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Originally Posted by Derek Roddy
Large rats kill BHPs....period. Or at very least, renders them useless for breeding.
The fat content in older rodents is the culprit. BHPs eat other reptiles in the wild (Esp, in the WA region) and, they just can't take the oversized meals in an effort to "get them up to breeding size" (what does that mean anyway?) "condition them for breeding", etc.
Keepers need to understand that feeding large meals all the time is bad for your animals... the same way it would be bad for a human if we were to eat like we do on thanksgiving or Christmas every time we sit down to eat.
Not only the over load of fat content that most of these animals don't get in the wild but also, the over working of the digestive system is taxing on these animals and the constant stretching of the stomach and pressure on the internal organs as these large meals are digested.....just not good for any animal consistently over a period of time.
Smaller meals more often is the way to go for all captives.
Cheers,
D
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Very interesting, are womas just as susceptible to being over weight and slugging out?
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