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Originally Posted by CrotalusR#1
Mikoh4792
I agree that smaller and more frequent meals are probably better, and that's what I personally do, but the fact that people are saying it's bad to give a snake a meal bigger around than there mid body is just ridiculous. regardless of the species. A meal that is way to big can defiantly be bad and sometimes be fatal... I have such a hard time believing that a snake that can easily be eating goats or pigs would do better on prey that are like snacks compared to what they can and should be eating... Snakes are made to eat large prey hence the whole the structure of there jaw, head and body lol... You can't really argue nature! After all isn't that what where trying to imitate in all of our cages? Why stop and start making the changes when it comes to food? You don't see any one making humidity, temp, and husbandry changes do you? why, because the the way all those things are in nature is the way that works best...why fix something that's not broken? Lol I hate that saying but it fits .
Nathan
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To answer your last questions. The reason no one messes with temps and humidity is because it will kill the snake. Changing a diet generally won't.
As you said, why fix what isn't broken? I feed rats. It's easy and readily accessible for me. Gives my animals the necessary energy to survive and thrive.
I feed the boas 10 - 15% of body weight. All the species on this diet have done extremely well. (ball pythons, green trees, BCI, BCC, bullsnake, Amazon tree boas) All have steady growth rates and great body tone. There is no reason to feed them super large meals. Just because I can eat a whole cake every day doesn't I should.
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