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Old 09-18-12, 06:51 PM   #19
charlesc84
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Re: Mud snakes

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Originally Posted by StudentoReptile View Post
Yes it is. Compared to the myriad number of snake species that readily eat little white feeder mice which can be had yearround through any one of different venues (breed your own, find a local breeder, buy from the pet shop, buy frozen in bulk online, buy at your nearest reptile expo, etc), yes, I would consider a tadpole-eating snake a fairly difficult snake to keep. Yeah, there are some trickier species out there, but there's definitely a whole heck of a lot more easier ones as well!

Not many petstores routinely sell tadpoles of any kind. And the ones that do, usually only offer them seasonally, the frogs only reproduce seasonally.

Again, no one really specifically breeds bullfrog tadpoles commercially on a large scale. The ones you see at pet shops are ones that end up along with goldfish shipments, because the large commercial goldfish ponds that produce thousands of feeder comets happen to attract bullfrogs which occasionally breed. Whenever the little feeder goldfish are collected, tadpoles are caught up in the mix (kinda like dolphins in tuna nets). The fish farmers and pet industry at some pointed decided to cash in on the unexpected bonus critters in the ponds and, thus you can occasionally buy bullfrog tadpoles for a few bucks a pop. Just to give you a perspective of the matter.

I'm entitled to my opinion, and it's my opinion that the snake isn't hard to keep. You don't have to agree with me.
The only difficult part is the food source, but I think it's worth experimenting with the snake and figuring out what else it may eat. Perhaps it will eat tomato frogs, those are always available and cheap. Maybe there's a local pet store that will order small bullfrogs or bullfrog tadpoles... If someone wants the snake bad enough it's worth looking into.
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