think they will be put aside for the cheaper and much more amusing diet of live mice.
thats my 2 cents. And with todays Exchange rate thats probably about 1.3 cents canadian.
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